News from May 2018
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary Ross and Administrator Rao...
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for input on improving the efficiency, reliability, and flexibility of existing coal-based power plants.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - An Elmwood Park man has been charged with federal drug offenses for allegedly importing a fentanyl analogue from China to the Chicago area.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: A long awaited window of favorable weather in the Alaska Range means more climbing teams are on the move. Denali National Park mountaineering rangers responded to two different mountaineering rescues earlier this week, both with successful outcomes thanks to the self-sufficiency of the climbing parties rescued; the use of satellite communication technology; and dynamic teamwork on behalf of mountaineering rangers, NPS volunteers, and mountain guides.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MELVIN CORREA, 51, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to approximately five months of imprisonment, time already served, and five years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to smuggle contraband cell phones and other items to inmates at the Jackson County Detention Center.
By USDA Newswire | May 23, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a former corrections officer at the federal prison for women in Alabama to 1½ years in prison for committing a sexual act with an inmate and lying about his contact with her while he worked at the facility. U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, Miami Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Robert A. Bourbon announced the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A former member of the Orchard Park Trailblazers was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for selling crack cocaine in and around Roxbury’s Orchard Gardens Housing Development.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS - On Tuesday, May 22, 2018, The United States obtained a guilty verdict in United States v. Woody’s Trucking, LLC and Donald E. Wood, Jr. after an 8 day jury trial in Billings, Montana before the Honorable Susan P. Watters. Both Defendants were charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Caleb Elias Hartzog, Jr., age 59, of Orangeburg, pled guilty to Making a False Statement to a Government Agency, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 1001. Chief Judge Terry L. Wooten accepted the plea and will sentence Hartzog on Sept. 11, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The California Trail Interpretive Center is hosting a reception for its temporary art exhibit, “Nevada Wild: An Exhibition by the Elko Art Club."
By State Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, received Freedom House’s annual Leadership Award along with former Vice President Joe Biden during a ceremony Wednesday night in Washington. Corker was honored for his work to end modern slavery and human trafficking worldwide.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Wilmington has returned indictments charging EDGARDO GANDARILLA-NUNEZ, age 28, of Mexico, and RUBEN ESTRADA-MARTINEZ, age 38, of Mexico, with Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Do you plan to visit Yellowstone National Park this summer? When you travel to this wild and awe-inspiring place, we ask you to come prepared so you can protect yourself and your park. Watch our short welcome video to get tips from rangers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Marcia Evans, 60, of Gilbert, pled guilty in federal court to conspiracy to distribute the controlled substance Suboxone. Stuart praised the investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy.
By Homeland Newswire | May 23, 2018
Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered a loaded firearm early this morning at the security screening checkpoint at Des Moines International Airport (DSM). This is the seventh firearm found at DSM so far this calendar year. This surpasses the total number-six-found at the DSM checkpoint in all of 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: Mr. Chairman, for the last month, Democrats on this Committee have been demanding to see the full slate of subcommittee allocations. We need these figures to understand how each appropriations bill fits into the larger picture, and whether our work as a whole will meet the needs of the American people.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Melvin Leonard Wimmer, Jr., age 53, of Greenwood, South Carolina has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Greenville, to Securities Fraud, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1348. Senior United States District Judge Henry...
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Mexican national, stopped en route from Arizona to Ohio, was sentenced in federal court today for possessing at least five kilograms of cocaine with the intent to distribute.
