News from May 2018
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: As part of today’s $34 million announcement by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) research and development projects, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) will fund 87 new projects across 34 states, totaling nearly $13 million in funding.
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2018
Release: OAKLAND, Calif. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that travelers will have the opportunity to go to Oakland International Airport (OAK) to enroll in the popular TSA Pre✓® expedited screening program starting today, Monday, May 21.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is delighted to announce that the Bandy Creek pool will open for the season on Saturday, May 26, 2018. The pool will be open to the public from noon to 6 p.m. (ET) on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day. Daily use fees are free for 5 years old and under, $2 for 6 to 12 years old, and $3 for 13 and older.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: At the Time, Defendant Worked at the Thurgood Marshall Academy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A gang member who helped manage a coalition of three rival street gangs in Northeast Los Angeles that were brought together by orders issued by a member of the Mexican Mafia was sentenced today to 25 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: Alleged to have stolen over $8 million from a bank and an insurance company.
By State Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on yesterday’s elections in Venezuela...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Darnell Jermaine Fitzhugh, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years probation for heroin distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: Man in Gray Suit Robs Albuquerque Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRYAN KELLY, 46, of East Haven, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office is issuing Stage 2 fire restrictions for BLM-managed public lands effective May 21, due to potential fire danger.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Derek Pelker, age 28, of Wernersville, Pennsylvania, was convicted on May 18, 2018, by a jury on four counts of armed bank robbery, four counts of conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery, two...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A former investment adviser in Chesapeake was sentenced today to 12 1/2 years in prison for orchestrating an investment scheme that caused his clients to lose over $6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An individual who impersonated an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE") Agent and who possessed multiple destructive devices was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Vincent Koh, M.D., age 73, and his wife and office manager Milly Koh, age 64, of Poughkeepsie, New York, were sentenced today to pay fines of $7,500 and $3,000, respectively, for receiving in interstate commerce and delivering misbranded drugs, a misdemeanor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: Honduran national Sergio Neftali Mejia-Duarte was sentenced today to life in prison for his involvement in a large-scale international narcotics transportation organization.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - Two Houston individuals have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick along with Special Agent in Charge Steven Grell of the U.S. Department of Labor - Office of Inspector General (DOL-OIG)...
By DOE Newswire | May 21, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has announced up to $13 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0001849, Novel Methods for Making Products from Carbon Dioxide or Coal.
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: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Nathaniel Hillard, age 39, of Baltimore, Maryland today to 35 years in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, and discharging a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, which resulted in death.
