News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: GREENVILLE - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that today in Federal court, TRANQUERE SANCHEZ IRONS, a 30-year-old resident of Lumberton, was convicted following a two-day trial before Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard.
By DOE Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) issued the following joint statement today after news that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai directed the immediate transfer of the Universal Service Fund to the U.S. Treasury...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Former CEO of Volkswagen AG Charged with Conspiracy and Wire Fraud in Diesel Emissions Scandal.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TIMOTHY JACKSON, age 29, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on Tuesday by United States District Court Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle. The defendant previously pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute heroin and firearms offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) issued the following joint statement today after news that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai directed the immediate transfer of the Universal Service Fund to the U.S. Treasury...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Kevin L. Navarro, of Berryville, Virginia, was sentenced this week to 240 months incarceration for methamphetamine distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By EPA Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt today raising a series of questions following reports that a lobbyist, whose wife rented a $50-a-night condo to Pruitt, attempted to influence appointments to the agency’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) on behalf of his clients. The reports directly contradict Pruitt’s earlier claims that the lobbyist, Mr. J. Steven Hart, did not have business before EPA.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Due to persistently unstable volcanic activity and the possibility of a new eruption, park officials temporarily closed Nāulu Trail, parts of Nāpau Trail and adjacent wilderness in Kīlauea Volcano’s East Rift Zone for public safety today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Lathrop, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for a $1.7 million fraud scheme related to the sale of his business.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Edward Bishop, age 26, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. for discharging a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOE Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt today raising a series of questions following reports that a lobbyist, whose wife rented a $50-a-night condo to Pruitt, attempted to influence appointments to the agency’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) on behalf of his clients. The reports directly contradict Pruitt’s earlier claims that the lobbyist, Mr. J. Steven Hart, did not have business before EPA.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A New Jersey resident has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal drug laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: An indictment was unsealed earlier today charging Martin Winterkorn, 70, the former chairman of the management board of Volkswagen AG (VW), with conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with VW’s long-running scheme to cheat U.S. diesel vehicle emissions requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: The FBI is Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Weston.
By DOE Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chair John Shimkus (R-IL) announced that the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act (NWPAA) of 2018 will receive a vote in the House of Representatives next week.
By EPA Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today scheduled a hearing for Thursday, May 10, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the State of Electric Transmission Infrastructure: Investment, Planning, Construction, and Alternatives."
By EPA Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), announced a hearing with executives from the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), the U.S. Center for SafeSport (USCSS), and four National Governing Bodies (NGBs) regarding sexual abuse within the U.S. Olympic community. As reported by Reuters, the hearing will be held on Wednesday, May 23, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Emanuel Mois, 25, of Citrus Heights, was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - Five members of the Mad Stone Bloods (MSB) gang were sentenced this week in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke for their roles in a criminal conspiracy that involved the smuggling of drugs and other contraband into Virginia prisons, and the facilitation of the sale of drugs outside the prisons, with the help of complicit corrections officers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - The CEO of an Irvine-based financial services and insurance company was arrested this morning on federal charges of defrauding about a dozen victims who thought their money was being invested in a certificate of deposit at a major bank.
