News from June 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: Three new fires were observed during a fire detection flight late Monday, June 4, all ignited by lightning occurring over the weekend. None of these fires are currently being staffed by personnel, but all are being monitored.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: Louisville, Ky. - U.S. District Judge Greg N. Stivers sentenced Gary Womack, Age 60, from Woodburn, Simpson County, Kentucky, to 15 months imprisonment for 3 felony violations of the federal Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA). Womack had previously pleaded guilty to the violations on March 8, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today led a letter signed by Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee to Donald McGahn, the White House Counsel, asking substantive questions about the recent pardons issued by President Trump, whether or not the formal procedures ...
By State Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Legislation introduced today by U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and a bipartisan group of senators to require congressional approval of tariffs designated under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 is attracting a wide range of support.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: Used the Social Security Number of a United States Citizen.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - "As United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and to faithfully execute and enforce the laws of Congress. Included in our Constitution is the absolute power and authority of the President to...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) is making recommendations that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) take action to help address improper payments in the Medicaid program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: Defendant is latest to be sentenced out of nearly two dozen defendants after long-term narcotics investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Eliseo Alvarez Jr. age 28, of Bella Vista, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Alvarez Jr. was also ordered to...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement on Facebook allowing Chinese technology companies access to data of users and users’ friends without explicit consent.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Crystal Lyn Lewis, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to heroin and fentanyl distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - The South Dakota National Guard will be upgrading 266 Street along the park’s southeastern border in the coming weeks as part of the 28th annual Golden Coyote training exercise. Trucks will be hauling gravel from the Streeter Gravel Pit along the 7-11 Road (County 101) north on County Road 5 to the turn off for 266 Street. Drivers are urged to use caution while on these roads due to the increase in traffic.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: More than 35 Arrested on Indictments and Criminal Complaints Charging Gun and Drug Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney R. Trent Shores announced today that Tracy Allen Crawford, 32, of Tulsa, pleaded guilty to brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence before Chief Judge Gregory K. Frizzell.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that following a seven-week trial, a federal jury has convicted Colin B. Montague, 63, of Greece, NY, of operating a continuing criminal enterprise, drug conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and money laundering. The charges carry a minimum penalty of life in prison and a maximum fine of $20,000,000.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement on Facebook allowing Chinese technology companies access to data of users and users’ friends without explicit consent...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement on Facebook allowing Chinese technology companies access to data of users and users’ friends without explicit consent...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 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 Health hearing on “Examining the Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act:"
By DOE Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) is making recommendations that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) take action to help address improper payments in the Medicaid program.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) is making recommendations that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) take action to help address improper payments in the Medicaid program.
