News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Gill Paul Beck, Sr., a longtime federal prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina, was among the 23 North Carolina lawyers inducted into the North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Hall of Fame. The ceremony for the Class of 2018 was held on June 26th at the City Club in downtown Raleigh.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: DUBLIN, GA: Federal indictments were unsealed today against 7 Dublin residents charged with federal firearms, drug distribution, and related offenses. The charges are the result of joint federal, state, and local efforts to reduce violent crime and drug activities in the Dublin area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Sylas Way, 44, Elijah Blake, 26, Keon Baptiste-Harris, 35, Jamie Perry, 46, and Davontae Perrybrooks, 26, all currently residing in Lewiston, were arrested and charged today by criminal complaint in U.S. District Court with distribution of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack.".
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks during a Health Subcommittee markup on his amendment that urged the Committee to hold at least one hearing on the status and welfare of the children separated from their families as a result of the Trump Administration’s “Zero Tolerance" policy. The Pallone amendment failed to pass after all Subcommittee Republicans voted against it unanimously...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the prosecution of the individual(s) who illegally removed a large sign indicating the Saylor Creek Wild Horse Herd Management Area, south of Glenns Ferry. The 12-foot sign was posted at the junction of the Water Haul and Crows Nest road intersection within the Jarbidge Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - The developer of the Oread Hotel and his bookkeeper were indicted Wednesday on federal charges of scheming to collect more than $400,000 in fraudulent tax refunds from the City of Lawrence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A financial advisor who told clients they were guaranteed to make money by investing with him has been indicted for allegedly defrauding those clients out of $4.7 million.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks during a Health Subcommittee markup on his amendment that urged the Committee to hold at least one hearing on the status and welfare of the children separated from their families as a result of the Trump Administration’s “Zero Tolerance" policy. The Pallone amendment failed to pass after all Subcommittee Republicans voted against it unanimously...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Sylas Way, 44, Elijah Blake, 26, Keon Baptiste-Harris, 35, Jamie Perry, 46, and Davontae Perrybrooks, 26, all currently residing in Lewiston, were arrested and charged today by criminal complaint in U.S. District Court with distribution of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A businessman, who owned and operated five real estate development companies in Pittsfield, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to defrauding a credit union.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Eminence, MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways and Current River State Park will be offering free paddling clinics July 7-8, July 14-15, July 21-22, and July 28-29. The schedule for each weekend clinic will be the same, with dry land basic sessions conducted on Saturday evening at 8:30 p.m. at the Round...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) delivered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Environment markup of two nuclear waste bills...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: NASA and NPS Paws to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of National Trails Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Democratic Ranking Members of eight House Committees with jurisdiction over the Department of Commerce sent a letter to the Agency’s Inspector General, Peggy Gustafson, requesting an investigation into Secretary Wilbur Ross’s compliance with federal ethics requirements, his ongoing issues with conflicts of interest, and his potentially false comments regarding certain financial holdings.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced the Flood Prevention Act of 2018 (S. 3146), a bill that would add the District of Columbia (D.C.) to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Coastal Zone ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: ALAMOGORDO, NM - On Saturday, June 30 and Sunday, July 1, White Sands National Monument and, partner cooperating association, Western National Parks Association, will host the 4th annual Step Through Time: Mexican Art Show and Market at the visitor center from 10:00 am-5:00 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Salem County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison for signing false tax returns for shell companies resulting in $286,742 in fraudulent refunds, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Jaleel Zakee Adams, a/k/a “Jay," 23, of Florissant, MO, was indicted on June 21, 2018 for allegedly distributing acetyl-fentanyl to R.I. on Nov. 15, 2017, resulting in the death of R.I. In addition, Adams is charged with possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and with...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 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 markup on H.R. __, Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2018, H.R. 959, H.R. 1676, H.R. 3728, and H.R. 5385...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Dustin Tiller, age 32, was sentenced to 220 months (or 18 years and 3 months) imprisonment in federal court in Greenville.
