News from November 2018
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of promoting American energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 26 parcels, totaling 14,052 acres in Baca, Garfield, Mesa, Jackson, Moffat, Fremont and Rio Blanco counties at its March 2019 quarterly oil and gas lease sale.
By State Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, met today on Capitol Hill with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Secretary’s request. Rep. Engel relayed that, if elected Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee for the 116th Congress, he intended...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Mexican national was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally selling more than a dozen firearms and a large amount of methamphetamine and heroin to an undercover federal agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: A South Euclid man was indicted for using a firearm to rob a bank in Painesville.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Haverhill man was sentenced to probation today in federal court in Boston for robbing a branch of Santander Bank in Boston. At the time of his arrest, the defendant was on probation for a prior bank robbery conviction in federal court. The Government sought a sentence of more than 12 ½ years in prison.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) and senior member of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC), spoke on the Senate floor today before a vote to invoke cloture on a bill reauthorizing the U.S. Coast ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Dalton, Ga., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today after a large amount of methamphetamine was found in his vehicle when he was stopped for speeding on Interstate 70 in Lafayette County, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: A Canton woman was indicted today with theft of government funds, said Justin E. Herdman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said this on Tuesday after the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted on a bipartisan basis to favorably report Steven Dillingham’s nomination to be director of the census to the full Senate...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A former Columbia, Kentucky, woman was sentenced today by United States District Judge Greg Stivers to 121 months of imprisonment on charges of arson and insurance fraud. The arson, which completely destroyed the defendant’s rental home and was set by her then boyfriend in order to collect on a $50,000 rental insurance policy, killed a Columbia/Adair County Volunteer Firefighter who was fighting the fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Donovan Gomez, 23, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced last Tuesday to 46 months in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Gomez was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge David C. Nye. Judge Nye also sentenced Gomez to three years supervised release after he is finished serving his prison term. Gomez was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 17, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Rodrick D. Begay, 64, of Round Rock, Ariz., was sentenced by United States District Judge John J. Tuchi to 131 months in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release. The sentence reflects a downward adjustment of approximately four months to account for the time Begay served in tribal custody for the same incident. Begay had previously pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact with a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Ridgway, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Ronald Eugene Stover, 64, of Tualatin, Oregon, pleaded guilty today to one count of engaging in monetary transactions in property criminally derived from wire fraud and a scheme to defraud investors.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced funding selections for eleven domestic advanced nuclear technology projects. These projects, located across six states, will receive varying amounts for a total of approximately $18 million in funding, with project values totaling...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man today admitted receiving images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee and senior member of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, and John Thune (R-S.D.), chairman of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, which has jurisdiction over ...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
Release: News Media Contact: (202) 586-4940 For Immediate Release: Nov. 13, 2018 DOE Awards $18 Million for U.S. Advanced Nuclear Technology Projects WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced funding selections for eleven domestic advanced nuclear technology projects. These ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: FREDERICK, Md. - The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO), in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore Field Division, has been selected by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and ATF as a new site for the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the filing of a felony information charging RODNEY KEITH THOMPSON, 53, with corruptly soliciting a bribe.[1] THOMPSON will make his initial appearance in U.S. District Court at a later date.
