News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This morning, a U.S. Magistrate Judge sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., found probable cause to support a criminal complaint charging Jorge Luis Vargas-Talamantes, 29, a legal permanent resident from Mexico who resides in El Paso, Texas, with a cocaine trafficking offense. The charge arises...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: The former second highest official in the UAW’s Chrysler Department pleaded guilty today to conspiring with other UAW officials and Fiat Chrysler executives to make illegal payments to union officials, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Virginia man was sentenced today to 276 months in prison, to be followed by a life term of supervised release, for traveling from the United States to Haiti and engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) today sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding 9-1-1 fee diversion and its impact on public safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Charles Bertsch, age 59, of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, Saul Aguilar -Andres, 20, has been sentenced to 50 years in federal prison, to be followed by a life term of supervised release, for using two minors to produce sexually explicit images and transporting those images, by posting them on Drop Box.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced a $200,000 award today to Plurilock Security Solutions, Inc. to develop an identity management (IdM) platform to improve the security capabilities of smart devices, sensors and other devices that connect and operate across the cybersphere.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed four bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee bills that will advance our public health efforts.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed four bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee bills that will expand broadband infrastructure and strengthen public safety communications.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed four bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee bills that will expand broadband infrastructure and strengthen public safety communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Suffolk man today on charges of selling a firearm to a felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) today sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding 9-1-1 fee diversion and its impact on public safety.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed four bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee bills that will advance our public health efforts.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA), made the following joint statement on passage of H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a three-day jury trial in federal court, Antonio Hawkins, 41, was convicted of multiple counts of sex trafficking. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Sudhakar Reddy Bonthu, a former manager at Equifax, pleaded guilty today to a charge of insider trading based on his purchases of options ahead of Equifax’s public announcement of its data breach.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Harwich man was convicted today by a federal jury in Boston of firearms and drug offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Grand Teton National Park rangers responded Sunday night and Monday morning to recover the body of a deceased climber and rescue his stranded partner. The climber fell approximately 300 feet while rappelling down Guide’s Wall on the north side of Cascade Canyon.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) today sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding 9-1-1 fee diversion and its impact on public safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2018
News Release: Kenneth Rudge Oversaw Activities of “YNR" Members on Webster Avenue, Including Heroin and Crack Sales, Shootings, and the Murder of a Robbery Victim in January 2016.
