News from June 2018
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), announced today a hearing for Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards Program (CFATS) - A Progress Report."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: In El Paso, a federal judge on Tuesday sentenced 55-year-old former Chihuahua, Mexico State Police Officer Mario De La O Lopez (aka “Flaco") to 324 months in federal prison for his role in Sinaloa Cartel narcotics distribution operations. In addition to the prison term, United States District Judge Frank Montalvo also ordered that the defendant pay a $1,000 fine.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03), and Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (MA-01) issued the following statement after the Department of Justice told a federal court that it will not defend the key patient...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: MINIDOKA COUNTY, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking comments on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the maintenance and rehabilitation of the Minidoka Powerplant Unit 7 draft tube bulkhead structure, located at Minidoka Dam in Minidoka County, Idaho.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today released the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. The Committee will meet to consider the legislation at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time on June 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - CHRISTOPHER MARCUS WELLS, 47, of Shawnee, was sentenced today to 12 years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), announced a hearing for Friday, June 15, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The State of U.S. Public Health Biopreparedness: Responding to Biological Attacks, Pandemics, and Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks."
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03), and Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (MA-01) issued the following statement after the Department of Justice told a federal court that it will not defend the key patient...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: MOOSE, WY- A traditional cattle drive will take place early Saturday morning, June 9, in Grand Teton National Park. While the cattle drive is underway, a two-mile stretch of US Highway 26/89/191 will be temporarily closed to vehicle traffic from Moran Junction to the Elk Ranch Flats area that lies just...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A New York-based oxycodone trafficker was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - Two Dominican nationals were ordered detained in federal custody today after Pawtucket Police allegedly discovered them with a large array of equipment and materials used to produce fraudulent identification documents, credit cards and skimming equipment used to steal credit and debit card data.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: OXFORD, Miss. - U.S. Attorney William C. Lamar and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze announced today that a Memphis man was sentenced in Mississippi on Thursday for his role in a human trafficking scheme. Mario D. Collins of Memphis, Tennessee was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills for trafficking a victim from Georgia to Tennessee and ultimately to Oxford, Mississippi for commercial sex purposes.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing for a potential record-breaking day for passengers screened Monday at Nashville International Airport (BNA) as travelers return home from the Country Music Association Fest and Bonnaroo Music Festival.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today the open bidding period for recreation development and operation of a marina at New Melones Reservoir. This business opportunity is for the development and long-term management of marina concession facilities and services at Glory Hole Recreation Area in Calaveras County.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - A 23-count criminal indictment was returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Asheville late Tuesday, charging former Buncombe County Manager Wanda Skillington Greene, 66, of Arden, N.C., with wire fraud, federal program fraud, and money laundering, in connection with a $2.3 million...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed the Department of Energy’s (DOE) announcement that two Alaska projects will receive a total of $3.6 million to support the development of innovative marine energy technologies.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared and approved a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final Environmental Impact Statement to Address the Presence of Wolves at Isle Royale National Park (EIS). On June 7, 2018, Midwest Regional Director Cam Sholly signed the ROD selecting the Preferred Alternative...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced former Detective Evodio Calles Hendrix, age 32, of Randallstown, Maryland, and former Detective Maurice Kilpatrick Ward, age 36, of Middle River, Maryland today for racketeering conspiracy. Hendrix was sentenced to seven...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a two Romanian nationals with bank fraud, debit card fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain today announced that a Philadelphia attorney who struggled to pay his law firm’s expenses was indicted on fraud charges.
