News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Margaret Parker, of Dellslow, West Virginia, has admitted to her involvement in an illegal firearms operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: Defendant Faces Enhanced Penalty of Mandatory Minimum Ten Years of Imprisonment Due to Prior Drug Trafficking Felony Conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: Addiction awareness & support, e-cigarette & vaping, anti-gang & violence programs presented to students, teachers, administrators and parents.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan and bicameral health care leaders today sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) raising concerns about the department’s implementation of a portion of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015. The leaders requested information regarding the “Cyber Threat Preparedness Report" (CTPR), as well as other important status updates.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Mohammed Kayed, aka Mohammed Fayez, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiring to traffic in contraband cigarettes.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today issued the following statement regarding the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees’ annual reports...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Martin, South Dakota, man convicted of Accessory After the Fact (Murder) and Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, was sentenced on May 24, 2018, by Chief Judge, Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after President Trump signed into law S. 292, the Childhood Cancer STAR Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Avenues gang member who was captured last year after more than a decade on the run was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison on federal hate crime and firearms charges that were filed against him in 2004.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that his office secured a life sentence today in a case involving a Delaware County man convicted of murder through the use of a firearm and conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. Anthony Vetri, 30, of Essington, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today, QUA’MORIA RONDE’ DAVIS, 20, of Henderson was sentenced by United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan to 78 months imprisonment followed by 3 years’ supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after a new report from Gizmodo detailed concerted efforts by Federal Communication Commission (FCC) officials to spread unsubstantiated claims that a distributed denial-of-service-attacks (DDoS) disrupted the public comment docket in the weeks prior to the vote to repeal net neutrality...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: SILT, Colo. -The Bureau of Land Management seeks public comment on two potential wild horse gathers planned this summer or fall to help maintain healthy populations of wild horses on healthy lands in northwestern Colorado.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after a new report from Gizmodo detailed concerted efforts by Federal Communication Commission (FCC) officials to spread unsubstantiated claims that a distributed denial-of-service-attacks (DDoS) disrupted the public comment docket in the weeks prior to the vote to repeal net neutrality...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM Assistant Secretary Anne White visited the Savannah River Site (SRS) for the first time last week, touring facilities and meeting with early career professionals and other employees.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the release of the 2018 Medicare Trustees Report.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: Defendant has two prior felony convictions and three prior deportations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 45-year-old Houston resident has been charged with conspiring to violate the federal anti-kickback statute and receiving at least $320,000 in illegal kickback payments from a local Houston pharmacy, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after a new report from Gizmodo detailed concerted efforts by Federal Communication Commission (FCC) officials to spread unsubstantiated claims that a distributed denial-of-service-attacks (DDoS) disrupted the public comment docket in the weeks prior to the vote to repeal net neutrality...
