News from December 2019
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $55 million in funding for two programs to support the development of low-cost electric aviation engine technology and powertrain systems.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and leaders from the Natural Resources Committee released their flagship legislation to fight the climate crisis at a press conference on Capitol Hill this morning. Original cosponsors and supporters from the advocacy community hailed the introduction...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Jesse Allen Nichols, 37, of Gulfport, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. to serve 210 months in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for transporting images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, announced U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ethan Moye-Gordon, 23, of Maryland, was sentenced yesterday to 84 months in prison for his participation in an armed kidnapping and robbery that began in the District of Columbia and continued into Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Macon, Ga. - Three co-conspirators involved in a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud millions from Citizens Bank and Trust (CB&T) have been sentenced for their crimes, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. On Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, former...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
Release: CASPER- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) begins offering Blended Lanes at Casper/Natrona County International Airport (CPR). Blended Lanes provides TSA Pre✓® screening to confirmed TSA Pre✓® individuals and their accessible property at smaller airports that do not have a dedicated TSA Pre✓® checkpoint. At larger airports, Blended Lanes is utilized during off-peak hours when TSA Pre✓® passenger volume is too low for dedicated TSA Pre✓® lanes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Federal and local law enforcement officials today announced the results of Operation High Tide, a proactive, large-scale narcotics and firearms trafficking investigation that focused on high-impact targets driving crime in some of the hardest hit neighborhoods in Hampton Roads.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Made more than 2,300 sales of fentanyl on dark web sites AlphaBay and Dream Market.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to 15 months in prison for aiming the beam of a laser pointer at an aircraft.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Brian McIver, 49, of Hattiesburg, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Michelle A. Sutphin with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA, Mont. - A Montana man, who admitted soliciting sexually explicit images of a girl through his Facebook account and cellphone, pleaded guilty Monday to sexually exploiting a child.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to execute a Central Valley Project interim renewal water service contract for a two-year term to begin March 1, 2020, with Placer County Water Agency. Public comments are due by Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. The existing interim renewal water service...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced ANTHONY P. TOGNIETTI, 27, of Paradise, California, and Marcos jamie villegas, 24, of St. Charles, Illinois, for distributing a quantity of a mixture...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A former teacher with the Newport News school system was sentenced today to five years in prison for receiving and uploading images of child sexual abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. -Mario Castellano Machado, 37, an illegal alien from Honduras, and Teodulio Ramos Ramos, 30, an illegal alien from Guatemala, recently pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to unlawfully returning to the United States after removal, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) delivered the following statement on behalf of the House Judiciary Committee, as prepared, before the House Rules Committee in support of H.Res. 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: 46 Months in prison and $50,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to 70 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: LM is pleased to share the results of the 2019 Stakeholder Satisfaction Survey. The feedback collected is invaluable in helping LM staff understand how to expand our outreach and engagement efforts to communicate most effectively with stakeholders like you. Below is an overview of the key survey findings. to download a full version of the report.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Cherryvale, Kan., man pleaded guilty today to federal charges of sexually exploiting minors, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
