News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to 25 Offenses Associated with Cyberstalking Former Housemate and Others.
By State Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the Trump administration announced the release of American citizens by North Korea.
By US DOT Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Accompanied by technology innovators and government leaders from across the nation, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao today announced the 10 state, local and tribal governments who will conduct flight tests as part of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program. The fields ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford, Ill., man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. ALBERT DOWTHARD, 37, was sentenced to 186 months in federal prison, in addition to 4 years of supervised release following his imprisonment, for illegally...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to racketeering conspiracy involving the murder of a 16-year-old boy in East Boston.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), is currently holding a #FullCmte markup reviewing 33 pieces of legislation, 26 which will help combat the opioid crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Former Hedge Fund Chief Risk Officer and Trader, and Former Salesman at a Broker-Dealer, Have Each Pled Guilty and are Cooperating with the Government.
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), announced today a legislative hearing for Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislation Addressing New Source Review Permitting Reform."
By US DOT Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, welcomed Jeff Bullock, Delaware's Secretary of State, and Tony Pratt, president of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, to a hearing of the Environment and Public ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Keith J. Bleau, age 52, of Buskirk, New York, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for receiving and possessing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Pursuant to regulations of the Department of Interior, Title 16, Sections 3 and 36 Code of Federal Regulations, subsections 1.5 Closure and public use limits (a) (2), 2.13 Fires (c), 2.21 Smoking (a), and 2.38 Explosives (b), the following acts are prohibited on the area, roads, and trails described below until rescinded by the Superintendent of Petrified Forest National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A corrections officer at a Massachusetts Correctional Institute facility in Norfolk (MCI-Norfolk) was arrested today and charged in connection with a conspiracy to smuggle Suboxone strips into the facility for an inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: (BOSTON) - The final tally is in from the 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 28th, 2018. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field Division (NEFD) and its partners, over the course of four hours, collected 88,182.07 pounds or 44 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted...
By Commerce Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee Markup of Opioid Related Legislation and H.R. 4606, H.R. 5174, H.R. 5175, H.R. 5239, and H.R. 5240...
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), is currently holding a #FullCmte markup reviewing 33 pieces of legislation, 26 which will help combat the opioid crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Denver - Kirsten Lippold, 48, of Boulder, Colorado, pled guilty today to distribution of heroin resulting in death. The proceedings were held before U.S. District Judge Raymond P. Moore. Lippold’s guilty plea followed a one-count indictment, which was returned by a Federal Grand Jury in July of 2017. That indictment alleged that Lippold distributed heroin, a Schedule I controlled substance, the use of which resulted in an overdose death on Aug. 17, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Reno man was sentenced today to 144 months in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute U-47700, a dangerous synthetic opioid with street names “China White" and “Pinky" that is more potent than morphine, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Dan Neill for the DEA’s Las Vegas office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: On May 9, 2018, Special Agents and Deportation Officers with the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations executed a search warrant in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, with the assistance of local law enforcement. This was an official law enforcement action and there is no threat to the public.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Release Date: May 11, 2018. Contact: Deanna Dulen, Superintendent. Phone Number: 760-924-2289. Subject: Temporary Summer Closure of Devils Postpile National Monument Campground. In order to accommodate and plan for increasing day use visitation, Devils Postpile National Monument is announcing the temporary...
