News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, TE-Renae McDermott, special agent in charge of the FBI in East Tennessee has been promoted to deputy assistant director of the FBI’s Training Division located at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Ms. McDermott has served as the head of Knoxville’s Field Office since November 2016. She was the first female ever to lead the field office. Her replacement will be named at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Defendants Operated Loansharking and Illegal Gambling Businesses in South Brooklyn.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Opportunities to Improve the 340B Drug Pricing Program:"
By State Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - On the opening day of the NATO Summit, the House of Representatives today passed H. Res. 256, which expresses support for the countries of Eastern Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Jorge Lopez, aka “Cowboy," was sentenced to 104 months in prison today for robbing and conspiring to rob five San Francisco Bay Area banks, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A felon pleaded guilty Tuesday to possession of an explosive device at his residence in Winnemucca, Nevada, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI’s Las Vegas Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in Riverside, California, returned a five-count indictment against Eric Scott Kindley, 50, a private prisoner transport officer, for crimes related to his sexual assaults of two different females in his custody during two different transports, and for brandishing his firearm during one of the sexual assaults.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Wednesday, July 18, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Powering America: The Role of Energy Storage in the Nation’s Electricity System."
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, on the heels of the Trump Administration’s announcement that it is preparing to impose tariffs on another $200 billion of imports from China, Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and all committee Democrats called on Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) to bring Administration representatives before the full committee to explain its erratic tariff policies and their impact on America’s workers, farmers, ranchers, and families.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing on “Drugged Driving:"
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection hearing on “Drugged Driving:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy and committing bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SEAN BRIGGS, a/k/a “Big Sean," a/k/a “Big C,", age 33, was sentenced today to 60 months imprisonment for one count of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking crime in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A). U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - Louis Driver, 43, of Lauderdale County, has been sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a stolen firearm. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: A Lake Stevens, Washington man who used fake credentials in the names of fictional characters or famous fraudsters to commit crimes pleaded guilty this week to seven federal felonies, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. STEVEN W. FISHER, 44, was charged federally in October 2017 with one count...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Mr. Chairman, the health and tax related bills we are considering today would not address the health care crisis facing the American Public. In fact, health savings accounts have long been key components of Republican efforts to dismantle the ACA. The provisions we are considering today provide America’s wealthiest another option to stash tax-free money at a cost of $92 billion to tax payers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A jury has found a 31-year-old federal inmate guilty of assaulting a correctional officer in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LAVON YOUNG, 39, of Union City, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that THOMAS WAYNE GODARD, 25, of Williamston, North Carolina was sentenced by United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan to 384 months imprisonment, followed by five years’ supervised release after the term of imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New York Division, announced that Boys Gang member Letorrance Travis, 30, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to...
