News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Third Degree Burglary and Larceny.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Yosemite National Park announces Yosemite Valley and Wawona will close at Noon tomorrow, July 25, 2018, to all visitors due to the ongoing impacts of the Ferguson Fire. These closures include all hotels, campgrounds, and visitor services in Yosemite Valley and Wawona. Park visitors currently staying...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned a verdict today finding Anthony Cordova, 53, of Albuquerque, guilty of racketeering and murder charges following a two-and-a-half-week trial before U.S. District Judge James O. Browning.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Jose Luis Solorio Morales, 27, an illegal alien from Mexico, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette III to his role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a detectable amount of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge J. Derryle Smith.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Katie Jo Waters, 29, of Pembroke, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 24, 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 Energy hearing on “DOE Modernization: Legislation to Authorize a Pilot Project to Commercialize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve:"
By DOE Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford Site workers have critical equipment to keep them safe during cleanup, and one item provided by the site's fire department has been in high demand: the self-contained breathing apparatus.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a federal grand jury in Scranton returned a third superseding indictment today charging Mark Cook, age 39, with additional counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, and two counts of interstate prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BRENT ANTHONY SILVA, age 52, a resident of Covington, Louisiana, was charged yesterday in a one-count bill of information with conspiracy to make false statements and representations in connection with a multiple employer welfare arrangement, in violation of...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 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 Energy hearing on “DOE Modernization: Legislation to Authorize a Pilot Project to Commercialize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) released firearms trace data today for all U.S. states and territories for calendar year 2017. ATF’s National Tracing Center (NTC), which is the nation’s only crime gun tracing facility, gathers the data. Trace data relates to firearms recovered by law enforcement. For calendar year 2017, the NTC traced more than 400,000 firearms.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A Fort Worth man was sentenced Monday to life in federal prison for sex trafficking underage girls.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced up to $12 billion in assistance to farmers impacted by tariffs.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), held a hearing today examining practices within the substance use treatment industry, including advertising and marketing practices. The hearing builds on the committee’s ongoing bipartisan investigation into...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee hearing on “Examining the Wayfair Decision and its Ramifications for Consumers and Small Businesses"...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the House passed multiple bills sponsored by Ways and Means Committee Members, including permanent repeal of Obamacare’s excise tax on the importers and manufacturers of medical devices...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 24, 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 Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Examining Advertising and Marketing Practices within the Substance Use Treatment Industry:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: Defendant Repeatedly Attempted to Travel to the Middle East to Join Terrorist Group and Sent Money Overseas to Fund Another Foreign Fighter’s Travel to Join Terrorist Group.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 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 remarks on the Senate floor reflecting on the defeat of Republicans’ Trumpcare proposal one year ago. The partisan legislation, a last-ditch effort...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 24, 2018
News Release: CALVERT CITY, KY - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited five contractors for safety and health violations after three employees were fatally injured and two others critically injured following an explosion onboard a towboat in Calvert City, Kentucky. The five companies collectively received 55 of violations with proposed penalties totaling $795,254.
