News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: A Grosse Pointe Park resident was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison after having been convicted earlier this year by a jury on charges of wire fraud, transportation of hazardous material, and false statements in a scheme involving the distribution of body parts, some that tested positive for diseases, including HIV and hepatitis, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker announced the sentencing of MARCO ANTONIO AVILA, 30, to 26 years in prison for his leadership role in a Rochester-based methamphetamine and cocaine distribution organization. AVILA, who pleaded guilty on May 30, 2017, was sentenced on May 21, 2018, by Judge Donovan W. Frank in United States District Court in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - TRACI PICKERING, 35, of Red Rock, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to embezzling from the Otoe-Missouria Tribe, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Downloadable file: Backpack Contents. Downloadable file: Backpack. Downloadable file: PORTLAND, Ore. - On May 21, 2018, Jeramy Theodore Carpenter, 35, of Portland, was sentenced to 220 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents...
By State Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded Senate Foreign Relations Committee passage of a resolution of advice and consent to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty, which would facilitate access to books and other published materials for ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Kevin Pinnock Posted Advertisements Online for Women he Forced to Engage in Commercial Sex.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: A Solon woman was charged in federal court with embezzling $156,000 from a fund established on behalf of someone entrusted to her care.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On May 21, 2018, Aldrin Fon Fomukong, a/k/a “Albanky," a/k/a “A.L.," age 24, of Greenbelt, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Over the last two decades, scientists have discovered that the optical microscope can be used to detect, track and image objects much smaller than their traditional limit-about half the wavelength of visible light, or a few hundred nanometers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the convictions of GARY TANNER, a former executive at Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (“Valeant"), and ANDREW DAVENPORT, the former chief executive officer (“CEO") of Philidor Rx Services...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that the El Dorado County Water Agency and Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District will receive $260,000, combined, to prepare drought contingency plans. The funding provided is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior's WaterSMART initiative.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN - The United States Mint and the National Park Service will launch the America the Beautiful Quarters Program® coin honoring Voyageurs National Park on Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 11:00 am. The ceremony, which will take place at the Irv Anderson Amphitheater in International Falls, MN, is free and open to the public. All children 18 and under who attend will receive a free Voyageurs National Park quarter from the U.S. Mint.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) introduced legislation that would invest in career pathways for parents who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) so that more workers can gain the skills they need for good jobs in today’s market and...
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senior DOE officials shared their visions for advancing the EM mission and highlighted significant cleanup accomplishments to the Environmental Management Advisory Board (EMAB) last week.
By US DOT Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO). Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Hearing on “FAST Act Implementation: Motor Carrier Provisions". May 22, 2018. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). I want to welcome all of our witnesses today and look forward to having a productive discussion about the various motor...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: $9.7 Million in Illicit Kickbacks Were Laundered Through Secret Shell Companies.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: Incident occurred at 4:30 pm on Monday May 21, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier sentenced a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of Firearms by a Prohibited Person and Possession of a Stolen Firearm, on May 9, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - DOE’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) recently recertified the Volpentest Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency Response (HAMMER) Federal Training Center as a VPP Star Site for the fifth time. The Hanford Site 's HAMMER has maintained VPP Star status since 2002. The VPP tenets...
