News from June 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Last summer, thousands of visitors flocked to Wyoming to view the rare solar eclipse. This summer, hundreds of students will arrive while attempting to re-create the historic Oregon Trail journey - but they’ll be driving solar-powered cars instead of covered wagons! On Monday, July 16, the solar-powered cars and their teams will check in at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center Checkpoint during the 2018 American Solar Challenge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Joseph A. Foistner, 67, an attorney and resident of New Boston, New Hampshire, was arrested on charges of bank fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Beers, 68, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of making a false statement to an FBI special agent, was sentenced to serve 60 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A former Quincy man, who had been a fugitive for more than 20 years prior to his arrest in April 2017, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with a $1.7 million real estate investment fraud scheme in Quincy.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans today sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding its Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and the management, treatment, and reunification of unaccompanied alien children (UAC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned two indictments this week charging Stockton residents Somnang Chea, 34, with being a felon in possession of ammunition and Phirum Phin, 30, with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Darnell A. Reeves, 32, of Delaware, Ohio, was arrested today and charged federally with distributing fentanyl that caused at least one overdose death.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Ryan Mumme, 46, of Eastport, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Imtiaz Shaikh, 46, of Manchester pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the State of New Hampshire.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: Today, Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr., Elijah E. Cummings, Jerrold Nadler, Bennie G. Thompson, and Bobby Scott, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Education and the Workforce, sent a letter to the Inspectors...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: Today, Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr., Elijah E. Cummings, Jerrold Nadler, Bennie G. Thompson, and Bobby Scott, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Education and the Workforce, sent a letter to the Inspectors...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On June 22, 2018, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 97 defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in the municipality of San Juan, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: Guilherme Alves De Melo (Alves), age 33, from Brazil, has been charged with one count of intimidating a flight crew member or attendant and lessening or interfering with their ability to perform their duties, in violation of federal law. The charge is contained in a Complaint filed June 26, 2018, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: ALBANY: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Lakevis Woodard, age 31, of Fitzgerald, Georgia pled guilty on June 28, 2018, to Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base before U.S. District Court Judge Leslie J. Abrams in Albany, Georgia. The plea subjects Mr. Woodard to a term of imprisonment of up to twenty (20) years, a fine of up to $1 million, or both.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: Dear Mr. Greenwood: I write to you as head of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) with deep concern regarding harassment in the workplace, particularly in light of the recent event sponsored by your member companies associated with the BIO International Convention, that have called into...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Middlesboro, Ky. resident was indicted yesterday on federal charges of attempted production of child pornography and receiving, distributing, and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: In sympathy on the day of Bridgette Gentry Marshall’s funeral, U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town expresses condolences to her husband, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, and their family.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today led a letter signed by all Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee to President Donald Trump asking questions about the inception for the Administration’s family separation policy, the implementation of the policy, and the level of coordination between relevant agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: Downloadable file: PORTLAND, Ore. - Antonio Oswaldo Burgos, 48, of Portland, made an initial appearance today in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Papak. The court unsealed a three-count indictment alleging Burgos, on three separate occasions, attempted to bribe a U.S. Immigration and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Newark, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
