News from September 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy announced Rep. Steve Russell will serve as the Committee’s National Security Subcommittee Chairman.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Two Las Vegas residents were sentenced today to a total of 18 years in federal prison for their involvement in a $14 million dollar telemarketing fraud scheme targeting small business owners, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada, Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI’s Las Vegas Division, and Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan for the IRS Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: A former North Carolina resident was indicted on three counts of international parental kidnapping.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy today announced up to $15 million in funding for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, Building Reliable Electronics to Achieve Kilovolt Effective Ratings Safely (BREAKERS). BREAKERS projects will develop designs for medium voltage, direct current (MVDC) circuit breakers for a variety of applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Cumberland, County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for robbing two banks with an accomplice, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: The Director of the Intermountain Region, National Park Service, has signed a decision document that will enable Rocky Mountain National Park to implement improvements to the Fall River Entrance Station, including the addition of a fast-pass lane for use by pass-holding visitors as well as employees...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: All face up to five years imprisonment consecutive to the current sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An Ohio man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Six women from Sub-Saharan Africa married defendant to gain legal status in U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Two Akron men were indicted in federal court after police arrested them with 14 firearms, stolen police body armor and more than 1,000 grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: A Fort Lauderdale resident was sentenced, on September 7, 2018, to 27 years in prison by United States Chief District Judge Michael K. Moore for committing two armed robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Zadgery Collins McNeil, age 32, of Rock Hill, was sentenced in federal court to a total of 150 months imprisonment, to be followed by 4 years of supervised release. McNeil plead guilty earlier this year to felon in possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Jared Peterson, 28, of Dalton was sentenced on Tuesday to serve five years in prison for possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Transported Over a Kilogram of Meth from Dallas, Texas, into Iowa.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today commending the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement on the agency’s new steps to address youth e-cigarette use...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announces that JOHNNY DEWAYNE MCARTHUR, 33, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was sentenced to 62 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Darius Dix, 27, and Kurtis Washington, 27, both of Lockport, NY, who were convicted of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, were sentenced to serve 72 months and 96 months respectively in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today commending the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement on the agency’s new steps to address youth e-cigarette use...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: RIVERTON, Wyo. - Thirty-five wild horses and burros found new homes last weekend after being started by inmate trainers at the Wyoming Honor Farm in Riverton. This successful adoption continues the BLM and Honor Farm’s 30-year shared commitment to place excess wild horses and burros into private care in order to maintain healthy animals on sustainable, working public rangelands.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is making the 2019 funding opportunity for the Desalination and Water Purification Research Program. The funding opportunity is available for private industry, universities, water utilities and other research sponsors to submit proposals to cost-share laboratory-scale and pilot-scale projects that address DWPR goals and objectives.
