News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Meth conspiracy distributed over 100 pounds of meth, and 11 guns, including an assault rifle, found in defendant’s home.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters to six federal agencies today requesting briefings on efforts to address the alarming rate of maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States. Since 1987, the number of reported pregnancy-related deaths in America has more than doubled from 7.2 deaths per 100,000 live births to 18.0 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: DENVER - Dr. John Alan Littleford, DO, age 73, of Manhattan, Kansas and formerly of Parker, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to serve 87 months in federal prison followed by three years on supervised release for charges related to the illegal distribution...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that VITALY BORKER was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to two years in prison for one count of mail fraud, one count of wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with his operation of the eyewear retail and repair website Opticsfast.com.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Carlito Rios, Jr., 32, of Corning, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue, was sentenced to time served and three years of supervised...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, May 1 at 10:30 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) cleanup of nuclear and hazardous waste sites. The hearing is entitled, “DOE’s Mounting Cleanup Costs: Billions in Environmental Liability and Growing."
By EPA Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters to six federal agencies today requesting briefings on efforts to address the alarming rate of maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States. Since 1987, the number of reported pregnancy-related deaths in America has more than doubled from 7.2 deaths per 100,000 live births to 18.0 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, May 1 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, on reauthorization of the Pipeline Safety Act. The hearing is entitled, “The State of Pipeline Safety and Security in America."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Anthony Michael Grant, age 35, of Porum, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), punishable by not less than 10 years and not more than life imprisonment, a fine up to $10,000,000.00, or both.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
Release: CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire residents who want to board an airplane will soon need a star on their driver’s license, indicating that it is a REAL ID credential, or they will need another form of approved identification to board their flight or enter a secure federal facility or military base. New Hampshire’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Nichole Marie Schell Loper, age 43, of Durant, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Embezzlement And Theft From Indian Tribal Organizations, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1163, punishable by not more than 5 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Patsy Meredith DeMary, of Beverly, West Virginia, and Scott Jackson Hamrick, of Elkins, West Virginia, have admitted to distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, May 1 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, on reauthorization of the Pipeline Safety Act. The hearing is entitled, “The State of Pipeline Safety and Security in America."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Mark P. Messare, age 42, of Amsterdam, New York, pled guilty today to possessing an unregistered, short-barreled rifle.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
Release: Today, President Trump spoke about America's opioid crisis at the Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta. The Department of Energy (DOE), through its work at the National Laboratories and its partnership with other federal agencies, is providing a range of advanced scientific and technological tools to combat the opioid epidemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Duane Allyn Bundy, age 40, of McAlester, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), punishable by not less than 10 years and not more than life imprisonment, a fine up to $10,000,000.00, or both.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Culture Day is Nez Perce National Historical Park’s most community driven event; an event about the Nez Perce people, for all people. The fun-filled day will feature dancers, drummers, tipi’s and a horse parade! The event will be held Saturday, May 18, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m in the Spalding Picnic Area.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters to six federal agencies today requesting briefings on efforts to address the alarming rate of maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States. Since 1987, the number of reported pregnancy-related deaths in America has more than doubled from 7.2 deaths per 100,000 live births to 18.0 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2014.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, May 1 at 10:30 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) cleanup of nuclear and hazardous waste sites. The hearing is entitled, “DOE’s Mounting Cleanup Costs: Billions in Environmental Liability and Growing."
