News from June 2019
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Representative Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) requesting the agency extend its public comment period for at least an additional 30 days on the special permit it is considering that would allow the movement of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail in Florida.
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel this week delivered the following remarks at a press conference announcing the reintroduction of the SECURE Our Democracy Act, legislation designed to punish any foreign actors who interfered in the 2016 election and anyone who would do so in future elections...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Kenneth Dewayne Williams, 45, of Meridian, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 95 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possession with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Brad L. Byerley, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Williams was also ordered to pay a $1,500.00 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Nagy Mohamed Abdelhamed, age 68, of York, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 27, 2019, by U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones, III, to two years’ probation on Health Care Fraud charges stemming from his fraudulent receipt of Medicaid and SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program) benefits, formerly known as Food Stamp benefits.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: McLean, Va.- The National Park Service (NPS) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are studying the safety at intersections on the southern section of the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP) and are inviting the public to participate in the process.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Company and owner falsely claimed “service-disabled veteran-owned small business" status to defraud the Department of Veterans Affairs and Army Corps of Engineers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A New York man was sentenced today to four and a half years in prison for acquiring and using stolen personal information, including thousands of payment card numbers.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Special agents with ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducted a public outreach operation at the San Diego International Airport this week to raise public awareness about female genital mutilation (FGM) and HSI’s commitment in helping the U.S. Government end this practice.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Ohio Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Federal Hate Crimes Related to August 2017 Car Attack at Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement after the Senate defeated an amendment to the NDAA that would limit the president's authority to use military force against Iran:
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: The former Director of Sports Marketing and Alliances at Microsoft was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 28 months in prison, and three years of supervised release for wire fraud for his scheme to profit by stealing from Microsoft. JEFF TRAN, a/k/a TRUNG TRAN, 45 of Seattle, used his...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Scott A. Carnell, 36, of Pacific, Missouri, has been sentenced to 192 months in federal prison on a methamphetamine violation, U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft announced today. Carnell previously pleaded guilty to a single-count indictment charging conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Forsyth County man who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography was sentenced to 13-1/2 years in prison today, announced Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Gunnison, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Gunnison Field Office is seeking public comment on its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Domestic Sheep Grazing Permit Renewals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: FBI and San Diego Police Department Seeking Tips: Bank Robber Brandishes Handgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: Leonard Mathews Ordered a Shooting in the Bronx that Injured Three Bystanders.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - James Alex Fields Jr., 22, the Ohio man who drove his car into a crowd of counter-protestors at the “Unite the Right Rally" on Aug. 12, 2017, killing one woman and injuring dozens, was sentenced today in the Western District of Virginia to life in prison for his crimes. Fields previously pleaded guilty to 29 violations of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, 18 U.S.C. § 249, for the attack.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: A long-time investment advisor in Redmond, Washington was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to five years in prison for defrauding more than 15 investors of more than $3 million, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. DENNIS GIBB, 72, the President and owner of Sweetwater Investments...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-Nathan Thomas Trujillo, a Denver resident who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine in the Billings community, was sentenced on June 27 to 20 years and eight months in prison and five years of supervised release, said U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 28, 2019
News Release: FLORENCE, KY - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered Freight Rite Inc. - based in Florence, Kentucky - to reinstate a truck driver terminated after he refused to operate a commercial motor vehicle in hazardous road conditions caused by inclement...
