News from October 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Treasury Department released proposed regulations concerning “Opportunity Zones," a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Paul Fichera, 29, of Durango, Colo., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 154 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on bank robbery and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that STEFEN DAIGLE, age 31, of New Orleans, was sentenced yesterday after pleading guilty to one count of conspiring to traffic 500 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Louisiana. United States District Judge Susie Morgan sentenced DAIGLE to (78) months imprisonment and (5) years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-In recognition of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein met with Acting Director of the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Katherine Sullivan and other senior Justice officials today to discuss the Violence Against Women Act’s (VAWA) essential...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Jury Finds Defendant Guilty of All 20 Charges Against Him.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Passavant Memorial Homes, and its subsidiaries Passavant Development Corporation, PDC Pharmacy Philadelphia, PDC Pharmacy Pittsburgh, and PDC Pharmacy Colorado, have agreed to pay the United States $1,850,000 to resolve allegations that Passavant...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 26-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for unlawfully possessing firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Fabian Spotts pleaded guilty in June 2018 to three counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Eastern District of Tennessee one of nine federal districts from five states.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: The 2018 elk reduction program begins Saturday, Oct. 27, in Grand Teton National Park. The park’s enabling legislation of 1950 authorizes Grand Teton National Park to jointly administer an elk reduction program with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department when deemed necessary for the proper management and conservation of the Jackson Elk Herd.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Grand Junction Field Office is accepting public comments on 18 Special Recreation Permit (SRP) applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio -William P. Elschlager, 49, of Marietta, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 24 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay a $2,500 fine for cyberstalking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Defendant Had Tutored the Girl in an Afterschool Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Nathan Berke, 38, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 137 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release for his conviction on drug trafficking, firearms and mail theft charges. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson and Inspector in Charge Melisa Llosa of the Phoenix Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Today, Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump announced he would solicit comments on ideas that the administration might consider relating to prescription drug pricing...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced a change to his senior staff team for the Committee, naming Rob Damschen as Communications Director.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON - Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division today announced the formation of the Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force (ARPO Strike Force), a joint law enforcement effort that brings together the resources and expertise of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted Henry Stovall, Jr., on charges of methamphetamine conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, methamphetamine, and using and maintaining a drug-involved premises. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Two Detroit men were convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Detroit on charges of murder-for-hire, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and oxycodone, and use of a firearm causing death during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - A Beavercreek man has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with attempting to provide material support to ISIS-affiliated foreign terrorist organizations.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Park officials announced the reopening of Cottonwood Campground (loop B) after repairs were made due to damage by heavy rains. Access to the park of off I-10, via Pinto Basin Road is reopened. Visitors are asked to exercise caution when entering and exiting the park through the south entrance due to...
