News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that four Lansing-area men have been sentenced in connection with convictions arising out of a USDA investigation into fraud at convenience stores in Lansing, Michigan, where customers were allowed to buy prohibited items (such as cigarettes) or receive cash in exchange for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (also known as food stamps).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: PITTBURGH - A resident of Tarentum, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of bank fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Statistics Reveal Meaningful Drop in Violent Crime Reported during 2018.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) sent a letter to Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) requesting the committee hold hearings on H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2019, so that the committee can consider several provisions of the bill that fall within its jurisdiction.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - Deportation officers and special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday discovered 67 illegal aliens from Guatemala and Ecuador, including six unaccompanied teenagers, in a stash house in Dexter, New Mexico.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the selection of eight projects to receive nearly $24 million in federal funds for cost-shared research and development (R&D) for Novel and Enabling Carbon Capture Transformational Technologies. The selected projects will focus on ...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Andrew Wheeler to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Large numbers of visitors historically travel to Big Bend National Park during spring break, a typical vacation away from school. As travelers seek solace from stressful educational routines, and escape wintry conditions, the park experiences increases in visitation to the point of periodic congestion.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Seattle - Huawei Device Co., Ltd. and Huawei Device USA Inc. were arraigned today on charges of theft of trade secrets conspiracy, attempted theft of trade secrets, seven counts of wire fraud, and one count of obstruction of justice. The companies entered pleas of ‘not guilty.’ Chief U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez set trial for March 2, 2020.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing titled “Implementing the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ," featuring Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Today, four House Committee Chairs sent a letter to President Trump expressing concerns and raising questions about recent reports that the National Security Council (NSC) plans to assemble a secret panel to counter the scientific consensus on climate change and question its impacts on the national security of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An Arizona man pleaded guilty today in connection with posting threats to bomb Harvard and shoot attendees at the Black Commencement event held on May 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Feb. 19, 2019, Andrew Simet, 41, of Omaha, was sentenced to nineteen months in prison by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey for Interstate Communication of a Threat. Simet was ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Jevon Chrzanowski, age 44, of Liberty, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - “Fugitive of the Week," Bart Werdelin, 46, was located in the State of Washington. Werdelin was wanted on an outstanding Rockingham County (NH) arrest warrant for failing to appear on a charge of aggravated felonious sexual assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Forty-three people were indicted in federal court for their roles in two separate conspiracies to sell large amounts of drugs in the Mansfield area.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau has released the 2020 Type of Enumeration Area (TEA) Viewer. The TEA Viewer is an interactive map application that shows how different geographic areas will be invited to respond to the 2020 Census.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Teressa Hall, of Bristol, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge James Moody, Jr. today sentenced Cedrick Lee Taylor (32, Sarasota) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Taylor to forfeit the firearm and ammunition he used during the offense. Taylor had pleaded guilty on March 14, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Today, four House Committee Chairs sent a letter to President Trump expressing concerns and raising questions about recent reports that the National Security Council (NSC) plans to assemble a secret panel to counter the scientific consensus on climate change and question its impacts on the national security of the United States.
