News from May 2018

By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: A former high school football assistant coach from Toledo was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for receiving and sharing images of child pornography.

By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: FBI Announces the Arrest of an Alleged Bank Robber.

By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The ex-wife of a man who was a fugitive for 20 years until his arrest in April 2017, was sentenced today to probation for lying about the whereabouts of her former spouse.

By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: Michael J. Murphy, 37, of Olney, Illinois, was recently sentenced to federal prison on methamphetamine related charges, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.

By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS, Montana -- The Bureau of Reclamation has announced that water levels at most Reclamation-managed reservoirs in eastern Montana are at or above average for this time of year.

By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - As talks regarding the modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) continue, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today underscored the need for negotiating partners to take “the time necessary to get these negotiations right" and deliver a strong agreement that will gain the support of the U.S. Congress.

By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: Proposed rule will establish consistency with State of Alaska regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: Defendant Took Colorado-Based Hunter on Illegal Hunt in Zimbabwe's Gonarezhou National Park.
By US DOT Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A broad group of stakeholders have voiced support for S. 2800, America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An Adams man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield in connection with a plot to engage in terrorist activity inspired by, and in the name of, ISIS.

By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that OSCAR MONTOYA, 62, of Windsor Locks, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to drug trafficking and money laundering offenses related to the distribution of heroin and various prescription medications.

By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - Two Houston brothers have pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting bank robbery, aiding and abetting the robbery of a jewelry store and related firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By EPA Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today released the fourth video from its “Personal Stories from the Opioid Crisis" video series.

By Commerce Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement following news reports that the Trump Administration will not implement proposed tariffs on Chinese products, in exchange for unspecified action by China.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announces that on May 14, 2018, JOVAN MARQUIS HARRIS, age 28, of Milwaukee, WI, was found guilty of: Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death and Serious Bodily Injury; three counts of...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A downtown Los Angeles resident was sentenced today to 320 months in federal prison for participating in a federal drug trafficking conspiracy that imported acetylfentanyl, a drug very similar to the powerful and highly addictive opioid fentanyl. Acetylfentanyl, which is five times more potent that heroin, is not approved for any use in the United States.

By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Warwick man charged by way of a federal criminal complaint with producing and possessing child pornography has been ordered detained in federal custody.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: Alleged to have stolen over $8 million from a bank and an insurance company.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 22-year-old Houston resident has pleaded guilty to stealing guns that belonged to three police officers who were traveling out of George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Advancing Effective Conservation Policy: Successes, Challenges, and Next Steps.".