News from July 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation has issued the final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the proposed transfer of title for approximately 80.5 miles of irrigation drains and certain federal facilities to the Pioneer Irrigation District and the City of Caldwell in Canyon County.
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
Release: Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. Statement on Blasphemy/Apostasy Laws. As representatives of the international community, we stand together in support of the interconnected freedoms of religion and expression. We stand in firm opposition to laws that impede the freedom of individuals to choose...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven today sentenced Andrew Haley Morcombe (51, United Arab Emirates) to the maximum term of three years in federal prison for international parental kidnapping. The court also ordered Morcombe to pay a $95,000 fine and $90,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Isaac Sheppard, age 25, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: A former police officer with the Village of Biscayne Park pleaded guilty today in federal court in Miami to conspiracy to deprive a person of his civil rights and deprivation of civil rights under color of law.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Springdale, UT - Hidden Canyon Trail reopened this morning after being closed due to a rockfall, consisting mainly of sand and small rocks, on Friday, July 20, 2018. No one was injured. The area has experienced several similar rockfalls over the past month. According to a professional geologist who assessed the site, there is potential for sand and rock debris to continue falling in the area.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today lauded Senate passage of H.R. 4318, the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) Act of 2017...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: FBI Louisville Celebrates the FBI’s 110th Birthday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: 3M Company Agrees to Pay $9.1 Million to Resolve Allegations That it Supplied the United States With Defective Dual-Ended Combat Arms Earplugs.
By State Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
Release: Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom. Statement on Counterterrorism as a False Pretext for Religious Freedom Repression. As representatives of the international community, we condemn the justification of violations of religious freedom, targeting of religious groups, and repression of peaceful political...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Nelson Armando (52, Ecuador), Jimmy Espinal (50, Ecuador), and Christian Rodriguez-Sanchez (25, Guatemala) with possession with the intent to distribute and conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. If convicted, each faces up to life in federal prison and a $10 million fine for each count.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: The Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today commended Senators Ted Cruz, Ed Markey, and Bill Nelson for acting to address the Nation’s commercial space transportation regulatory structure. The Senators introduced the Space Frontier Act of 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Cedrick Hill has been arraigned on a federal charge for assaulting an FBI agent with his truck in an attempt to evade arrest. Hill was a fugitive at the time his arrest, having been previously indicted on federal charges for alleged drug offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Cliffside Park, New Jersey, man was arrested by federal agents today for allegedly distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: DETROIT - Law enforcement officials arrested 14 individuals today in “Operation Purple Drank." A West Bloomfield doctor and Monroe Patient Recruiter were sentenced to 72 months and 144 months in prison, respectively, for conspiring to unlawfully distribute prescription narcotics, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider. Schneider was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Timothy J. Plancon, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Detroit Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: In San Antonio today, two former detention officers at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center (BCADC) face federal charges for their alleged scheme to smuggle methamphetamine to inmates, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Federal jury found physician guilty of 173 drug trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Columbus, Ohio, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Westminster, Colorado, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) sent a letter to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Deputy Administrator Heidi King today expressing concerns...
