News from November 2018
By DOE Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), announced today a hearing for Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Discussion Draft: The 21st Century Transportation Fuels Act."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Cuwan Merritt, 30, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby to 44 months in prison for crack cocaine trafficking. Merritt was convicted following a two-day jury trial in July 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Nov. 27, 2018, Larry Lazzez Bolden, age 50, of Davenport, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 360 months of imprisonment after pleading guilty to Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Bolden was ordered to serve a period of supervised release of five years to follow his prison term and pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), announced a hearing for Wednesday, December 5 at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Availability of SAFE Kits at Hospitals in the United States."
By EPA Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed three bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee bills. Collectively, the bills promote the use of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and advance public health.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Laquan Hassan Croswell, age 25, of Paterson, New Jersey, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to 30 months’ imprisonment on charges related to straw purchase of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lake Andes, South Dakota, man convicted of Felony Child Abuse and Neglect and of Simple Assault was sentenced on Nov. 27, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways & Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), and Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that 2.4 million Americans have selected health insurance plans through state and federal marketplaces, a drop from this point in 2017...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Four physicians from three states have settled with the United States Government for their roles in a kickback scheme that included West Virginia physicians, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Henrico man was sentenced today to 21 months in prison and five years of supervised release for possessing 30 baggies of crack cocaine hidden in his underwear inside Richmond Police Department (RPD) headquarters.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: For Transporting Child Pornography. SOUTH BEND - Blake Robison, age 27, of Warsaw, Indiana, was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. for transporting child pornography in interstate commerce, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Robison was sentenced to 91 months in prison...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), announced a hearing for Wednesday, December 5 at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining the Availability of SAFE Kits at Hospitals in the United States."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Parmelee, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Eddie Viera, age 44, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Nov. 27, 2018, by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to 84 months’ imprisonment for drug trafficking.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held a hearing to consider the USDA nominations of Mindy Brashears, Naomi Earp, and Scott Hutchins.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Second defendant scheduled to be sentenced fled - Judge issues bench warrant for arrest.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), announced today a hearing for Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Discussion Draft: The 21st Century Transportation Fuels Act."
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ways & Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), and Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that 2.4 million Americans have selected health insurance plans through state and federal marketplaces, a drop from this point in 2017...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica MacDonald today announced the sentencing of MAI NHIA VUE, 47, to 38 months in federal prison for failing to pay payroll taxes. VUE pleaded guilty on May 16, 2018, to one count of willful failure to pay payroll taxes and was sentenced on Nov. 27, 2018, by Judge Wilhelmina Wright, in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
