News from May 2018
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A Wyoming man was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison for transporting child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge Marvin J. Garbis sentenced Piere Ceradoy, age 37, of Crofton, Maryland, to 25 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release for coercion and enticement of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: On May 3, 2018, Joseph S. Hatley, 39, of Tilden, Illinois, was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today. Hatley’s federal sentence was ordered to run consecutively to any previously imposed state sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced a criminal complaint charging MICHAEL WAYNE WHITEFEATHER, 18, with murder in the second degree.WHITEFEATHER made his initial appearance earlier today before Magistrate Judge Huseby in United States District Court in Bemidji, Minnesota.
By DOE 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 EPA 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 DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: A Portage County man was sentenced to more than 33 years in prison for videotaping children using the restroom and for having multiple videos of children being raped and sexually assaulted.
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.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrests of VLADIMIR ZISKIND, a/k/a “Mike Palmer," KEITH ORLEAN, a/k/a...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: For Discharging a Firearm During a Drug Trafficking Crime.
By Commerce 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 Interior Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: Thousand Oaks, CA - National Park Service researchers recently installed 39 cameras in and around 30 miles of the Los Angeles River and some of its tributaries in hopes of understanding how wildlife are using urban park lands and, more specifically, the Los Angeles River. (Click here for LA River wildlife photos).
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - On May 3, 2018, District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced Jakeem Emmanuel, 21, to 8 years and 6 months imprisonment and five years of supervised release, for Hobbs Act Robbery and related gun charges, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Judge Gomez also ordered Emmanuel to perform 400 hours of community service and pay a special assessment of $300.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - On May 3, 2018, District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced Jakeem Emmanuel, 21, to 8 years and 6 months imprisonment and five years of supervised release, for Hobbs Act Robbery and related gun charges, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Judge Gomez also ordered Emmanuel to perform 400 hours of community service and pay a special assessment of $300.
By DOE 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 DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Makyna Kancso, of Crawford, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 15 months incarceration for distributing oxycodone, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that GARRETT STEPHENS, age 35, of LaPlace, was indicted today by a federal grand jury for charges of distributing and conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. STEPHENS was also indicted for possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and other offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Alrenzon Yazzie, 20, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Sanostee, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 36 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on an involuntary manslaughter charge.
By DOE Newswire | May 3, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced four funding opportunities totaling up to $78 million to support early-stage bioenergy research and development under the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2018
News Release: Cuneiform Tablets, Clay Bullae and Cylinder Seals Were Smuggled from the Middle East to Hobby Lobby.
