News from March 2018
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: Rasheeda Overton, 38, of Dover, DE was charged in an indictment unsealed today with 23 counts of wire fraud and 4 counts of aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Five individuals were arrested this morning and charged with using phony money orders, cashier’s checks, receipts and other fabricated documents to fraudulently discharge mortgages, student loans, and other financial obligations, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A Houston man and woman 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 20, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MICHAEL KWAN, age 33, of Westwego, pled guilty today to two counts of an indictment charging marijuana trafficking and money laundering offenses, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), and 846, and 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(a)(1)(A)(i), (a)(1)(B)(i), and (h).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson today made the following statement after sharing additional details of the Agriculture Committee Majority’s farm bill nutrition proposals with Democratic members of the House Agriculture Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Bags of Marijuana Packaged for Sale Found in Same Car as Gun.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev.-The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Fallon Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) Geothermal Research and Monitoring field laboratory located approximately seven miles southeast of Fallon...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Former physician Richard Rydze was sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegally distributing anabolic steroids, human growth hormone, oxycodone and OxyContin.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Out of the approximately 90,000 dams in the United States, roughly 90 percent are state, municipal or privately-owned. That makes two-thirds of the dams in America-regulating the flow of canals, generating power and protecting communities from flooding-subject to greater variation in safety standards and disaster preparedness than the rest.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Dear Administrator Verma: . We write in response to the Advanced Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2019 for the Medicare Advantage (MA) Risk Adjustment Model[1] and the Advanced Notice of Methodological Changes for CY 2019 for MA Capitation Rates, Part C and Part D Payment Policies...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Grand Teton National Park road crews have begun spring plowing of the Teton Park Road between Taggart Lake Trailhead and Signal Mountain Lodge. The plowing operations mark the end of over-snow access on the 14-mile stretch of road for the season. Visitors may continue to use other areas of the park for winter recreation such as cross-country skiing, skate skiing, and snowshoeing until snow conditions are no longer favorable.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Following a four-day trial before Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, a federal jury convicted Frederick Allen, 44, of Baytown, Texas, for his role in a drug conspiracy that operated throughout West Texas. U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas made today’s announcement.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). The purpose of today’s hearing is to explore the lessons learned from the catastrophic 2017 wildfire season that led to a record number of deaths and destroyed land and critical infrastructure throughout 10 western states, particularly California. First and...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - Four hot cell coolers weighing 7,188 pounds each were successfully removed from the Vitrification Facility at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) through extensive planning and engineering controls.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Graysville man to more than 20 years in prison for a 2016 carjacking in Forestdale, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Texas man was sentenced today to life in prison for kidnapping his ex-girlfriend in Las Vegas, then chaining her to the floorboard of his van and driving her to a cave in New Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - A 27-count indictment was unsealed today in the District of Puerto charging ten defendants with racketeering, conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, firearms conspiracy, interference with commerce by robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, and brandishing a firearm in relation to...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kenneth Earle Ewing, of Hagerstown, Maryland, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges involving transporting a 12-year-old across state lines for sex, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - DOE recently presented the 2018 Project Management Excellence Award to the EM Saltstone Disposal Unit (SDU) 6 Project team that completed construction on the mega-cell at a cost of about $118 million, more than $25 million below cost, and 18 months ahead of schedule.