News from March 2018
By DOE Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held part one of a two-day hearing examining 25 bipartisan prevention and public health solutions to help combat the opioid crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Defendants are latest to plead guilty out of nearly two dozen indicted after long-term narcotics investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Melvin T. Mahone, Jr., age 30, of Lexington Ky., pleaded guilty today to possession with the intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl and to possessing firearms in furtherance of the distribution of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 35-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Shawn Steven Wilson, 33, of China Grove, N.C., was sentenced today to 142 months in prison for enticement of a minor using the internet, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. also ordered Wilson to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.
By EPA 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 Homeland Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - A federal grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday charging with one count of bank robbery for the Nov. 20, 2017, robbery of Happy State Bank in Lubbock.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national residing in Lawrence pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to identity theft and related charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 28-year-old man from Channelview has entered a guilty plea to the receipt and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Ronald Lee Shaw, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 33 months incarceration for drug distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Rondell Muwwakkil has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for robbing five metro-Atlanta banks in 2016. He passed notes to tellers at banks inside of stores demanding they give him small bills in each robbery.
By DOE 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 Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held part one of a two-day hearing examining 25 bipartisan prevention and public health solutions to help combat the opioid crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Gary Owen Jones, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on an illegal possession of ammunition charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Late last summer, park staff began a moose research project to better understand how moose use habitat in Rocky Mountain National Park. Moose presence has been increasing annually on both the east and west sides of the park, with recent reports showing animals observed in every major drainage in the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOVANNI REYES, 24, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Today, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland, Security, and Investigations conducted a hearing examining school safety issues and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) inadequate response to tips concerning the man who shot and killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman ...
