News from July 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) use of the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) with the European Union (EU) to help ensure the safety and quality of prescription drugs in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that CHRISTIAN GERALD DESGROUX, age 59, of Raleigh, was sentenced today by Chief United States District Court Judge Terrence W. Boyle to 30 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Providence, Rhode Island, Woman Sentenced to Four Years Imprisonment for Transnational Crimes, including Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit International Money Laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Anthony Wayne Harrison, II, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to distributing heroin, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation released a draft environmental impact statement analyzing potential effects associated with long-term water operations for the Central Valley Project and State Water Project. Reclamation’s goal is to incorporate updated science into CVP and SWP operations...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Nathanial Atencio, 24, of Counselor, N.M., pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque today to a charge of sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Indictment - Staci West League. On July 9, a federal grand jury indicted Staci West League, 48, for bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. League allegedly entered the bank concealing a firearm and demanded large bills. Within minutes, Irving Police reported that League was...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: U.S. Military Dependent Sentenced to Prison for Attempted Voluntary Manslaughter and Other Charges Stemming from an Assault of Several U.S. Airmen on a Military Base in Japan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON -Davoud Jafari, 68, of Washington, D.C., was arrested yesterday on a federal indictment for participating in corruption and fraud schemes centered at the District of Columbia’s Office of Tax and Revenue announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Justice announced today a new tool giving tribal governments the ability to directly input data and gain access to the FBI’s National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) using the Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registry System (TTSORS). The system connection will be...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Park officials reopened Nāpau Crater and a two-mile section of trail in Kīlauea volcano’s East Rift Zone wilderness today.
By State Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
Release: Denmark is regarded by many independent observers as one the world’s most attractive business environments and is characterized by political, economic, and regulatory stability. It is a member of the European Union (EU) and Danish legislation and regulations conform to EU standards on virtually all issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - Last evening, this week’s featured “Fugitive of the Week," Edward Coleman III, 44, was arrested by the Dover Police Department. Coleman was wanted on multiple outstanding arrest warrants, including a parole violation warrant, stemming from his 2012 conviction for two counts of felonious...
By State Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
Release: Moldova has made some progress towards adopting free-market, democratic principles since gaining its independence in 1991, but still has significant investment climate shortcomings. Moldova regained relative stability after the political and economic turmoil of recent years, but at the same time, progress ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the sentencing of SHAWN KELLY THOMASON, 39, to 45 months in prison for engaging in repeated interstate stalking.THOMASON, who pleaded guilty on March 20, 2019, was sentenced before Judge Eric C. Tostrud in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: On July 18, 2019, the Beartooth Alliance, along with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the National Park Service (NPS), will host an event to celebrate the successful cleanup of the McLaren abandoned mine near Cooke City, Montana. The work resulted in the ecological restoration of Soda Butte Creek, which flows into Yellowstone National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Pawtucket man was arrested today on charges he allegedly travelled to Canada to engage in illicit sexual activity with a 13-year-old girl he enticed online during a series of exchanges of messages and pornographic images.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: ABINGDON, VA - Global consumer goods conglomerate Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (RB Group) has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to resolve its potential criminal and civil liability related to a federal investigation of the marketing of the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone. The resolution - the largest...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Chair Marcia L. Fudge of Ohio sent a letter Thursday to Naomi Earp, current Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, on issues related to socially disadvantaged farmers.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Chairman David Scott of Georgia delivered the following remarks at Thursday’s hearing on building opportunity in rural America through affordable, reliable and high-speed broadband.
