News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Archie Phillips, 45, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On March 21, 2017, Gayle Sicard Shapiro Green, 65, of Greeneville Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 16 months in federal prison for mail fraud and money laundering. Green was the former Greeneville City Schools Director of Finance and volunteer treasurer for both the Tennessee Basketry Association and the Greater Kingsport Kennel Club.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The business manager of a Morristown, New Jersey, assisted living facility has been charged with exploiting her position to steal approximately $237,000 from an elderly victim under her care, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), questioned Kristine Svinicki, chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission during a hearing titled, “Oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Otha Don Watkins, III, 35, of Cairo, Illinois, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Benton to 23 years in prison for assisting James Nathanial Watts in the May 15, 2014, attempted armed robbery of the First National Bank in Cairo and for other related crimes, announced Donald S. Boyce...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following joint statement today in response to a letter the members received from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirming Administrator Scott Pruitt’s security detail has flown with him in first class at taxpayer expense.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) today issued the following statement after the Trump Administration announced the nomination of Dr. Robert Redfield as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: (FORT MYERS, Fla. ) - Jose Nunez, 66, and Sila Nunez, 62, both of Fort Myers, were sentenced to 11 years and 7 years in federal prison, respectively, for conspiracy to distribute more than 17 kilograms of cocaine. The couple pleaded guilty in November 2017.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following joint statement today in response to a letter the members received from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirming Administrator Scott Pruitt’s security detail has flown with him in first class at taxpayer expense.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Sessions Issues Memo to U.S. Attorneys on the Use of Capital Punishment in Drug-Related Prosecutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Julio Cesar Rosales Saucedo, age 25, of Paramount, California, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2017, to conspiracy to commit money laundering of drug proceeds. Senior...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Combatting the Opioid Crisis: Prevention and Public Health Solutions:"
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Maulana Lucas, 43, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, one kilogram or more of heroin, five kilograms or more of cocaine, and 400 grams or more of fentanyl, before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $20,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joseph P. Kelly announced the federal Grand Jury for the District of Nebraska has returned 34 indictments charging 37 defendants. Indictments are charging documents that contain one or more individual counts that are merely accusations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Larry Allen Elkins, Jr., 31, of Monroe, N.C. appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Keesler yesterday and pleaded guilty to methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House floor today during consideration of H.R. 5247, the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Amor M. Ftouhi, 50, of Montreal, Canada, who was previously indicted in July 2017, for charges relating to an attack on a Bishop Airport officer in Flint, Michigan, was charged today with an additional offense of committing an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House floor today during consideration of H.R. 5247, the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 5247, the Tricket Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018, by a vote of 267-149. H.R. 5247 will improve access to experimental treatments for patients with terminal diseases or conditions.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after House Republicans posted legislative text for the omnibus.
