News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Marc E. Bercoon and William A. Goldstein have been sentenced to federal prison on charges that they manipulated the market for shares of MedCareers Group, Inc., a publicly traded company, and that they carried out a second investment fraud scheme using a new business corporation that they organized as the bait for investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for participating in an armed robbery of a bank in Virginia Beach.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Recent hot, dry weather coupled with multiple lightning strikes started new fires across the state. Two new wildfires were discovered yesterday in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Michael D. Jackson, 37, of Lexington, was sentenced yesterday to 25 years in federal prison, by Chief United States District Judge Karen K. Caldwell, for conspiring to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl, more than an ounce of crack cocaine, and more than half a kilo of cocaine.
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 DOE Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine volatility in global oil prices, which have been driven by strong economic growth, rising demand, supply restrictions from OPEC, and geopolitical events around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: In Waco today, a federal jury convicted 38-year-old Juan Francisco “Kiko" Trevino Chavez, nephew of Los Zetas leaders Miguel Angel Trevino Morales (Z-40) and Oscar Omar Trevino Morales (Z-42), of drug trafficking, firearms and money laundering charges, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Dustin Lynn Garrison, of Fairmont, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 57 months incarceration for illegally possessing a firearm, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Ochopee - Effective immediately, Big Cypress National Preserve will reopen Zone 4 of the Stairsteps Unit from Paces Dike east to Lostmans Slough. The area had been temporarily closed due to planned prescribed fire activity. Although environmental conditions and weather are good for prescribed fire in...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced SEAN TRENT BARNES, 44 from Lucama, North Carolina, to 360 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) is bringing more major utility systems online as the facility continues the transition from construction to startup and commissioning in support of EM’s plans to begin treating tank waste through its Direct Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) vitrification approach.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
Release: ALLENTOWN, Pa.- An Allentown, Pennsylvania, man was arrested by Lehigh Northampton Airport Authority Police yesterday (July 23) after a Transportation Security Administration officer at Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) spotted a loaded gun on the man.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
Release: NEW YORK - A new state-of-the-art advanced technology computed tomography checkpoint scanner (CT) that provides 3-D imaging is being tested at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint in the American Airlines Terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The new technology provides critical explosives detection capabilities at the checkpoint.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Product Exclusion Process for Section 232 Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum." The hearing will address the experiences of U.S. companies navigating...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 25, join Reps. Doggett, Welch, and Cummings as they unveil new legislation to address the prescription drug affordability crisis: The Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act. As Republicans continue to fail to address soaring healthcare costs and...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Hearing on “Update on Coast Guard Acquisition Programs and Mission Balance and Effectiveness". July 24, 2018. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). The Subcommittee is meeting today to review how the Coast Guard is...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
Release: USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney talked to reporters July 18 about the trade mission he led to Indonesia and Southeast Asia. McKinney said there is a market for U.S. food and ag products in Indonesia, but that regulations are hindering access. USDA Radio’s Gary Crawford has the story.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jonathon Popple, 34, Baraboo, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to four years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Popple pleaded guilty to this charge on April 18, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This morning, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) joined Fox News’ “FOX & Friends" and Fox Business’ “Mornings with Maria" to discuss tax reform 2.0, and what to expect this fall.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the sentencing of JOSEPH THOR PERKINS, 36, to 28 years in prison for sexually exploiting multiple minor victims. PERKINS, who pleaded guilty on Jan. 16, 2018, to one count of production of child pornography, was sentenced on July 23, 2018, before Judge Joan N. Ericksen in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
