News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A felon who was found guilty for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Reno and Sparks area was sentenced today to 19 years and six months in federal prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce markup on six pieces of legislation aimed to protect consumers from dangerous products.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Todd Cameron, 47, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of filing a false tax return and transporting and harboring an illegal alien, was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $508,340 to the IRS.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Markup of six bills to keep American families safe from dangerous products...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: The report, 2018 State of High Tide Flooding and 2019 Outlook, documents changes in high tide flooding patterns at 98 NOAA tidal gauges along the U.S. coast that are likely to continue in the coming years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Otto Mark Homan, 74, of Lapwai, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday to 46 months in federal prison for assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Homan to serve three years supervised release after he is finished serving his prison term. Homan was indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 16, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Markup of six bills to keep American families safe from dangerous products...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 8, 2019, Michael J. Propst (age: 46) of Green Bay, Wisconsin was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison by Chief District Judge William C. Griesbach.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 44-year-old Mexican national has been ordered to federal prison for being an aggravated felon who illegally re-entered the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: 10:00 a.m. 1300 Longworth House Office Building. WITNESS LIST. Mr. David Hengel, Executive Director, Greater Bemidji, Inc., Bemidji, Minnesota. Ms. Neela Mollgaard, Executive Director, Red Wing Ignite, Red Wing, Minnesota. Dr. David Hess, Dean, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Professor...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 10, 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 hearing titled “Investing in America's Surface Transportation Infrastructure: The Need for a Multi-Year Reauthorization Bill."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD - The former director of operations of a Rockford non-profit organization was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to 37 months in prison for mail fraud and tax fraud.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Barrasso welcomes Mr. Reiner to the committee. Reiner's testimony.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) from today’s hearing entitled, “Water Resources Development Acts: Status of Implementation and Assessing Future Needs":
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - An individual believed to have entered the United States illegally in March 2018 has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) made the following statement praising President Donald J. Trump for signing an executive order to improve kidney health in America.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Beaver County has been sentenced in federal court to five years’ imprisonment and four years of supervised release on his conviction of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: GREENVILLE - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that yesterday Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced, ANTHONY DEPREE SMITH, also known as “Straight," a 45-year-old resident of Jacksonville, to 360 months imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the indictment and arrest of DONALD BLAKSTAD for his participation...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 10, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Nonwovens Corp. - a home and personal care fabric products manufacturer based in Long Island, New York - will address and correct hazards at their five manufacturing facilities in New York, and pay $200,000 in penalties to resolve safety violations.
