News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - The final three members of a drug trafficking organization based in Lee County were sentenced in federal court last week, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., and Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge Andy Langan with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS - A defendant caught in a drug sting with almost 2,000 grams of methamphetamine and more than $11,000 in cash was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Amber Hass, 30, of Columbus, GA was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Nicholas Lobkowski, 39, of Fresno, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to seven years and eight months in prison for carjacking, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Eastern District of Wisconsin. Tuesday, February 5, 2019. Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced today that their offices...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A local woman pleaded guilty today to being part of a drug ring that distributed methamphetamine from Mexico in the Kansas City metro area, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A driver who led Topeka police on a chase at more than 70 mph was sentenced today to 42 months in federal prison on a firearm charge, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa joined Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and other leading Judiciary Committee senators to reintroduce legislation to combat anticompetitive practices used by some brand-name pharmaceutical and biologic companies to block entry of lower-cost generic drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was arrested this morning for allegedly submitting 11 fraudulent H-1B visa applications as well as fraudulently procuring his own citizenship, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on scheduling a markup of a resolution to authorize a subpoena for Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker on February 7, 2019...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - A jury has convicted JUSTIN LANE FOUST, 42, of Sulphur, Oklahoma, of wire fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft in connection with fraud against Chesapeake Energy, announced Robert J. Troester of the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced today that their offices, in coordination with federal and state law enforcement agencies, have sent notification letters to numerous...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that William Terron, age 35, of Reading, Francheska Quinones, age 26, of Reading, Amanda Boyle, age 36, of Sweet Valley, Rudolph Ford, age 30, of Olyphant, and Adam Holcomb, age 35, of Shickshinny, ...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Contractors at the Hanford Site are expected to earn more than $1.1 million in government incentives for saving energy over the past four years, thanks to a collaborative effort led by contractor Mission Support Alliance (MSA) for the EM Richland Operations Office (RL).
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 10 am in 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Department of Energy’s (DOE) delay of 16 appliance...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to seven years in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Join us for the film festival, Innovation: Transportation During the Homestead Era, Saturdays and Sundays in February and early March of 2019, at 2:00 p.m., in the Homestead National Monument of America’s Education Center. This year’s festival features films that honor the first and last major transportation innovations during the Homestead Era, the development of the Transcontinental Railroad, and the Apollo program’s exploration of the space frontier.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced today that their offices, in coordination with federal and state law enforcement agencies, have sent notification letters to numerous...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
Release: Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Indian Energy, Sandia National Laboratories is now accepting applications for a 12-week internship based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Interns will gain first-hand experience with existing tribal energy projects and exposure to issues concerning tribal energy technology use and application.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) permanently transferred management authority for Mallard Park to the City of Caldwell on Feb. 4. The approximately 30-acre tract of BLM land has been under a renewable lease for the purpose of constructing the park since 2007. The transfer took place during a meeting of the Caldwell City Council.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: For Distribution Of Cocaine and Possession Of A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Trafficking Crime.
