News from June 2019
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. June 20, 2019 - As of this morning, ignitions have begun on the 2019 Ash Mountain Prescribed Burn, located near the entrance to Sequoia National Park. Ignitions will continue through Sunday, June 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A New Bedford police officer was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston today on charges of possessing and distributing child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Chairman Elijah E. Cummings convened the Committee’s third hearing on opioids entitled “Medical Experts: Inadequate Federal Approach to Opioid Treatment and the Need to Expand Care."
By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 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 Health hearing on “Strengthening Health Care in the U.S. Territories for Today and Into the Future."
By USDA Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, issued the following statement regarding the Administration’s decision to halt their harmful proposal to shut down or transfer management of all U.S. Forest Service Civilian Conservation Job Corps Centers nationwide. Stabenow helped lead a bipartisan, bicameral group of members of Congress to urge the Administration to reverse their plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: On June 12, 2019, Juan Carlos Rodriguez Espinoza, 53, of Miramar, Florida, pled guilty to one count of smuggling goods from the United States, in violation of Title 18, United States, Section 554.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart wants the public to be aware that THC-infused edibles are being packaged in a manner that is appealing to kids. Parents and caregivers need to be aware of this fake candy and potential other THC infused products containing, in some cases, potent levels of THC. Parents and caregivers should be vigilant to insure the safety of consumable products that could be ingested, intentionally or innocently, by their children.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on, ““Strengthening Health Care in the U.S. Territories for Today and Into the Future:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - China M. Davidson, Chief of Administrative Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Alabama was one of 172 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director James Crowell, IV at the 35th Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) had the following prepared remarks today at a joint Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Driving in Reverse: The Administration’s Rollback of Fuel Economy and Clean Car Standards:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Catrell Ivory (28, Orlando) to 26 years and 7 months in federal prison for committing armed robberies at two Orlando Walmart stores, attempting to commit an armed robbery at a third Walmart store, and brandishing and possessing firearms during crimes of violence.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Committee passed historic tax relief for the middle class, H.R. 3300, the Economic Mobility Act of 2019...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument invites families and desert adventure seekers of all ages to come out for a free scorpion hunt Tuesday, July 9, from 7:30 to 9 p.m., as part of Summer Family Nights 2019. Participants who arrive early will receive a free souvenir water bottle, while supplies last.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that IBRAHIM ISSA, a/k/a “Tony Issa," was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 60 months in prison. ISSA was previously found guilty in December 2018 of bribery of public officials and tax fraud after a federal jury trial before Chief United States District Judge Colleen McMahon, who imposed today’s sentence.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) unveiled bipartisan legislation, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act to stop illegal robocall practices.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Tyrone Yancey (49, Sarasota) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Yancey to forfeit the firearms and ammunition. Yancey had pleaded guilty on March 27, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned a Superseding Indictment charging the following individuals with conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen goods and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - United States District Court Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell sentenced Kyle W. Humphrey to two years imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for stealing pre-retail prescription medications, mislabeling prescription medication in order to defraud or mislead, and wrongful...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of obtaining controlled substances through fraud and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Admitted Being a Leader of a Drug Shop Distributing Fentanyl, Heroin, and Cocaine, in the German Park Neighborhood of Baltimore.
