News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: MANHATTAN - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the James P. O’Neill, Police Commissioner of the City of New (“NYPD"), and George P. Beach II, the Superintendent...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: On March 12, 2018, Mark Winston Pickrell and Aubrey Dean Bullard were sentenced for their respective roles in a conspiracy to illegally possess and sell unregistered firearms. The sentences were handed down by the Honorable Chief Judge J. Randal Hall, United States District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA -Around 2:15 pm on Monday, March 12, a truck driver heading eastbound on California Highway 190 lost control of his vehicle near Emigrant Campground. The truck careened into the desert, landed on its side, and caught on fire.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: DENVER - A Colorado operation resulted in convictions of 17 defendants for conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine, possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, distribution of heroin and cocaine, money laundering, or using phones to facilitate felonies. In addition, the operation seized an estimated 12 kilos of heroin, two kilos of cocaine, four guns and $190,000 in cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Defendant Encountered Victim on Street at 13th and U Streets NW.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: For Further Information, Contact: Assistant U.S. Attorney.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A San Gabriel Valley doctor who pleaded guilty to a federal drug trafficking charge for illegally distributing the powerful opioid best known by the brand name OxyContin was sentenced today to over 13 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Ahmed Sadek, 23, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, was arraigned today in U.S. District Court on an armed bank robbery charge.
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the committee will meet TOMORROW, Thursday, March 15 at 9:30 a.m. to consider...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: More than one million people who visit the public lands surrounding Escalante, Utah every year will benefit from new outdoor exhibits and a companion trip planning mobile application (app) which will be unveiled at the Escalante Interagency Visitor Center March 22.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 33 months' imprisonment, a $100,000.00 fine, and restitution in the amount of $505,131.95, as well as forfeiture in the amount of $235,515.93, on his conviction of mail fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: A Waterloo man who illegally possessed a gun he used to shoot a minor was sentenced today to the maximum allowed under the law, ten years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- Grand Canyon National Park implemented Level 2 water conservation measures due to a series of breaks in the Transcanyon Waterline. Until park staff repairs the break and water in storage tanks reaches sustainable levels, the park will remain in conservation mode.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A New York man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two New York residents have pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a hearing to review a discussion draft of bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (AGDUFA). The discussion draft was released by bipartisan leaders of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Christopher Loran Bentley (31, Jacksonville) to 10 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possessing a pistol after having been convicted of a felony, and for possessing with intent to distribute crack cocaine and heroin. He pleaded guilty to the offenses on Oct. 19, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) today announced Parish Braden has been named Deputy Staff Director for the Committee, following Todd Ungerecht, who is retiring from the Committee, and the hiring of Kristina Baum as Communications Director. Baum officially joins the Committee on March 20, 2018.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today held its third hearing as part of the committee’s ‘DOE Modernization ’ series. #SubEnergy members reviewed four bipartisan bills to enhance the Department of Energy’s ability to address energy supply emergencies and cybersecurity threats to the energy sector, including pipelines and the electric grid.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A New York man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
