News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Russell Cherry, 51, of Anchorage, has been indicted on charges of distribution and possession of child pornography. Cherry was arraigned this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge James P. Hutton.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Fitchburg woman and a Saugus man were sentenced today in federal court in Boston for their roles in a steroid trafficking conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Everyone is invited to find their park and experience authentic Hawaiian cultural programs, guided hikes, After Dark events and more from Ka‘ū to Volcano to Hilo.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, NJ - Within the past week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed two public safety threats to their respective countries of origin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Providence man accused of robbing a Providence bank just prior to closing for the business day on Valentine’s Day in February 2017, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in federal court to a charge of bank robbery.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 6082, the Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act, authored by Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), by a bipartisan vote of 357-57.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Hampton man pleaded guilty today to leading a family-run heroin trafficking conspiracy which distributed large quantities of heroin in Virginia.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 5797, the IMD CARE Act, authored by Rep. Mimi Walters (R-CA) by a bipartisan vote of 261-155.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brendaliz Escalante, 28, and Jerry Louis Rolon-Alvarez, 39, both of Buffalo, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with attempt to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Amir Said Rahman Al-Ghazi, 41, aka Robert C. McCollum, of Sheffield Lake, Ohio, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for one count of providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, as well as two counts of being a felon in possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Strafford, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute and for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in opposition to H.R. 6082, the Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after President Trump signed an executive order ending his administration’s family separation policy...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in opposition to H.R. 6082, the Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: Johnson City, Texas -- Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park continues its popular outdoor “Movies Under the Stars" series on Saturday, June 30, with the screening of “Yellow Submarine." This animated film features cartoon versions of The Beatles and their psychedelic adventures on the way to Pepperland.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 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 “The Benefits of Tax Reform on the Energy Sector and Consumers:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that an illegal alien from Honduras pleaded guilty last week to possessing a pistol after being arrested in West Monroe.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Three Holyoke men were arrested today and charged in federal court in Springfield with distributing drugs.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Tonight, Subcommittee on Energy Vice Chairman, Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX), and Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) will host a special order on the House Floor in which they and other members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Congress will discuss the importance of natural gas as an energy resource.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 2018
News Release: All 24 Energy and Commerce Democrats sent a letter to full Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess (R-TX) today demanding an immediate hearing on the wellbeing of the children being forcibly separated from their parents and families and placed into the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).
