News from July 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after Republicans released the outline of the second phase of their tax plan...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, Ali Saleh, a U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn to two counts of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). The proceeding took place before United States District Judge William F. Kuntz, II. When sentenced, Saleh faces up to 35 years’ imprisonment.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Chairman Smith Announces Human Resources Subcommittee Hearing on the Opioid Crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Zane Dinger to Serve 60 Months in Prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: In accordance with 36 CFR §1.5(a) (1), Superintendent Dan Foster has established a fire closure effective 12:01 am on July 26, 2018. This includes, but is not limited to campfires in all undeveloped park-managed lands including all exposed lakebed as well as charcoal fires, tiki torches, incense burners, candles, and propane campfires.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A group of Washington state senators and representatives toured the Hanford Site this month as part of a program to increase awareness about cleanup work among state lawmakers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On July 19, 2018, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Dr. Miguel Rivera-Sanabria with 18 counts of health care fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft, three counts of false statement relating to health care matters, and eight...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: MACON: United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Charles E. Peeler, announces that Isaac J. Culver, III, age 48, Lizella, Georgia, and his corporation, Progressive Consulting Technologies, Inc. (PCTI) were found guilty by a jury of his peers for conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, ten (10) counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, and conspiracy to launder the proceeds of unlawful activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Cameron Elvan Korth, age 22, of Denver, was sentenced late last week by U.S. District Court Judge Raymond P. Moore to serve 18 months in federal prison followed by 4 months in a halfway house for lying to authorities about writing a threatening note aboard an aircraft bound for Denver, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy and passing and uttering counterfeit money, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Victim Had Just Finished Having Breakfast With Mother.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: BROWNVILLE, Texas - A 38-year-old South Texas man has been sentenced for his involvement in a multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy that had been trafficking marijuana and cocaine since 2003, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Arnaldo Bermea, of Rio Grande City, pleaded guilty Aug. 1, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) recently completed a Wetland Restoration Action Plan that identities an approach to restore, enhance and protect 49.38 acres and 19,985 linear feet of wetlands and streams, respectively, in four national parks: Catoctin Mountain Park ; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (NHP); Harpers Ferry NHP ; and Monocacy National Battlefield.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) recently completed a Wetland Restoration Action Plan that identities an approach to restore, enhance and protect 49.38 acres and 19,985 linear feet of wetlands and streams, respectively, in four national parks: Catoctin Mountain Park ; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park (NHP); Harpers Ferry NHP ; and Monocacy National Battlefield.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A former financial analyst for a north suburban medical waste management company used insider information to trade shares of the company ahead of an earnings report, according to a federal criminal charge filed today by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Bob Troyer, U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, is urging members of the public to come forward to report incidents of sexual harassment in housing to the U.S. Department of Justice.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- Recent monsoonal activity in the region resulted in an several new lightning ignited fires on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park over the past several days. Fire crews are actively working to suppress three fires within Grand Canyon National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Cesar David Grangel, 49, a citizen of Mexico and undocumented resident of California, has been sentenced in federal court for a drug conspiracy and a firearm trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today. The sentencing followed...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: We are writing to request that you convene an immediate hearing on the Trump-Putin summit that took place in Helsinki last week and the extent to which President Donald Trump is currently being manipulated by President Vladimir Putin. The Oversight Committee must act swiftly to determine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Peter Salinas a/k/a “Pudge," 37 years old, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after pleading guilty to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
