News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Denver Police Department Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today, JUSTIN O’NEAL BARNES, 30, of Greenville was sentenced in United States District Court. The charges stem from the recovery of a firearm in a liquor store in Greenville on Oct. 11, 2017.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full-Committee markup on Wednesday, April 3, at 9:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Committee will markup legislation...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full-Committee markup on Wednesday, April 3, at 9:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Committee will markup legislation...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Adam C. McFadden pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing a false tax return before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Email: e-mail us. Fourth Graders Eligible for Free Every Kid in a Park Pass for Summer Travel. Pipestone, MN: Pipestone National Monument is proud to support the Every Kid in a Park program by issuing free passes to fourth graders and encouraging young people to explore their public lands. Every Kid...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full-Committee markup on Wednesday, April 3, at 9:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The Committee will markup legislation...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Allegheny County has pleaded guilty in federal court on charges of aiding or assisting in the preparation or filing of false federal income tax returns, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and Acting United States Marshal Brad Sellers were joined by officials from more than a dozen law enforcement agencies throughout the Roanoke Valley today in announcing the results of Operation Triple Beam, an intensive law enforcement operation that recently came to a successful conclusion.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Asbury Park, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 11 years in prison on charges of drug distribution and violation of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced selections for up to $7.5 million for innovations that reduce cost and maximize the value of new stream-reach hydropower development and pumped storage hydropower (PSH). Funded projects will develop new design concepts and associated modeling and analysis for standard modular hydropower (SMH) and PSH, respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A tax lawyer who represented retired professional football player Antrel Rolle was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison today for fraudulently obtaining tax refunds for Rolle, stealing the refunds and then covering up his scheme by filing false documents with the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Preliminary Notice of Violation (PNOV) to CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) for violations of DOE nuclear safety requirements. DOE’s enforcement program holds contractors accountable for meeting regulatory requirements and maintaining a safe workplace.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Erie, Pa. - A former resident of Girard, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jason Girven, 37, of Sugar Run, Pennsylvania, who was convicted of attempted receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 70 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: FREDERICKSBURG, VA: Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park will once again combine health and history with a new series of “Fit-History" hikes this spring. These ranger-led hikes are designed to cover a lot of ground in addition to a lot of history. Including short stops for rest and history, we try to average two miles per hour. All hikes begin at 10 a.m.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $20 million in federal funding for cooperative agreements that will help accelerate the deployment of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). The selected projects will support the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) Carbon Storage Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A registered sex offender from Waterbury, Conn., was ordered detained in federal custody in Rhode Island today on charges that he allegedly attempted to entice a minor, attempted to transmit obscene material to a minor, and that he committed these crimes while a registered sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Verona, Pennslvania resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A controller employed by a Providence based high-technology company that specializes in the optimization of electro-magnetic and automated process equipment pleaded guilty today in federal court to charges that she executed a scheme to defraud the company of more than $550,000 in reimbursements for business related expenses she was not entitled to, and that she failed to pay taxes to the IRS for the funds she fraudulently received.
