News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - William Bailey, 56, of Rochester, pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Earlier today in federal court in Central Islip, New York, Edward E. Bohm, President of Sales and an undisclosed owner of Long Island mortgage lender Vanguard Funding, LLC (Vanguard), pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud and bank fraud in connection with the illegal diversion of more than...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM and the management and operations contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) are making significant progress towards removing solvents from the groundwater beneath the site.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) sent a letter to Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Health Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (D-CA) requesting a hearing to review the Democratic Medicare for All proposal, which would eliminate private insurance in America and move to a government run, single-payer health system.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area is excited to announce the fourth challenge designed to engage the public in health and fitness while exploring everything our national park has to offer. This year's theme is Dark Skies, and visitors will be challenged to explore one of our most valuable resources -- the night sky.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: To protect and restore native vegetation, promote healthy and diverse forests and preserve historic landscapes, four western Maryland national parks are preparing to implement previously approved white-tailed deer management plans. The National Park Service (NPS) will donate all suitable meat from reduction activities to local food banks. Last year, national parks in western Maryland and the District of Columbia donated more than 14,000 pounds of venison to local food banks.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA -United States Attorney Bill Powell is applauding the news that Wheeling Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger will now sit on the executive board of the Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture, After Dark in the Park talks, and stewardship programs during February 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: To protect and restore native vegetation, promote healthy and diverse forests and preserve historic landscapes, four western Maryland national parks are preparing to implement previously approved white-tailed deer management plans. The National Park Service (NPS) will donate all suitable meat from reduction activities to local food banks. Last year, national parks in western Maryland and the District of Columbia donated more than 14,000 pounds of venison to local food banks.
By State Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the appointment of Elan Carr as the State Department Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty today to his role in a string of grocery store robberies during the Fall of 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RICHARD M. LACH, 32, of Richton Park, Illinois, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for operating a scheme to defraud state unemployment insurance programs in Connecticut and 37 other states.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former Hadley Police Department Officer was found guilty today of using unreasonable force during an arrest and then falsifying a police report of the incident.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a committee business meeting. At the business meeting, the committee voted 11 to 10 to advance the nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks at a committee business meeting. At the meeting, Barrasso gave an over view of his agenda for the committee in the 116th Congress.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a business meeting to consider Andrew Wheeler, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Peter C. Wright, to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Land and Emergency Management, EPA; John Fleming, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, today...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Co-conspirators awarded Army contracts to phony disadvantaged business in return for bribes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - Poplar resident Dennis Lloyd Red Boy, 28, pleaded guilty today in federal court to involuntary manslaughter for the death of a baby, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
