News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of mail by a postal employee, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Raymond E. Wells, 47, of Herrin, Illinois, has been charged in a one-count superseding indictment with conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today. The federal indictment alleges that...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA - A Bozeman woman who ran a money management service for court-appointed clients unable to manage their own finances on Tuesday admitted embezzling funds from the clients and spending most of the money on gambling debts, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee markup on H.R. 1781, H.R. 938, H.R. 1520, H.R. 1503, H.R. 1499, H.R. 965, H.R. 1385, H.R. 1386, H.R. 1425, H.R. 987, H.R. 986, H.R. 1010...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
Release: Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the USDA’s proposed relocation of the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee markup on H.R. 1781, H.R. 938, H.R. 1520, H.R. 1503, H.R. 1499, H.R. 965, H.R. 1385, H.R. 1386, H.R. 1425, H.R. 987, H.R. 986, H.R. 1010...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - On March 30, the Bureau of Land Management will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument. Along with the Friends of the Organ Mountains, the Las Cruces Museum of Nature and Science, the Southern New Mexico Trail Alliance and the Las Cruces...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands announced that defendants VINCENT DAVID CABRERA, JR. a/k/a “Bong," 40, and EUGENE BLAS REPEKI, JR., a/k/a “Uncle," 40, were each sentenced to 180-month terms of imprisonment for Conspiracy to Manufacture Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois has returned a one count indictment charging Sean M. Hall, 22, of Cahokia, Illinois, with unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Steven D. Weinhoeft, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Emmanuel D. Abdon, 31, of Hollywood, Florida, has been sentenced to serve 20 years in federal prison for traveling across state lines to have sex with a 13 year old girl. Chief United States District Court Judge Michael J. Reagan handed down the 240-month sentence, which is to be followed by five years of supervised release. Abdon was also ordered to pay $43,974 in restitution to the victim’s family.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge’s office took the occasion of Women’s History Month to recognize a pioneer in the practice of law who his office can call its own: Ella Mae Backus. In 1923, Ms. Backus became the first female Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) in Michigan. At the time, she...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - During today’s full Committee hearing on the Trump administration’s budget proposal, Democratic members of the Natural Resources Committee questioned Scott Cameron, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget at theDepartment of the Interior (DOI), on why...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: Dear Acting Administrator Elwell: It is imperative that any technical modifications proposed for the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft as a result of the Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 accidents, which cost the lives of 346 people, including eight Americans, are comprehensive and reliable.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: The former police chief of the Village of Oakley, located in Saginaw County, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to charges of wire fraud and filing a false income tax return for 2012, stated United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN- As we recognize and celebrate Women’s History Month in March, the U.S. Attorney’s Office would like to share and highlight the accomplishments of Ms. Devon L. Gosnell, the first female Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) to serve in the Western District of Tennessee. Ms. Gosnell was...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND - Christopher Forster, 31 years old, of Valparaiso, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after pleading guilty to interstate transportation of stolen property, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: No Shuttle Service at Pinnacles on March 30, Expect Large Crowds and Limited Parking.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Office of River Protection recently received two new effluent collection and sampling vessels at the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) to support direct feed low-activity waste operations. The 40,000-gallon capacity vessels will be installed in the Effluent...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. - The Bureau of Reclamation will release water from Elephant Butte Reservoir for a 3-day period starting on Wednesday, March 27, at 9 a.m. as part of a maintenance operation. The dry riverbed between Elephant Butte and Caballo will take on water quickly as it will begin to flow downstream. The public is asked to stay out of the river channel for their safety.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - John David Davisson, of Weston, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 123 months incarceration for firearms and methamphetamine distribution charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
