News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: AUSTIN, Texas - This morning, federal, state and local authorities arrested 18 individuals without incident on federal drug charges stemming from a narcotics trafficking investigation announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit in the Central District of California against California Auto Finance, alleging that it violated the Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by repossessing protected servicemembers’ motor vehicles without obtaining the necessary court orders.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: MARCH 28, 2018 - Over one-third of U.S. counties had an uninsured rate of 10 percent or less in 2016, according to new statistics released today from the U.S. Census Bureau. For the population under age 65, the uninsured rate decreased in 20 percent of counties (629 counties) from 2015 to 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: Eight Democratic Committee leaders in the House of Representatives and Senate sent a letter today to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding troubling reports of reassignments of members of the Senior Executive Service (SES). Reports indicate as many as 33 SES members may have been reassigned...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) recently announced a collaboration on hydrogen and fuel cell safety research and development (R&D) data sharing to accelerate progress in hydrogen technologies with mutual goals of energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH- After a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 12 people were indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. The indictments were returned under seal on March 20 and unsealed this week following the arrests of the defendants.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
Release: CWD is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE), a progressive and fatal brain disease that can affect cervids, including deer, elk and moose. The CWD Herd Certification Program (HCP) provides a national approach to control CWD in farmed cervids. The program is a cooperative effort between APHIS, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for failing to register as a sex offender.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National Security, sent a letter asking Chairman Trey Gowdy to subpoena the Trump Administration for documents relating to loans received by President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: SEATTLE - A task force led by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) today arrested 15 people and continues to search for an additional six defendants charged in connection with a long-term investigation of drug trafficking. Law enforcement served search warrants at eight locations and searched more than a dozen...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - The Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) is on track to vitrify tank waste as soon as December 2021, Brian Vance, the manager of the EM Office of River Protection, said here last week.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: Orlando, FL - A federal court permanently enjoined a Deltona company from selling and distributing unapproved and misbranded new drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on March 27, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against a man allegedly involved in an armed assault on the Menominee Indian Reservation. Shawn T. Sanapaw (age: 34) of Keshena, was...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his role in a cocaine conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Three Houston men have been sentenced to federal prison for violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: A 43-year-old Everett resident made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court today charged by criminal complaint with shipping of explosive materials, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. THANH CONG PHAN, was arrested Monday March 26, 2018 after a number of packages containing small amounts...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after Judge Peter J. Messitte’s ruling on D.C. and Maryland v. Trump in the District of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: SAN JOSE - Jose Jesus Munoz was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Lucy H. Koh, U.S. District Judge, following the entry of Munoz’s guilty plea to the charge on September 6, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that two defendants from New Jersey who were arrested during a Lake Charles traffic stop pleaded guilty last week to possession of 4 pounds of methamphetamine packaged as Mexican candy.
