News from February 2019
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday chaired a hearing to examine the status and outlook of efforts to protect our nation’s energy infrastructure from cyber threats and attacks. The hearing featured Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neil Chatterjee, Department of Energy (DOE) ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: Contact: press@oc.usda.gov. Washington, D.C., Feb. 15, 2019 - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the United States, together with Canada, submitted a counter notification in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Agriculture...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: United States Announces Memorandum of Understanding Ensuring Compliance With Voter Registration Requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Victor Soto, 38, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, was sentenced to serve 46 months in prison for fentanyl trafficking, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 13, 2019, following a two-day trial in the U.S. District Court, before the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, Senior U.S. District Judge, a jury convicted Brandon Lee Alexander, 36, of Morristown, Tennessee, of possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine;...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former civilian employee at Picatinny Arsenal and a former official of a defense contractor with a branch office in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Browning man convicted of having sex with and giving methamphetamine to a minor at his home on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced on Thursday to 16 years in prison and six years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury today found Tommy N. Tracy (72, North Fort Myers) guilty of fraud in connection with a major disaster. Tracy faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 13, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: Former St. Martinville, Louisiana, Deputy Chief Sentenced for Excessive Force, Obstruction, and Conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of furthering American energy dominance, the Bureau of Land Management proposes to offer eight parcels, totaling nearly 11,558 acres in lands managed by the Color Country and West Desert Districts at its June 11, 2019, quarterly oil and gas lease...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey announced today that the Eastern District of Tennessee collected $ $9,741,070.01 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2018. Of this amount, $7,782,647.37 was collected in criminal actions and $1,958,422.64 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Derrick Deondrey Minor, 42, of Jackson, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to five years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Minor was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Manuel Villalobos, 42, of Lenore, Idaho, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury sitting in Boise on one count of felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Villalobos made his initial appearance yesterday morning and pleaded not guilty. Trial is set for April 8, 2019, before Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye at the federal courthouse in Coeur d’Alene.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Christopher Lee Serrano, 45, of Austin, Texas and Pedro Vasquez Cavazos, 63, of Mercedes, Texas, were sentenced to federal prison Thursday, by United States District Judge Robert E. Wier, for conspiracy to distribute nearly five kilograms of cocaine. Serrano was sentenced to 262 months and Cavazos was sentenced to 120 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Four men from Syracuse and one from New York City (the Bronx) have been charged with operating a heroin distribution ring from which investigators seized over 62,000 individual bags of heroin, totaling in excess of two kilograms, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama- On Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, Iosif Florea, 42, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison for his part in a “phishing" scam that impacted Alabama residents, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: At the request of its federal security partners, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is using its existing authority under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) § 99.7 - “Special Security Instructions" - to address concerns about drone operations over national security sensitive facilities by establishing temporary unmanned aircraft system (UAS) specific flight restrictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: A Boca Raton attorney was sentenced today to 84 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution of $19.7 million to 2,156 investors, after previously being convicted by a federal jury of 33 counts of conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering offenses. This case involved a scheme...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: In honor of Black History Month, the Natural Resources Committee hosted a forum led by Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) to openly discuss the countless contributions the African-American community has made to the environmental and conservation movements. The Members of Congress and panelists discussed...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A previously convicted felon was sentenced today to over three years in prison for possessing a firearm.
