News from April 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Dear Committee Member, The Chairman has scheduled a meeting of the Committee to be held in Room 1100 Longworth House Office Building on Tuesday, April 9, at 10:30 AM. Markup of: · H.R. 2113, “Prescription Drug Sunshine, Transparency, Accountability and Reporting Act" (STAR Act). Respectfully, Brandon...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Denver Police Department Need Your Help Identifying the 'Glamour Shot Bandit.'.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 72-year-old resident of Corpus Christi has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Clifford Mecham Jr. was found guilty during a bench trial in in January 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Samuel Serrano, age 24, a prisoner at the United States Penitentiary, (“USP") Allenwood, was indicted on March 28, 2019, by a federal grand jury for possession of a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Baudel Lopez-Rodriguez, age 41, of Woodall, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 37 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Illegal Alien In Possession of Firearm and Ammunition, in violation...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Mike Douglas Nolan, age 59, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, entered a guilty plea to Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, the United States House of Representatives passed four bills from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, including legislation to help States develop and implement their own programs for managing nonpoint sources of water pollution; amend the Stafford Act to allow...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS News Release.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Washington - Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that USDA is investing $485 million to upgrade rural electric systems (PDF, 102 KB) and reduce energy costs. The funding includes nearly $7.1 million for smart grid technologies that improve system operations and monitor grid security.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration announced today that the Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee has been established in accordance with Section 1969 of Public Law No: 115-254. The STSAC will be composed of voting members representing surface transportation providers and users, and nonvoting members representing federal departments and agencies with surface transportation oversight.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Defendants Agree with Federal Prosecutors to Recommend Sentences of 23 Years, and Between 12 and 17 Years in Federal Prison, Respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: HONOLULU - Rowenalynn P. Yorkman, 48, of Kekaha, Hawaii, was sentenced today to 30 months of imprisonment for defrauding the United States Department of the Navy and its employees. As part of her sentence, Yorkman must pay $364,838.33 in restitution, and serve 3 years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve Superintendent Ben Bobowski has announced two public listening sessions for the park residence zone communities of Slana and Kenny Lake. These listening sessions are scheduled as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Tyler Joe, 26, of Dennehotso, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 20 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Joe had previously pleaded guilty to assault of an intimate partner or dating partner by suffocation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: A Lima man was indicted on charges of using firearms while trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Detention Memo Alleges that the Defendant, Inspired by ISIS, Stole a Van as a Weapon Against Pedestrians at National Harbor.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced on Friday, April 5, 2019, in federal court in Boston for his role in a fentanyl conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Multi-Agency Agreement signed to interpret El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail in New Mexico and Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Stacie N. Yancer, 39, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five grams or more of methamphetamine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Agusto Wosbeli Aguilar Meda, a/k/a Maza, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine in Marin County, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA") Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Charles R. Breyer, U.S. District Judge.
