News from July 2018
By State Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This evening, the House passed the Cambodia Democracy Act of 2018 (H.R. 5754) to promote free and fair elections, political freedoms and human rights in Cambodia and impose sanctions on Hun Sen’s inner circle.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Committee’s executive session to mark up a package of health bills, including: the Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act, Congenital...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Federal authorities this morning concluded a 2½-year wiretap investigation into a drug trafficking organization based in the Coachella Valley by arresting eight defendants linked to the distribution of wholesale quantities of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Jordan Michael Conaway, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 21 months incarceration for his role in a drug distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Yoder, Ranking Member Roybal-Allard, and Chairman Frelinghuysen for your work on this bill.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today took to the Senate floor to praise the Treasury Department’s decision to no longer require many tax-exempt groups to disclose the names and addresses of taxpayers who made substantial donations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Sherri Chen, 55, of Hampden, Maine, pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to maintaining a drug-involved premises for use and distribution of heroin and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack.".
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - DOE Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar is set to provide a keynote address at the 2018 National Cleanup Workshop, to be held Sept. 11-13 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MILTON OMAR SANCHEZ, age 43, a native of El Salvador, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By State Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ahead of the July 30 elections in Zimbabwe - the country’s first since Robert Mugabe’s ouster - the House passed the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act (S. 2779) to call for free and fair elections and key reforms. The bill now heads to the president’s desk for his signature.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh has been sentenced in federal court to four years of probation, including 90 days of home detention, on her conviction of Social Security fraud and theft of government funds, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS REYES-GUTIERREZ, 38, formerly of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh to stealing federal drug evidence from the Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner (ACOME), United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: Justin Stallings is Accused of Robbing Numerous Businesses in Danville, Bedford, and Rocky Mount.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a final rule that will provide for faster approval of applications for small-scale exports of natural gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), from U.S. export facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DARIN WEBB pled guilty to defrauding a Manhattan-based literary agency (the “Agency") and its clients of over $3.3 million. WEBB provided bookkeeping services for the Agency and carried out his...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: Two people were indicted in federal court for illegally reentering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew today sentenced Edger Edmund Francis (29, Tampa) to 10 months in federal prison for conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States. Francis pleaded guilty on April 23, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh to stealing federal drug evidence from the Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner (ACOME), United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: A Miami-Dade County resident and a Colombian national have been charged with narcotics trafficking and money laundering offenses, in violation of the federal Kingpin Act.
