News from June 2018
By EPA Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), held a hearing today to review progress toward improving interagency coordination for the timely processing of environmental reviews and authorizations for non-federal hydropower projects. WHY: “We cannot allow important infrastructure...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 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 “Improving the Hydropower Licensing Process:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Cross Lanes man was sentenced today to 78 months in federal prison for a child pornography crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Charles William Lourett, 62, previously entered his guilty plea in February to receiving child pornography. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Filiberto Moreno, 50, of Mexico, pleaded guilty today in District Court before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez, to illegal reentry into the United States, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Sentencing is set for Aug. 23, 2018.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement amid mounting concerns about Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt's unethical behavior...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Quashawn Lawrence, 24, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more heroin, and possession of a defaced firearm, was sentenced to 41 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Stanley Olejniczak, 53, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of RICO conspiracy, was sentenced to 96 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Defendant Conducted Drive-By Shooting, Then Hid the Weapon under a Child’s Mattress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 49-year-old, Hawkins, Texas, woman has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced a hearing for Thursday, June 14, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Understanding the Digital Advertising Ecosystem."
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), held a hearing today to review progress toward improving interagency coordination for the timely processing of environmental reviews and authorizations for non-federal hydropower projects. WHY: “We cannot allow important infrastructure...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Covington, Ky. - Ronald Barnett Hill, 49, of Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky, was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison by United States District Judge David Bunning for embezzling $248,000 from his wife’s employee benefit plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOSE ARTEAGA-CENTENO, age 44, a native of Mexico, pled guilty yesterday to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal entry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that Donovan Lawrence Duchaine, age 26, from New Town, ND, was charged by an Indictment returned on June 6, 2018, for Murder and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: On June 5, 2018, William J. Craig, a/k/a "Billy," 35, of Marion, Illinois, was sentenced to 235 months of imprisonment in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine offense, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. Craig previously pled guilty...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the launch of the American-Made Solar Prize , a competition to revitalize U.S. solar manufacturing. The program will support entrepreneurs as they develop transformative ideas into concepts and then into early-stage prototypes ready for industry testing.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Washington Closure Hanford, LLC (WCH), a prime contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, has agreed to pay $3.2 million to resolve allegations that WCH violated the False Claims...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold a business meeting to consider the 2018 Senate Farm Bill. Legislative text and summaries will be available at ag.senate.gov prior to the meeting.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced a hearing for Thursday, June 14, 2018, at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Understanding the Digital Advertising Ecosystem."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JAMES BRIANT, age 68, a resident of Covington, Louisiana and mortgage broker and senior loan officer at Alpha Mortgage, LLC was charged today with making false statements to the Social Security Administration in order to obtain Social Security Disability Payments.
