News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - This morning a federal judge in Albuquerque, NM, sentenced Thomas M. Navaho, 26, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, NM, to 51 months of imprisonment based on his previously entered guilty plea to an assault charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida- United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Charles S. Leis (48, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to attempted enticement of minors to engage in sexual activity and possession of child pornography. Leis faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison for the attempted enticement count and up to 10 years in federal prison for the possession offense. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding the unanimous passage of a House Medicaid package earlier this week, which includes both the ACE Kids Act and the Right Rebate Act, bipartisan bills he co-authored with Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon, respectively.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Oregon counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Douglas and Lane counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Babubhai Rathod Ran Multiple Health Care Providers After Being Convicted And Excluded From Medicare And Medicaid For Paying Illegal Kickbacks.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $28.1 million in funding aimed at advancing wind energy nationwide across the land-based, offshore, and distributed wind sectors. While utility-scale wind energy in the United States has grown to 90 gigawatts, significant opportunities for cost reductions remain, especially in the areas of offshore wind, distributed wind, and tall wind.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: For Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Jayesh Patel Sold Crack Cocaine From His Businesses.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Mnuchin and Commissioner Rettig...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) led a bipartisan letter that raised concerns about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposed rule to make harmful changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and urged Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to withdraw the proposal.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Ashland, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing temporary closures, starting in late May 2019, to the Hyatt Lake Campground.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that two men pled guilty to immigration crimes before United States District Judge Irene Berger in Beckley. Both men entered guilty pleas to the felony offense of Reentry of a Removed Alien and are scheduled to be sentenced on July 10, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Lewis Chafin age 28, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release, and a $2,400.00 fine for one count of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Ronald Joseph Guillory, 45, of Starks, Louisiana, was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter for possessing a shotgun, a rifle, a pistol and ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Crow Agency, MT - The National Park Service recently finalized its plan to approve a new visitor center and 7,000-square-foot curation facility for Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. The next step, before construction can begin, will be to secure funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Joshua Felkins, of Tuba City, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to 42 months of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Felkins had previously pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that KENDRA GRAVES, age 31, pled guilty yesterday to a two-count bill of information charging her with theft of government funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641 and identity theft in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028(a)(7).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Louisiana parishes as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Lafayette and St. Martin parishes who suffered losses caused by excessive rain and flooding that occurred from Sept. 1, 2018 through Dec. 12, 2018, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A long-time international fugitive who is charged with nine felonies for allegedly participating in a $9 million bank fraud scheme against Wells Fargo has been taken into federal custody in Los Angeles.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA), Ranking Member Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA), Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX), and bipartisan members of the Oversight Subcommittee introduced the Taxpayer First Act of 2019. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation redesigns the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for the first time in more than 20 years to better serve taxpayers.
