News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - A former resident of Pittsburgh, PA has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on his convictions on federal narcotics and firearms charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Harrison Lewis III, age 54, of Catonsville, Maryland, today to 11 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for six counts of bank robbery and one count of attempted bank robbery. A federal jury convicted Lewis of those charges on May 18, 2018. Lewis was dubbed the “winter hat" robber due to the hats he wore during the robberies as part of his disguise.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Dontae Robey, 36, of Landover, Md., pled guilty today to trafficking in heroin, crack, and powder cocaine in the Shaw area of Northwest Washington and Maryland, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Nancy McNamara, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas announced today that Micah Neal, age 43, of Springdale, Arkansas, was sentenced today to three years probation including the first year to be served as home confinement and the second and third years...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Benjamin Gagnon, 35, of Keene, New Hampshire, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court in Concord, New Hampshire to sexually exploiting a minor.
By State Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans today voted unanimously to block an effort to get answers from the Administration on the Trump-Putin Helsinki summit. On a party-line vote, the Committee majority effectively killed a measure that would have required the Administration to produce records and documents dealing with this meeting.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Highlighting successful collaboration to improve water supply management, two John W. Keys, III awards were presented at the 3rd biennial San Joaquin River Restoration Program Science Meeting held in Sacramento, August 22 and 23.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: The House of Representatives today unanimously approved bipartisan, comprehensive water resources infrastructure legislation, which includes the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (WRDA). The bill will improve America’s harbors, ports, waterways, flood protection, and other vital water infrastructure.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and the House Natural Resources Committee Democrats today launched Wasted Resources, a new multimedia series highlighting the major natural resources policy issues the Republican majority ignored over the course of the 115th Congress and the misguided hearings they chose to hold instead.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Larry Ratliff, 46 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was charged on Sept. 10, 2018 by criminal complaint with one count of bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Deana Marie Oakes, age 35, of Panama, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 168 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Joshua Dale Whitt (25, Macclenny) has pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender. He faces up to 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled. Whitt has been detained since his arrest on May 2, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 58-year-old Fort Worth, Texas man has been found guilty of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) today announced the finalization of an action plan with the United Kingdom (UK) to ensure nuclear energy’s contribution to both countries’ strategic energy resources, low carbon emissions targets, nonproliferation...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has lifted an emergency closure order at the Knoxville Management Area in Napa County. The access restrictions were in place because of dangers posed by the Snell Fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Robert Khuzami, the Attorney for the United States, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, announced today that DAVID BLASZCZAK, a political intelligence consultant, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison; CHRISTOPHER WORRALL, a government employee at the Centers for Medicare...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ELMER JAVIER ACOSTA-MEJIA, age 27, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a two-count indictment for violations of the Federal Gun Control Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A former resident of Clairton, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 60 months of incarceration followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of two counts of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, released the following statement upon the announcement of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)’s proposed rule to restore the joint employer standard...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Franklin Renan Euceda, 29, a Honduran citizen, was sentenced today to 21 months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to illegal re-entry after deportation.
