News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that an inmate who escaped from the Federal Prison Camp at Alderson was sentenced. Cheryl McGrath, 51, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, to run consecutively to the sentence she is presently serving. McGrath pled guilty in November...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GEORGES AVRIDOR, 43, a citizen of Haiti formerly residing in Greenwich and Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 37 months of imprisonment for stealing more than $800,000 from his employers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: MONROE, La. - Eliezer Merino-Tetlactle, 25, of Mexico, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty to one count of re-entry of a removed alien, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration kicked off the Spring Break travel period, which typically begins in late February and continues into April, and is prepared for yet another record number of travelers. TSA expects to screen approximately 107 million passengers and crew from March 14 to April 28, which is an increase of more than 3 percent compared to the same period last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Tyrone Young Defrauded More than a Half-Dozen Universities.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Thursday, March 7, 2019, the Committee on Oversight and Reform will hold a hearing on “The Trump Administration’s Response to the Drug Crisis."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Michael Joe, 33, of Whiteriver, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to five years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Joe had previously pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX - Today, the National Park Service (NPS) cancelled the solicitation for a new concession contract (# CC-BIBE002-19), which provides lodging, food and beverage, automobile fuel, retail, RV park, and other visitor services within Big Bend National Park. Cancelling the solicitation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Sergeant First Class Shane Morgan with the West Virginia Army National Guard and Master Sergeant (retired) Russell Morgan were sentenced today for charges related to the embezzlement and unlawful sale of government property, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that it has filed a lawsuit alleging that Gus Crank, manager of a residential rental property in Dayton, Kentucky, sexually harassed female tenants in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act. The lawsuit also alleges that Penny Crank, an owner of the rental property, is liable for Gus Crank’s actions because he managed the rental property on her behalf.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement regarding the release of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) 2019 High Risk Report, compiled at the start of each new Congress identifying areas in government vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement regarding the release of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) 2019 High Risk Report, compiled at the start of each new Congress identifying areas in government vulnerable to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is launching a prize competition that seeks ideas to keep fish safe from water diversions and intakes. Keeping fish from entering a water diversion or intake is important for the aquatic species and promoting a more sustainable water supply. While there are exclusion...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Christopher W. Chatman, 37, of Shreveport, pleaded guilty today before Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Keycon Deonte Keitt, age 32, of Orangeburg, South Carolina, pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after Democrats introduced their net neutrality legislation...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs issued its (FOA) with approximately $100 million in available funding.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Final Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Savannah River Site (SRS) Paramilitary Security Services. This contract will provide security functions in the areas of Program Management, Protective Force, Physical Protection, Information Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced that six nursing home employees have been indicted for controlled substance offenses committed in the course of their employment at nursing home facilities.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Natural Resources Committee Democrats held an Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee hearing to examine the drilling policies and practices of the Trump administration. Subcommittee Chair Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) and committee Democrats pressed Trump administration...
