News from May 2018
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: The Half Dome Cables in Yosemite National Park will be in place for visitor use this Friday, May 11, 2018. The trail will be wet and icy in places and visitors planning to ascend Half Dome are encouraged to be prepared for wet and cool hiking conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: (PENSACOLA, Fla.) - Aaron M. Booker, 26, Joseph F. Booker Jr., 28, and Kaishawndra Lyons, 25, all of Pensacola, and Uy Nguyen, 34, of Vallejo, California, have pled guilty to charges arising from a multi-state drug and money laundering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Jared Ryan Marcum, age 39, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced today after having been convicted on Dec. 1, 2017, following two separate jury trials, of possession with intent to distribute ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A former Belmont resident was convicted today by a federal jury in connection with a decade long Ponzi-style investment scheme in which he defrauded 15 investors of over $6 million.
By State Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. (May 8, 2018)-Today, Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TREYVON BATTLE, also known as “Joker," 27, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a loaded handgun.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced JAMES LEROY EVERETTE, 23, of Tarboro, North Carolina and BOBBY RAY WORTHINGTON, 25, of Pinetops...
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: MIAMISBURG, Ohio - Officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Mound Cold War Discovery Center at the former Mound Plant site on April 23. U.S. Rep. Michael Turner of Ohio and Miamisburg Mayor Richard Church Jr. were present at the event, along with Douglas Little, DOE Deputy Assistant Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Steven Zepp, 28, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to importing a controlled substance from a foreign country before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The charge carries a maximum possible penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $1,000,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Aubrey Trail, 51, and Bailey Boswell, 24, formerly of Wilber, Nebraska, both pleaded guilty today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to one count of interstate transportation of stolen property before Magistrate Judge Cheryl Zwart. In connection with the guilty plea...
By Homeland Newswire | May 8, 2018
Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Hopewell, Virginia, woman was arrested at Richmond International Airport on Monday, May 7, after a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer found a loaded semi-automatic handgun in the traveler’s carry-on bag.
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Office of River Protection (ORP) and its contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) continue to make substantial progress demobilizing equipment from Hanford ’s C Tank Farm.
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for input on the development of small-scale, modular coal-based power plants of the future.
By DOE 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: SAN FRANCISCO - Kevin Kyes was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, seventeen counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, and two counts of money laundering by a federal jury today, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse, Federal Bureau...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Justin Parker of Monroeville, Alabama was sentenced today after earlier pleading guilty to a violation of 18 USC Section 922(g), Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, in two separate cases.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2018
News Release: Two Cleveland men were charged in federal court for brandishing firearms while robbing four MetroPCS stores and shooting at an off-duty Cleveland police officer.
By EPA 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 EPA 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.
