News from May 2018
By DOL Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), and advocates and experts at Planned Parenthood, the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, and the Guttmacher...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kristina O’Connell, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that SAMIR FATTAH, 55, of Oxford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of filing a false tax return.
By State Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Kay Granger (R-TX), and Marc Veasey (D-TX), co-chairs of the House Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating Anti-Semitism, were joined by 113 bipartisan Taskforce members in sending a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him to quickly fill the position of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - On May 24, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman, together with Wyoming Governor Matthew H. Mead, Senators John Barrasso and Mike Enzi, and Representative Liz Cheney, announced collaborative plans to expand operational capacity at Fontenelle Reservoir. Governor Mead developed the Wyoming Water Strategy in 2015, which highlighted the Fontenelle Project.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia returned an indictment today charging a Centreville, Virginia man with multiple counts of production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - DANIEL JUSTIN MAHAN, age 42, a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was indicted today for receipt of materials involving the sexual exploitation of minors, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Thomas Lewis, 28, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession of heroin with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to 87 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee Chairman Mark Meadows released a memo detailing agency responses to the Committee’s request for information on the use of federal labor union “official time." The memo compiles data received from 23 agencies and shows nearly one thousand federal employees are spending at least half of their official time working as union representatives.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Yesterday afternoon after a two and a half day trial, Frantisek Pribyl, 48, of Snellville, Georgia, was convicted in the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee of attempted enticement of a minor and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. The verdict was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Yesterday, following a two-day trial, a federal jury convicted David Williams, 54, of Fort Worth, Texas on four counts of Healthcare Fraud, announced Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: COLUMBIA -Jeremy David Grove, 30, Tyler James Durney, 36, both of Greenville, and Jaspal Singh Grewall, 40, of Anaheim, California, have all pleaded guilty in federal court for their roles in a marijuana distribution conspiracy operating between the East Coast and California. On Dec. 12, 2017, the...
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Pecos, NM: Each Memorial Day, sites around the nation take time to remember, mourn, and honor fallen veterans. At Pecos National Historical Park, Post 70 of the American Legion plans to lead a Moment of Remembrance for our military fallen at 3:00 p.m. on May 28, 2018. At this short event, members of local Post 70 will conduct a short flag ceremony for the public.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced today that United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced KENNETH CORVON WARD, 39, of Wilson, North Carolina, in a sex trafficking case. WARD was sentenced to 160 months’ imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: For Possessing a Firearm After a Felony Conviction.
By DOE Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced up to $2 million in funding for the third cohort of the Technologist in Residence (TIR) program. This effort will facilitate strategic, long-term relationships between industry and DOE’s national laboratories that result in high-impact, collaborative, early-stage research and development (R&D).
By Homeland Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Thank you Mr. Chairman, I would like to first start by thanking staff on both sides for the long hours spent negotiating and drafting this bill, as well as preparing us for this markup. In particular, I would like to recognize my committed Staff Director, Lisa, on the minority staff, and Chris who has done an admirable job filling in during her absence, as well as Doug from my personal office.I know all the Members on my side share the same sentiment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: The Coast Guard and Department of Justice's Enforcement Actions Relate to Oily Waste Discharges from Honolulu-Based Fishing Vessels' Engine Room Bilges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore today sentenced Tirso Hernandez-Astudillo (35, Ocala) to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession with the intent to distribute 400 grams or more...
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, June 2, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and the American Hiking Society are seeking volunteers for National Trails Day. At 9 am, all volunteers are invited to meet in the Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center (Point Park) parking lot. National...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2018
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted in federal court for having large amounts of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine.
