News from February 2019
By DOE Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Scientists and engineers with EM's cleanup contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) piqued the curiosity of students during the recent “Science Enrichment Day" at a local elementary school.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kelly D. Brady, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, announced that TYRUS PRUDE, 29, of Enfield, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), who serves as Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG), wrote to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin strongly objecting to the Trump administration’s proposals to move funding from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund (TFF) for construction of physical barriers along the southern border.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following statements after the House passed legislation to prevent the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) from having no members when the current and sole Board member’s term expires on March 1, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - A Dothan, Alabama bombing suspect is now facing federal charges for improperly possessing and maliciously using an explosive device, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., ATF Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson, Houston County Sheriff Don Valenza, and Dothan Police Chief Steven Parrish.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced an indictment charging JEREMIAH KINGBIRD, 38, with first and second degree murder.[1] KINGBIRD made his initial appearance yesterday before Magistrate Judge Jon T. Huseby in U.S. District Court in Bemidji, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE - Sue Ann Larson, 63, of Coeur d’Alene, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to wire fraud and filing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Sentencing for Larson is set for May 28, 2019, before Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal courthouse in Coeur d’Alene.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Gregory Apicella (53, Fort Myers) today pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl and to causing the overdose death of “J.Y.," a 21-year old man living in Fort Myers. Apicella faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 20 years, and up to life, in federal prison.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening statement at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on “Protecting Consumer Privacy in the Era of Big Data:"
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
Release: HONOLULU - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding two events in the next week to recruit and hire officers to work at Kona international Airport (KOA) and Lihue Airport (LIH).
By DOE Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Congratulations to both Representative Rodgers as the new lead Republican, and to Representative Schakowsky as the new Chair for the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that BILLY RIBEIRO ANDERSON, a/k/a “Anderson Albuquerque," a/k/a “AlfabetoVirtual," was sentenced today to three months in prison for obtaining unauthorized access to and committing defacements of the websites...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - David L. Dobbins, 39, of Urbancrest, Ohio, was sentenced in United States District Court to 240 months in prison for dealing narcotics that resulted in an overdose death.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Derek Hillgert, 29, of Carmichael, and Jeffrey Wilhite, 31, of Linden, were each sentenced Monday to five years in prison for committing access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, and possession of stolen mail, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE, IN -Quran Waterford, 34, of Bloomington, Indiana and Gary McCaleb, 29, of Harvey, Illinois were charged with Hobbs Act Robbery, and possessing and using a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch, II.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar requesting a briefing on the Trump Administration’s initiative to end the HIV epidemic in America. President Trump announced an ambitious goal of a 75 percent reduction in new HIV infections in five years and at least 90 percent reduction in ten years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that the First Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday affirmed the conviction and 20 years plus life in prison sentence of Gregory Owens, 62, formerly of Londonderry, New Hampshire, imposed in July 2016 in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - Patricia Wilson of Dyersburg was sentenced to 240 months imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: FBI’s ViCAP Seeks Information About Possible Georgia Victim of Serial Killer.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery by Committee Vice Chair Salud Carbajal, on behalf of Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) during today’s hearing titled: “Examining How Federal Infrastructure Policy Could Help Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change." Chairman DeFazio was unable to attend today’s hearing due to a snowstorm in Oregon.
