News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Fredericksburg, Virginia, man was sentenced today to an additional 120 months in prison for possessing images of child sexual abuse while imprisoned at Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix for a previous offense involving the distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the selection of 10 projects as part of a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, Duration Addition to electricitY Storage (DAYS). Awardees will develop energy storage systems to provide reliable, affordable power to the electric grid...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Defendant, dubbed “THE BAD HAT BANDIT," robbed four banks in Greater Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Nicholas Ryan Renfro, age 25, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment and 3 years supervised release for Possession Of A Counterfeit Obligation Of The United States, in...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today introduced a bipartisan resolution that would make clear Congress’ opposition to privatizing the United States Postal Service (USPS). McCaskill’s effort was joined by 27 of her colleagues after a recent Administration proposal included postal privatization.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A South Carolina woman pleaded guilty today to the unregistered possession of ricin, a highly dangerous toxin.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Rep. Chuck Fleischmann of Tennessee gives insights from the House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus leadership during an address at this year’s National Cleanup Workshop. Fleischmann is chair of the caucus.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Graves County violent offenders put on notice as first round of indictments announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a former Eagle River resident has been sentenced in federal court for embezzling approximately $150,000 from the Mustang Hockey Association.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of distribution of heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of the Trump Administration’s ongoing goal to reduce the regulatory burden on the American people and foster economic growth and energy development by using innovation, best science, and best practices, the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - On Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, a jury convicted Oghenevwakpo Igboba of one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, one count of wire fraud, eight counts of making a false claim to the United States, and eight counts of aggravated identity theft. Igboba used other individuals’...
By State Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following remarks during a hearing on the status of U.S.-Russia arms control efforts. The hearing was the fourth in a series examining U.S. policy toward Russia. The committee heard testimony from Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Andrea L. Thompson and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy David J. Trachtenberg.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on Sept. 17, 2018, U.S. District Judge James M. Moody, Eastern District of Arkansas, sitting by designation, sentenced Dakota James Charboneau, age 24, Spirit Lake Indian Reservation, ND, on charges of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon;...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore and U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser today announced that former St. Bernard Parish correctional officer Timothy Williams pled guilty to violating the civil rights of inmate Nimali Henry, who died in the St. Bernard Parish Prison on April 1, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Providence, Rhode Island, has been sentenced in federal court to 96 months in jail and ordered to make $335,725 in restitution on his conviction of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: Washington - Under Secretary Greg Ibach today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $102.7 million to increase opportunities for farmers, ranchers and other growers across the country through five grant programs. The funding supports a variety of locally-led projects intended to expand markets for local food promotion and specialty crops.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after President Trump signed H.R. 5385, the Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children’s Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018, into law.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to consider S.1857, A bill to establish a compliance deadline of May 15, 2023, for Step 2 emissions standards for new residential wood heaters, new residential hydronic heaters, and forced-air furnaces; ...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A panel of EM and contractor officials from two cleanup sites and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) shared recent achievements during the “Path to EM Successes in 2018" session at this year’s National Cleanup Workshop.
