News from March 2019
By DOE Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: This topic area aims to reduce the cost of solar photovoltaics by half, helping to provide more affordable electricity for U.S. consumers and businesses. Achieving the DOE’s cost targets would mean that the cost per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for unsubsidized electricity from utility-scale, commercial, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - John Michael “Mike" Herron II, 36, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud and aggravated identify theft in connection with an unemployment benefits fraud and identity theft scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight & Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, April 2, at 10:30 am in 2322 of the Rayburn House Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Today, Kyle Geoffrey Sandler, 43, of Auburn, Alabama, was sentenced to 63 months of imprisonment for wire and securities fraud, announced Louis V. Franklin, Sr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, Joseph P. Borg, Director of the Alabama Securities Commission, and...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: As the days grow longer, so do the hours of operation at Fort Scott National Historic Site. Beginning Monday, April 1, the park visitor center, Parkstore, and historic structures will be open daily from 8:00 am-5:00 pm. The park grounds, walkways, and parking lot are open from ½ hour before sunrise until ½ hour after sunset daily.
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: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that LEWIS STAHL, the owner of a Manhattan medical technology company, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for evading federal income taxes on more than $21 million in business income, which resulted...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today sentenced Freddie Emerson Crockett, age 40, of Earleville, Maryland, to 10 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release for possession of child pornography. In imposing this sentence, the Court also found that Crockett had...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former Massachusetts State Trooper was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP).
By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee Markup of H.R. 1644, the Save the Internet Act of 2019...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: I’d just like to reiterate here at the beginning that I remain committed to a bipartisan solution to preserving a free and open internet. I believe it is achievable and I want to express to my friends on the other side of the aisle that our offers to work together are genuine and have been made in good faith.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that BENICIO VASQUEZ, 32, of Hartford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Gregory Lutz, 49 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann after pleading guilty to wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that William Cooke, 22, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to serve 72 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Hattiesburg, Mississippi man pleaded guilty today for his role in a $200 million compounding pharmacy scheme to defraud health care benefit programs, including TRICARE, which is the program that covers U.S. military service members and their families.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the Democrats' decision to duck the Green New Deal vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Hattiesburg, Mississippi man pleaded guilty today for his role in a $200 million compounding pharmacy scheme to defraud health care benefit programs, including TRICARE, which is the program that covers U.S. military service members and their families.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering and Tax Evasion Charges for Role in $200 Million Compounding Pharmacy Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Honduran man pleaded guilty today to illegally reentering the United States for a third time.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 26, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM’s first batch of processed radioactive liquid waste using a new technology at the Savannah River Site (SRS) is complete.
