News from July 2019
By DOE Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine the increasingly important role of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) and launched a new Strategic Energy Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: DENVER - The United States has reached a settlement with the San Miguel Power Association to pay $1,275,000 for damages incurred by the United States in suppressing the Beaver Fire, announced Matt Kirsch, Attorney for the United States, acting under authority conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: FLORENCE- Alabama law enforcement officers from seven counties across the Northern District of Alabama attended training in Florence on Wednesday. The training was conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on prosecution of cases involving ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Levar Glenwood Crawford, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to distributing cocaine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man pleaded guilty today for his role in a violent racketeering conspiracy and other related firearm charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Michael Lambert Seabrooke, of Columbia, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint and charged with possessing firearms (destructive devices) which are not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Today, Members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, led by Crime Subcommittee Chairwoman Karen Bass (D-CA) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), sent a letter to the Department of Justice requesting a briefing on Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 non-prosecution agreement and any related information regarding misconduct by the now-Labor Secretary Alex Acosta.
By State Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
Release: As Europe’s largest economy, Germany is a major destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) and has accumulated a vast stock of FDI over time. Germany is consistently ranked by business consultancies and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) as one of the most attractive investment destinations based on its reliable infrastructure, highly skilled workforce, positive social climate, stable legal environment, and world-class research and development.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 33-year-old Houston resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of manufacturing/possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance and discharging a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEFFREY STOKARSKI, 44, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 216 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for committing several violent armed robberies in late 2017 and early 2018.
By State Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
Release: The Republic of Malta is a small, strategically located country 60 miles south of Sicily (Italy) and 180 miles north of Libya, astride some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. A politically stable parliamentary republic with a free press, Malta is considered a safe, secure, and welcoming environment for American investors to do business.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daniel Owens, 27, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Newly Unsealed Federal Indictment Charges Software Engineer with Taking Stolen Trade Secrets to China.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Two men from McKinley County, N.M., have pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque to a charge of kidnapping in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - Two former residents of Pittsburgh, PA were sentenced today for running a heroin and fentanyl ring that resulted in numerous fatal and non- fatal overdoses, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
Release: Iceland is an island country located between North America and Europe in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Arctic Circle. Until recently, U.S. investment in Iceland has mostly been centered in the aluminum sector, with Alcoa and Century Aluminum operating plants thanks to Iceland’s abundant geothermal energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Indiana Residents Indicted on Terrorism and Firearms Charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Pat Roberts (R-KS), John Cornyn (R-TX) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduced bipartisan legislation to address the shortage of agricultural inspectors who protect our...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Brothers charged with manufacturing machine guns for ISIS.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated three Kansas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Atchison, Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties who suffered losses caused flooding that has occurred since March 18, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
