News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - ERNESTO GODINEZ, 27, of Chicago, was charged in connection with the shooting of an ATF Agent engaged in his official duties. A federal criminal complaint charges him with assault of a Federal Officer with a dangerous and deadly weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the guilty plea of MARIO LUIS JONES, 27, for the violent armed robbery of a Red & White taxicab in Minneapolis, Minnesota. JONES was indicted on March 6, 2018, and entered his guilty plea earlier today before Judge Joan N. Ericksen in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Antwone K. Dean, 37, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, was sentenced to 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Possession Methamphetamine With Intent To Distribute.
By Homeland Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Thank you for yielding Mr. Chairman.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Korean national who was living in the United States as an illegal alien has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for participating in a scheme to defraud the United States by evading millions of dollars in federal excise taxes due on 143 million cigarettes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Missouri man pleaded guilty today to committing fraud to obtain millions of dollars in government contracts, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged Kevin R. Foster, 42, of Montclair, N.J. with charges related to a fraud scheme in a second superseding indictment returned here today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Fairfield, Connecticut, man was sentenced today to 19 months in prison for his role in a securities scheme that defrauded investors out of more than $5 million, U.S. Attorney Carpenito said.
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed bills including H.R. 5655 (Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky.), H.R. 5317 (Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash.), H.R. 2591 (Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga.), H.R. 221 (Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska), H.R. 4032 (Rep. Tom O’Halleran, D-Ariz.), and H.R. 4689 (Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb.).
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) opening remarks as prepared for today’s Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Improving the Coordination and Quality of Substance Use Disorder Treatment:"
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - As Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) continues cleanup of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, the Japanese utility is deepening its relationship with EM’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and other DOE laboratories to help evaluate technologies and remediation strategies.
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Combating the Opioid Epidemic: Examining Concerns About Distribution and Diversion:"
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing today to keep ahead of the curve in examining policy implications for electric and conventional vehicles in the years ahead. This hearing was #SubEnvironment ’s third over the last two months dealing with fuels and vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) case officer with one count of conspiracy to gather or deliver national defense information to aid the People’s Republic of China, and two counts of unlawfully retaining documents related to the national defense.
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) opening remarks as prepared for today’s Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Improving the Coordination and Quality of Substance Use Disorder Treatment:"
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), yesterday announced the details for a markup on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 9 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Tucson, AZ - In response to a National Park Service (NPS) rule finalized in 2016, Gathering of Certain Plants or Plant Parts by Federally Recognized Indian Tribes for Traditional Purposes (36 CFR 2.6), the Tohono O’odham Nation has requested to continue harvesting saguaro fruit and cholla buds in alignment with their traditional practices. These activities have occurred for millennia within the Sonoran Desert, including on ancestral lands now managed by Saguaro National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Benton man was sentenced Monday to 15 months in prison for defrauding a local credit union out of $177,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: A Lorain man and an inmate at a federal prison in New Jersey were convicted by a jury for their conspiracy to commit murder for hire and to distribute cocaine.
