News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 39-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: DANIEL JUSTIN MAHAN, age 42, a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was charged yesterday in a two-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for violation of the Federal Gun Control Act, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: Former CEO and VP of Finance for a Virginia-Based Software Company Plead Guilty to Employment Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr. United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announced that in federal court, JOHN EDWARD MUTH, Jr., from Currituck County, North Carolina, was found guilty of one count of Conspiracy to Manufacture, Distribute, Dispense, and Possess With Intent to...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today is pleased to announce the inclusion of several key provisions beneficial to agriculture in the FY 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Act, which extends government funding through Sept. 30. The bill passed the Senate on a 65-32 vote and is awaiting the President’s signature.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate passed by unanimous consent yesterday H.R. 4547, the Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018 - bipartisan legislation to strengthen and improve the representative payee program to better protect those Social Security beneficiaries who are unable to manage their benefits on their own.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Adalberto Cruz, 28, of Puerto Rico, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Santo Rodolfo Garcia Mendez, 33, a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in Lawrence, Massachusetts was sentenced on Thursday to serve three years in federal prison for participating in a heroin trafficking conspiracy.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter today to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg detailing their concerns with Facebook’s use and protection of user data and requesting that he testify before the committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: TYLER, Texas - U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown announced today that six Jacksonville, Texas men have pleaded guilty following a drug trafficking investigation in the Eastern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Luis Lopez, age 40, of North East, Maryland today to five years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for Conspiracy To Distribute And Possess With Intent to Distribute Cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. -In support of the Administration’s priorities of energy independence and job creation, the Bureau of Land Management Rock Springs Field Office released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Riley Ridge to Natrona Pipeline Project today, opening up a 45-day public comment period.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The BLM is taking public comment on a proposed plan to manage commercial fishing guides using public lands along the North Platte River. The BLM welcomes and values the public’s diverse views, which will assist in producing a working plan for commercial fishing guides on public lands along this Blue Ribbon Trout Stream.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: Prosecution was part of Project Ceasefire, which targets dangerous felons and drug traffickers with firearms in the Savannah area.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management is extending the public scoping period for the Silver City Travel Management Plan (TMP) environmental assessment an additional two weeks to April 13, 2018. This extension is in response to the project website being inaccessible by some users for short periods of time due to technical difficulties.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: TUPELO, MS: Spring wildflowers are blooming abundantly on the Natchez Trace Parkway. Join a park ranger to learn about plants and flowers that thrived at the Chickasaw Village Site when it was one of the largest Chickasaw settlements in Mississippi. Find out what plant life was brought in by others who...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
Release: You can view the FY 2018 Section 10007 of the 2014 Farm Bill spending plans on the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Web site at www.aphis.usda.gov/farmbill.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The National Park Service (NPS) Traffic Safety Coalition awarded Natchez Trace Parkway (Parkway) Rangers Timothy McElwain and Keith Schumann traffic safety awards for their efforts in traffic enforcement. McElwain received the Traffic Safety Excellence Award and Schumann, who recently transferred to the Parkway from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, received the Award for Highway Safety Champion.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter today to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg detailing their concerns with Facebook’s use and protection of user data and requesting that he testify before the committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Joey Lamont Brunson, a/k/a “Solo Flex," age 42 of Eutawville (Orangeburg County), South Carolina was convicted of all twelve of the charges in his federal indictment after a four day jury trial before Judge Joseph F. Anderson...