News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - June 11, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Larry Malloy was sentenced to 10 years (120 months) in federal prison for distributing Schedule I and Schedule II controlled substances, including heroin and fentanyl, that led to the death of T.C. in April 2016, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - Workers recently tore down a facility housing a former liquid pretreatment system, bringing the total number of structures demolished in EM’s cleanup at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Site to 62.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Jauwan Smith (22, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm near a school zone. Smith faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. His sentencing date is not yet scheduled.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will conduct a public hearing to discuss the use of motorized vehicles and aircraft in the monitoring and management of wild horses or burros on public lands in Nevada. The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, June 25, from 9 to 10 a.m. at the Suncoast Hotel and Casino, Madrid Room, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89145.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for a more than $1.4 million bank fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: The fish cleaning station and adjacent restroom facility located at the Fort Spokane boat launch is closed until further notice. Maintenance is currently working on locating and repairing the issue and will reopen the facilities as soon as possible.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: On a seemingly quiet sunny winter day, more than 90 first responders gathered at the Port of Houston’s Sam Houston Pavilion in Texas with response vehicles, vessels, and a mobile command center to engage in a simulated multi-effort emergency response to an accidental release of a volatile chemical on...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Justice Department Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Owner and Manager of Rental Properties in San Diego, California, Area.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and U.S. Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Mark Takano (D-CA) today reintroduced legislation to make millions of American workers newly...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the two subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on Thursday, June 20, on the Trump Administration’s efforts to roll back Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and carbon pollution regulations from light duty cars and trucks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: South Carolina Man Sentenced for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Timothy O’Connell, 52, of Drexel Hill, PA entered a plea of guilty before the Honorable Gerald J. Pappert on one count of receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury returned an indictment, unsealed today, charging eight defendants with 83 counts of federal dogfighting offenses stemming from an investigation into drug trafficking and a large-scale illegal dogfighting operation involving approximately 100 dogs. The indictment was announced by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Volunteers at the EM Hanford Site are reaching out to female students to promote the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Richard Moore of Aiken, South Carolina, the owner of Carolina Sodding Services, LLC, and Carolina Enterprises of the Lowcountry, LLC, has agreed to pay $1.6 million to resolve allegations that he and his companies...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Matthew Johnson, 28, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribute, 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 25 years behind bars and a $5,000,000 fine.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today announced the appointment of 140 private-sector members to the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade and six Agricultural Technical Advisory Committees for Trade.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Maria Angelica Cruz Lancheros, also known as Coral Marisol Tovar-Flores, age 42, and a Mexican citizen living in Corona, New York, was sentenced today to 63 months in prison, to be followed by a 3-year period of supervised release, for aiding and assisting an illegal alien previously convicted of an aggravated felony to enter the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Miriam Elizabeth Suarez-Contreras, the lead defendant in a 30 count indictment in connection to a large-scale drug trafficking conspiracy, was arraigned yesterday in federal court, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
