News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On May 23, 2018, two individuals were sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, for their roles in a conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Donald Kevin Collins, 41, of Elizabethton, Tennessee, was sentenced to serve 51 months in federal prison. Upon his release...
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), today held a hearing examining the U.S. Olympic community’s ability to protect athletes from sexual abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania, was found to have violated the terms of his federal supervision, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Timothy G. Tanner, 28, of Carlsbad, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 105 months in prison for his conviction on federal firearms and drug trafficking charges. Tanner will be on supervised release for five years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - Two Beckley men were sentenced to federal prison today for drug crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Benjamin Payne, 51, of Beckley, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after previously pleading guilty to distributing a quantity of cocaine base. Because Payne was on...
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after several of her Senate colleagues held a press conference to assign blame for, and urge action on, rising gasoline prices.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Tennessee man became the seventh defendant to plead guilty while a Massachusetts man was indicted in connection to a child pornography ring at Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix that was operated by inmates who were imprisoned for related offenses, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - All Democratic Members of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai expressing concerns about his repeated evasive responses to their inquiries and his outright refusal to respond to Democratic members of the Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. sentenced yesterday Kendrick Brinkley, 29, of Charlotte, to 84 months in prison and three years of supervised release on drug and gun charges, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: NOAA’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center today announced there is an 80-percent chance of near- or above-normal tropical cyclone activity during the central Pacific hurricane season this year.
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 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 “Examining the Olympic Community’s Ability to Protect Athletes from Sexual Abuse:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: Used the Name and Social Security Number of a United States Citizen.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: HELENA - Patrick Ofaron Longdon, a 49-year-old resident of East Helena, Montana, pled guilty to illegal possession of a machine gun. U.S. Senior District Judge Sam Haddon presided over the hearing and set sentencing for Oct. 2, 2018.
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 Interior Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: GERLACH, Nev. - High Rock Canyon Road has been closed to traffic and will remain closed indefinitely while the area dries out after recent rains. The maintenance that had been going on has also been put on hold until conditions improve around the work site. Signs have been posted at two points along Highway 34 and the Black Rock-High Rock National Conservation Area portals.
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - All Democratic Members of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai expressing concerns about his repeated evasive responses to their inquiries and his outright refusal to respond to Democratic members of the Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Eduardo Estrada Medina, a/k/a Miguel Angel Donis-Gonzalez was sentenced to 20 years in prison for trafficking firearms and methamphetamine. Medina, a citizen of Guatemala, illegally re-entered the U.S. after being deported, purchased several weapons and trafficked in methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: RIVERTON, Wyo. - Despite rainy conditions, the BLM-Wyoming Honor Farm 30-year anniversary adoption last weekend saw record attendance and the adoption of 72 gentled wild horses and burros.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to a charge of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) sent President Donald Trump a letter laying out their serious concern and dismay at the negative direction of the ongoing U.S.-China trade discussions. Specifically, the...
