News from November 2018
By EPA 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: HOUSTON - The five leaders and eight other co-conspirators have been sentenced for their roles in one of the largest synthetic cannabinoids distribution networks in the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick. The sentences ranged from 140 months in federal prison for a leader to probation for an hourly wage clerk who sold the drugs.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Yesterday, Senate Finance Committee leaders spoke on the Senate floor to honor Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and his legislative accomplishments achieved while serving as a member and chairman of the committee for over two decades...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a federal grand jury today returned a superseding indictment yesterday adding seven additional charges against Shawn Christy, age 27, of McAdoo, who was previously indicted for threatening to harm President Trump and others.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season officially concludes on Nov. 30, and will be remembered most for hurricanes Florence and Michael, which caused significant damage in the southeastern U.S. In total, the season produced 15 named storms, including eight hurricanes of which two were “major" (Category 3, 4 or 5). An average season has 12 named storms, six hurricanes, and three major hurricanes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a federal grand jury today returned a superseding indictment yesterday adding seven additional charges against Shawn Christy, age 27, of McAdoo, who was previously indicted for threatening to harm President Trump and others.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The former president and CEO of MRI International Inc. (MRI), a purported investment company and medical collections business located in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Tokyo, Japan, was convicted yesterday for his role in a $1.5 billion Ponzi scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 28, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Marvin Tobar, age 29, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for possession of a firearm after having been convicted of a felony offense, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Nov. 27, 2018 - The U.S. Census Bureau has released new statistics that highlight geographic mobility at different levels of geographic detail. Geographic mobility and migration both refer to the movement of people from one location of residence to another.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Reginald McBride, 41, of New York, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 13 years and 4 months in jail and 5 years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: POCATELLO - Stormy Ray Adakai, 23, of Fort Hall, Idaho, was indicted today by a federal grand jury sitting in Pocatello on one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Ansar I. McIver, 46, of Lexington, was sentenced last week to 290 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin, and money laundering. Judge Reeves also ordered McIver to pay a fine and to forfeit more than $586,000 in cash.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: Buffalo, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Buffalo Field Office is planning to burn slash piles on BLM lands this fall and winter in several areas: Billy Creek, Mosier Gulch, Slip Road, Gardner Mountain, and in the Collins Road area in northcentral Campbell County.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Gogut Serban was sentenced to federal prison for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft for stealing bank debit card numbers and personal identification numbers (PINs) of individuals in Georgia by using automated teller machines (ATMs) skimming devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Deputy United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen announced that Garret Strathearn, former Allentown Finance Director, was sentenced today for his role in a pay-to-play bidding scheme involving former Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski. United States District Judge Juan Sanchez sentenced Strathearn...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Academic Engagement (OAE) released today Exercise Starter Kits (ESKs) for the K-12 community focused on an active shooter incident as part of the Campus Resilience (CR) Program. The ESKs were developed in support of Department’s school safety efforts, including its work with the Federal Commission on School Safety.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: (Maxwell, CA, Nov. 27, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $449 million to help build an innovative water management system that will increase the reliability of the California water supply and create ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Nov. 27, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the Senate’s long-awaited confirmation of Stephen Vaden to serve as General Counsel to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury sitting in St. Louis, Missouri, returned an indictment, which was unsealed yesterday, against a St. Louis resident for his role in a sophisticated stolen identity refund fraud scheme, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Jeffrey B. Jensen for the Eastern District of Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2018
News Release: A former Venezuelan national treasurer was sentenced today for his role in a billion-dollar currency exchange and money laundering scheme.
