News from May 2018
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy, in partnership with the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), is hosting a free webinar titled “Understanding the Power Grid and Organized Markets" on Wednesday, May 30, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mountain Time.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement on continued NAFTA negotiations...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted Under Project Safe Childhood.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: PORT GIBSON, MS: Portions of the Rocky Springs section of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail will be closed until further notice. Due to safety concerns with trail erosion and bridge deficiencies, the trail will be closed to pedestrian and equestrian traffic from the Rocky Springs campground to...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Victims Were Watching Television When Suddenly Attacked.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JORGE BOLANOS, age 33, of New Orleans, has pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Distribute One Kilogram or more of Cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal complaint unsealed Thursday afternoon charges 15 individuals associated with a drug-trafficking organization within the Glenmob street gang with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to the complaint, Glenmob is a hybrid street gang with associations with other streets gangs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: ROBERTO C. MONTIEL, 42, of Hidalgo, Mexico was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on May 14, 2018 for illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien into the United States. Montiel was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received time served plus ten days to allow for deportation hearings and ordered to pay a $100.00 special assessment to be remitted at the time of deportation. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigated this case.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: POCATELLO B Tyrell Owen Dixey, 34, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday for illegal possession of a sawed-off shotgun, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill sentenced Dixey to 87 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Dixey pleaded guilty to the charge in February 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to racketeering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. - During the past few weeks, three more health care providers have pleaded guilty in the ongoing “pill mill" prosecution arising out of a now-closed Montgomery medical office, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton and United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr.
By US DOT Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: On Tuesday, May 22nd, the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit will hold a hearing to examine the implementation of various motor carrier provisions and reforms passed in the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act, P.L. 114-94) to improve safety, reduce regulatory burdens, enhance employment opportunities for veterans, and more. The Subcommittee will receive the views of the Administration and various stakeholders.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement regarding conclusion of the case of United States House of Representatives v. Alex M. Azar II (originally known as House v. Burwell). It preserves a lower court ruling that found the Obama administration did not have the authority to make cost-sharing reduction payments.
By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today made the following statement after the People’s Republic of China moved to end an anti-dumping and countervailing investigation on U.S. sorghum imports.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal complaint unsealed Thursday afternoon charges 15 individuals associated with a drug-trafficking organization within the Glenmob street gang with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to the complaint, Glenmob is a hybrid street gang with associations with other streets gangs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: A New Mexico man was sentenced yesterday in St. Paul, Minnesota, for directing computer attacks against the websites of his prior employers, business competitors, law enforcement, and the Minnesota State Courts system, as well as for felon-in-possession of a firearm charges. Acting Assistant Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DEVIN WILLIAMS, age 23, of New Orleans, was charged yesterday in a two-count Indictment with being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1).
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - On Thursday, May 17, at approximately 11:15 a.m., members of the Western District of Oklahoma’s U.S. Marshals Metro Fugitive Task Force were involved in a shooting in rural Cleveland County, announced U.S. Marshal Johnny Kuhlman, Secret Service Special Agent-in-Charge Kenneth Valentine, and Acting U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester. Federal law enforcement officers were attempting to arrest a suspect based on multiple federal warrants.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Eureka, California, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - An armed drug trafficker arrested by Newport Police during a Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation into an alleged cocaine and crack cocaine trafficking conspiracy pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal drug trafficking and firearms charges.
