News from June 2019
By DOE Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it will contribute up to $2 million in available funding through a joint Call for Proposals to advance geothermal research and development through a new partnership with more than a dozen European countries.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Princess Cruise Lines and its Parent Company Plead Guilty to Environmental Probation Violations, Ordered to Pay $20 Million Criminal Penalty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Rialto Capital Management and Current Owner of Indiana Hospital to Pay $3.6 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Arising From Kickbacks to Referring Physicians.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SKYLAR DAVIS, a/k/a “S-Dot," pled guilty today to involvement in a racketeering conspiracy in connection with his membership in “Southside," a violent street gang that operated in the City of Newburgh...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: SAFFORD, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Safford Field Office is planning a road improvement project this summer that will improve public access to the 2,000 acre BLM managed Hot Well Dunes Recreation Area, an extremely popular off-road utility vehicle riding area. The work will begin as...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE - In an effort to curb growing local gun violence, largely fueled by stolen guns and illegal drug activity, Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil and Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, today announced an unprecedented commitment of federal, state and local resources to get wanted criminals off the streets and illegal guns and drugs out of their hands.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: DAYTON, Ohio - A man helping orchestrate a methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin trafficking conspiracy was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 180 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: As the Department of Justice continues its efforts reduce violent crime in America, Attorney General William P. Barr today announced that Amarillo, TX was selected to join the National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) initiative.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Natural disasters, like hurricanes, are unpreventable; however, the havoc they leave behind can, at least, be lessened.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM- As the Department of Justice continues its efforts to fulfill President Donald J. Trump’s commitment to reducing violent crime in America, Attorney General William P. Barr today announced that the Northern District of Alabama was selected to join the National Public Safety Partnership (PSP)...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Osasuyi Kenneth Idumwonyi, 58, of Houston, Texas was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for illegally distributing opioids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Timothy Byers, Jr., of Charles Town, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 240 months incarceration for bank robbery, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the following statement after Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) scheduled a contempt vote for Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross related to ongoing litigation before the United States Supreme Court...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Ronald DeRisi was sentenced by United States Circuit Judge Joseph F. Bianco to 18 months’ imprisonment for threatening to assault and kill two sitting United States Senators in retaliation for their support of the nomination and confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. As part of his sentence, DeRisi was ordered to forfeit two firearms to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the sentencing of MICHAEL WAYNE WHITEFEATHER, 18, to 264 months in prison for murder in the second degree. WHITEFEATHER, who pleaded guilty on Dec. 17, 2018, was sentenced today by Judge Susan Richard Nelson in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Defendant Filmed His Rape of Drugged Spouse, when She Discovered Videos He Strangled Her and Threatened Her with a Knife.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: As the Department of Justice continues its efforts to fulfill President Donald J. Trump’s commitment to reducing violent crime in America, Attorney General William P. Barr today announced that Cleveland was selected to join the National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) initiative. PSP provides a framework ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: Victim Reported Abuse By Her Stepfather's Half-Brother.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement after the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) announced a funding agreement to help complete the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) permitting process for the Alaska LNG project.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Four men have been sentenced today to a combined 116 months incarceration for their roles in a methamphetamine conspiracy, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
