News from September 2018
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), released the following statement after the EPA announced its denial of four Clean Air Act 126(b) petitions filed by the state of Delaware to reduce harmful emissions from power plants in upwind states.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 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 the Senate passed the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Erickson Clay Ward, age 57, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1)...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: The fire danger rating has been elevated to very high for the Bridger-Teton National Forest, Grand Teton National Park, National Elk Refuge, and remaining portions of the Teton Interagency Dispatch area.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LAJBAR LAJAWARD KHAN, a/k/a “Haji Lajaward," and AMAL SAID SAID ALAM SHAH, a/k/a “Haji Zar Mohammad," were sentenced to 15 years and 131 months in prison, respectively, for conspiring to import large...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: Defendant Met and Groomed Victim Online, Traveled to California for Sex with Victim and Produced Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas W. Pilchak and Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9709 and (619) 546-9721.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: Former Village of Biscayne Park Chief of Police, Raimundo Atesiano, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring with subordinate officers to violate individuals’ civil rights by making false arrests, announced U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida, Acting Assistant...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write to express concern with the U.S. Department of Education’s (“Department") announcement of a negotiated rulemaking that seeks to broadly de-regulate the Federal Student Aid (FSA) programs authorized under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA). Over the past 18 months, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Kristen Khanna, 42, of Windham, pleaded guilty in federal court today to healthcare fraud and prescription fraud charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 60 months, to be followed by four years of supervised release, on his convictions of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A Carson City resident who possessed more than 125 images and 8 videos of child pornography was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Larry R. Hicks to 120 months in federal prison and lifetime supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Man Robs Albuquerque Bank, Flees in Black Texas Car.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher Dent, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 27 months incarceration for illegally possessing a firearm, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: POCATELLO - Jamey Lynn Doshier, 34, of Pocatello, was sentenced last Wednesday to 42 months in prison for the theft of firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. His co-defendant, Anthony Robert Mariani, 42, also of Pocatello, was sentenced to 28 months ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: Seward, Alaska - Kenai Fjords National Park will host a public meeting on Wednesday, October 3 from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm. This meeting will focus on discussions related to the future Frontcountry Management Plan, which includes the Exit Glacier area of the national park. The meeting will be held at the Kenai Fjords National Park Visitor Center at Seward Harbor located at 1212 4th Avenue in Seward, AK.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A corrections officer at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute facility in Norfolk (MCI-Norfolk) was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for a conspiracy to smuggle Suboxone strips into the facility for an inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - A former resident of Turtle Creek, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, this evening made the following statement regarding the State Department’s announcement that it will reduce the number of refugees admitted to the United States next year to 30,000...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 17, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A former Boston Police Officer was convicted today by a federal jury in Boston with illegally purchasing two firearms on behalf of acquaintances.
