News from March 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today introduced S. 2526, the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018 (RESA). The bill aims to increase voluntary retirement savings and includes a provision to establish more flexible multiple employer plans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Ghanaian national was arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Worcester with illegal possession of identification documents and aggravated identity theft.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Ochopee - Effective immediately, Big Cypress National Preserve will reopen the Bear Island Campground to all recreational use. The area was closed due to wildfire activity. Additionally, the lands and trails closed for the Bluebird Prescribed Fire will reopen to all recreational use. Firefighters have surveyed the area and determined that conditions are safe to reopen.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Fayetteville successfully established a partnership with the Arkansas Department of Education for the creation of online teacher professional development courses on human trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Christopher Jaye Boykin (35, Lisman, Alabama) to 7 years and 11 months in federal prison for downloading child sex abuse videos. He was also ordered to serve a 5-year term of supervised release, register as a sex offender, and pay $4,000 in restitution to two victims. Boykin was previously convicted of two felony drug offenses in Jacksonville in 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: MINERAL, CA - Lassen Volcanic National Park Superintendent Jim Richardson invites public comment for a 30-day review of the Bumpass Hell Trail Visitor Use Improvements Environmental Assessment (EA). The EA analyzes the impacts of three alternatives for rehabilitation of the trail and boardwalk.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 1119, Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment (SENSE) Act, by a vote of 215-189.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: On Saturday, March 31, Obed Wild & Scenic River and Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning are working together to host a river-based cleanup of the section of the Obed River between the Devil’s Breakfast Table and Nemo. This 11-mile section of stream is one of the most dramatic in the park, featuring...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that EDY GARCIA-BANEGAS, age 32, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of a removed alien after deportation, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: ELIZABETH CITY - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced today that, ANTOINE DEWAYNE MYLES a/k/a “Twan", 42 of Dunn, North Carolina, was convicted after a three-day jury trial before United States District Judge Terrance W. Boyle. The jury...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Isaac Benjamin Voss, 41, of Clark County, Washington, pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud for defrauding domestic and foreign investors who believed they were investing in a viable clean energy company.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today launched a new resource for veterans targeted by home loan refinancing scams. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has more than 50,000 active loans in Missouri, and too often, veterans are targeted by scammers and predatory lenders offering deals to refinance their loans.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), yesterday announced a hearing for Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “DOE Modernization: Legislation Addressing Cybersecurity and Emergency Response."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Lyle Livesay, of Delray Beach, Florida, has been sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for laundering the proceeds of fraud against banks in Oklahoma and elsewhere, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On March 7, 2018, Chris Rayvon Starks, 31, of Shelbyville, Tennessee, was sentenced to serve 180 months in prison by the Honorable Curtis L. Collier, Senior U.S. District Judge. Upon his release from prison, Starks will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for five years.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure held the hearing, “Legislative Hearing on S. 2421, the Fair Agricultural Reporting Method Act " Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Methods for analyzing food samples developed by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) chemist in Maryland capture what could be considered the most definitive nutrient profiles possible for many of the foods we eat.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James R. Duncan, 52, of Lackawanna, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to 165 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND- Sammy Sultan was sentenced to two years in prison for making hundreds of obscene and harassing phone calls to law enforcement agencies, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton, Chief U.S. District Judge, handed down the sentence yesterday, after Sultan entered a guilty plea on Dec. 13, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Today, United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that a Federal Grand Jury indicted MICHAEL W. NEWLIN, 18, of Owasso, and BRANDON MENDINGHALL, 23, of Stillwater, for their alleged roles in a December carjacking and obstruction of justice that involved evading and shooting at a Tulsa Police Officer. This indictment is part of the United States Justice Department’s Project Safe Neighborhoods national initiative to combat gun violence and violent crime.
