News from June 2018
By DOT News Wire | Jun 27, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on June 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 27, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on June 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 27, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on June 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 27, 2018
The US Labor Department published a one page rule on June 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 27, 2018
The US Labor Department published a one page rule on June 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Leslie Fryar, age 42, of Amity, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Hot Springs.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Dear Inspector General Levinson: We write to request a comprehensive review of the operations of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) program, particularly focused on how the Office has approached and responded to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday has sentenced Francisco Moreno-Valencia (40, Colombia, South America) to 15 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine on vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Moreno-Valencia pleaded guilty on Feb. 15, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday has sentenced Francisco Moreno-Valencia (40, Colombia, South America) to 15 years and 6 months in federal prison for conspiring with others to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine on vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Moreno-Valencia pleaded guilty on Feb. 15, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A federal indictment unsealed today charges 15 alleged members of the Peoria street gang Bomb Squad with organized violent gang activity including murder and attempted murder. The indictment alleges that those charged are participants in a racketeering conspiracy that has committed numerous shootings and acts of violence, including the April 8, 2018, murder of a rival gang member and a bystander, a Bradley University student.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Charlottesville, VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Charlottesville today charged an Ohio man with federal hate crimes, including a hate crime act that resulted in the death of Heather Heyer, for his actions during the Aug. 12, 2017...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Ala. - - James Calvin Talley, Jr., 37, of Verbena, Alabama, was sentenced to life in prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, using a phone to facilitate a drug crime, and being a felon in possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a federal prisoner in Oakdale pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempting to escape by climbing over a razor wire perimeter fence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Robert McCloud, 39, most recently of Warrenville, S.C., pled guilty today to a federal wire fraud charge stemming from a real estate scheme in which he and others used forged deeds and fake driver’s licenses to fraudulently transfer ownership of District of Columbia homes from the rightful owners.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A federal grand jury returned four-related indictments today charging 20 alleged members of a Reno drug trafficking and firearms organization for their roles in a large-scale drug distribution ring that operated in the Reno area. Seventeen defendants are charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin, and three defendants are charged with firearms-related offenses.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published the 2018 Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) primer that highlights the resource potential of NGLs, with a focus on the Appalachian region. This publication provides an important update of a previous version from 2017, reporting even larger projections for ethane production from the Marcellus and Utica shale plays than previously estimated.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Additional charges were brought today against the owner of a Kansas City, Mo., day care center who, along with the center’s director, was previously indicted by a federal grand jury for a conspiracy to fraudulently receive as much as $556,000 in federal benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources advanced several onshore energy development bills, including H.R. 6107 (U.S. Rep. Pearce, R-N.M.), H.R. 6088 (U.S. Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah), H.R. 6087 (U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.), and H.R. 5859 (U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo.).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana organized and hosted a seminar for local sheriffs and drug-court judges on the availability of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) as means to combat the crisis of opioid addiction...
