News from June 2018

By DOE Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - The former legacy cleanup contractor at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) earned approximately 94 percent of the fee available for its final evaluation period, according to a recently released scorecard.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, N.C. - With 56-miles of ocean beach for visitors to enjoy, Cape Lookout National Seashore would like to remind visitors to remember common ocean swimming hazards, especially rip currents.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: On Wednesday, June 20 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development will hold a hearing on “Occupational Licensing: Reducing Barriers to Economic Mobility and Growth." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Harley Lee Howell, III, 35, of Colville, Washington, pleaded guilty yesterday to travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual contact with a minor, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Howell was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d’Alene on Sept. 14, 2017.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - Spring precipitation has brought an abundance of grass and other fine fuels, including cheatgrass, to public lands. In addition to last year’s dried grasses, these fine fuels can ignite readily and burn easily once they dry out. As things heat up, please follow these simple tips on how...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Child Abuse.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: (BUFFALO, N.Y.) - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New York Division, announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging eight defendants with conspiracy to possess with the intent...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A Cambria County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jamiell Sims, age 29, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty on June 18, 2018, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to participating in a sex trafficking conspiracy that...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Andre Lion Goncalves Pereira (“PEREIRA"), age 29, a citizen of Brazil, pleaded guilty on June 14 before U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance to aggravated identity theft.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Brandy Carey Malinosky, age 42, of Pittston Township, was sentenced on June 12, 2018, to 28 months’ imprisonment and to serve four years on supervised release by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley, for her role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy that operated in Luzerne County during February through November 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A former Mason County Deputy Sheriff pled guilty today to a federal gun charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Terry Lee Powell, 42, of Point Pleasant entered his guilty plea to possession of a stolen firearm before United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the West Virginia State Police and the Mason County Sheriff’s Department.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Demar A. Brown, age 34, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Jashon C. Fields, age 33, of Atlanta, Georgia; and Kamar O. Beckles, age 33 of Teaneck, New Jersey, today on charges of conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property, related to a series of burglaries in Baltimore County, Maryland.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: MILLS, Wyoming -- The Wyoming Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation in Mills, Wyoming will be lowering the water level in Guernsey Reservoir in preparation for the annual silt run according to Carlie Ronca, Wyoming Area Manager.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 19, 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 opening remarks at the Committee’s third hearing on the 340B drug discount program, which helps safety net health care providers to stretch limited resources and maximize their impact in vulnerable communities.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, today issued the following statement after the Department of Labor published a final rule expanding access to association health plans (AHPs) to benefit American workers and families...

By DOE Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Arizona Congressman Tom O’Halleran hosted his second annual Uranium Town Hall meeting on May 30, 2018, at the Cameron Chapter House in Cameron, Arizona. In attendance was one of the five agencies within the Navajo Nation, the Western Agency, which encompasses an estimated 111 abandoned uranium mine sites. The public meeting gave federal and tribal entities an opportunity to provide a brief update on their work on uranium-related issues within the Navajo Nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Demante Syms, 26, of Saint Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to life imprisonment plus one year for his participation in the killing of three individuals in furtherance of drug trafficking and his tampering with a witness. Syms was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John A. Ross.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 28-year old resident of McAllen has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of one count of receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jesus Salvador Lara-Perez pleaded guilty Dec. 5, 2016.