News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 96 months to be followed by six years of supervised release on his conviction of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Michael Holt, 49, of Brentwood, was sentenced in federal court to 51 months in prison for bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Chesapeake man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture and deal heroin and crack cocaine throughout Hampton Roads.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that a group of Cooperative Extension partners will have the opportunity to apply for grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help communities combat opioid use disorders. HHS intends to build on successful 2017 and 2018 National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Rural Health and Safety Education projects that focus on opioid abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member was sentenced today in federal court in Boston on charges of racketeering conspiracy involving murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that Stephanie Louise Montgomery pleaded guilty Thursday to providing False Information about Bombs in Schools, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced William McFadden, age 33, of Baltimore, to 19 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for robbing a gas station in Greenbelt, Maryland, and for using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during the robbery. McFadden pleaded guilty to those charges on July 9, 2018, just before his trial was scheduled to begin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PEDRO BRITO-MARCOS age 22, a citizen of Guatemala, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Susie Morgan after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegally re-entering the United States in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Examining Federal Efforts to Ensure Quality of Care and Resident Safety in Nursing Homes:"
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4606, the Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act, by a vote of 260 to 146.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 41-year-old Jackson, Georgia man has been indicted and charged with federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Drug Enforcement Administration, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, at 1:15 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Barriers to Expanding Innovative, Value-Based Care in Medicare."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Andre Eugene Shaw, 34, of Portland, was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for extorting child pornographers for money and services.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - Thousands of pounds of trash and debris litter New Melones Lake annually. Join the Bureau of Reclamation on Sept. 15 to participate in the 2018 Great Sierra River Cleanup and help restore our public lands.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- The National Park Service has prepared a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) to complete its conservation planning process for the Redwood National Park and Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Invasive Plant Management Plan Environmental Assessment (EA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Allegheny County pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: FBI Richmond’s Central Virginia Violent Crimes Task Force Investigates Robbery and Other Suspicious Incidents.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Eminence, MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways will host an open house at the Alley Spring Pavilion on Tuesday, Sept. 25, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Please join us to learn about the history of Alley Mill and production of the Cultural Landscape Report and Historic Structure Report for the Alley Spring State Park Historic District, located within the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Alley Mill will remain open until 7:00 p.m. for the event.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders will hold a press conference open to credentialed members of the media today, Thursday, September 6, to call on the Senate to pass self-driving car legislation. The press conference marks one year since the House approved the bipartisan SELF DRIVE Act by voice vote, the first-of-its-kind federal framework for the safe and innovative development and deployment of self-driving cars.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Rush (D-IL) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Energy markup of H.R. 6511, the “Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act:"
