News from November 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: As Democrats prepare to take the House Majority in January, three Democratic Committee leaders, whose committees have jurisdiction over climate change, announced today that their committees will hold a series of hearings over a two-day period early next year to assess the effects of climate change and the need for action.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Tadashi Mitchell Harvey, 30, of Gilbert, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 21 years in prison followed by lifetime supervised release for molesting two six-year-olds in the Gila River Indian Community. Harvey had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of abusive sexual contact of a minor. Upon release from prison, Harvey will be required to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: In April 2018, the National Park Service (NPS) announced that Muir Woods National Monument (MUWO) would be one of the 115 fee-charging national parks to modestly increase entrance fees. Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the entrance fees to the park will be $15 per person (an increase from $10) and an annual park pass will cost $45. These changes come in response to public comments on a fee proposal released in October 2017.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: As Democrats prepare to take the House Majority in January, three Democratic Committee leaders, whose committees have jurisdiction over climate change, announced today that their committees will hold a series of hearings over a two-day period early next year to assess the effects of climate change and the need for action.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: A Columbus man was indicted for illegally selling firearms, including guns used in drug trafficking, as well as laundering drug profits.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man with an extensive felony record will spend more than 15 years in federal prison for his part in a cross-country drug-trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jeremiah D. Edwards, 33, Madison, Wisconsin, and Kanasha L. Woods, 24, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, were charged in a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Madison on Nov. 12, 2018 with the armed robbery of a business and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of that crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Shawn Bryson, Columbus man, was sentenced yesterday to 37 months for selling crack cocaine within 1000 feet of Marshall University in July 2017, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. The Huntington Police Department conducted the investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. Nov. 14, 2018 - The Eden Fire continues to grow and is now 343 acres as mapped via the parks’ helicopter. Fire has slowed its progress in the Eden Creek drainage on the western edge of the fire. Fire however has established itself on the east side of the eastern branch...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: ATHENS-- Timothy Brian Burnette was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, for his involvement in recording minors with a cell phone, announced United States Attorney Charles E. Peeler. There is no parole in the federal system, and Mr. Burnette will also be required to register as a sex offender. The sentence for Attempted Possession of Child Pornography was handed down by the Honorable C. Ashley Royal, U.S. District Judge.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Jerrold Nadler, Frank Pallone, Jr., and Adam Schiff, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, respectively, sent seven letters...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Jerrold Nadler, Frank Pallone, Jr., and Adam Schiff, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, respectively, sent seven letters...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: Defendant was caught with multiple semi-automatic weapons and drugs.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone hosted 218,076 visits in October 2018. This is approximately a 2.9 percent increase from October 2017, making it the third busiest October on record.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Eight defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury today for their roles in a $2.1 million conspiracy to distribute nearly 100 kilograms of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that Holly Kaszuba, age 45, of Dickson City, was found guilty of unlawfully distributing a controlled substance resulting in the death of another person after a five-day trial before Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing awards of up to $7.5 million to support the research and development of innovative designs that will strengthen the resilience of the U.S. power grid. The selected projects will lead to the next generation of transformers that...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: Three men were indicted in federal court for crimes related to child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Jerrold Nadler, Frank Pallone, Jr., and Adam Schiff, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, respectively, sent seven letters...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, three separate indictments were unsealed in federal court in Central Islip charging 12 defendants as part of a coordinated federal and state takedown of several large-scale crack cocaine distribution operations in various areas of the East End of Long Island. In addition, one defendant...
