News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Adam Ray Dodson, 38, of Winchester, Kentucky, was sentenced to 79 months in federal prison on Monday, by United States District Judge Joseph M. Hood, for distributing quantities of methamphetamine and selling firearms in Clark County, Kentucky, in October and November of 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Trent Lamar Knight, 31, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to traffic marijuana grown in Portland to Texas.
By DOL Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered a speech on the Senate floor to commemorate Mother’s Day. In her remarks, Senator Murray shared the stories of women in Washington state as she criticized President Trump’s harmful agenda for women and families and outlined some of her own priorities to move the country forward.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - Eleven individuals from Durham were indicted May 3, 2019, on federal charges relating to a series of violent robberies, announced Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina and John A. Strong, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: With enthusiastic participation nationwide, DEA and its law enforcement partners have now collected nearly 12 million pounds of unused or expired prescription medications over the course of 17 successful DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back events. During the 17th semiannual event on April 27, the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Danielle Sebenick, 27, of Glenside, PA entered a guilty plea today before the Honorable Petrese B. Tucker, admitting to the crimes of possession and distribution of child pornography.
By DOL Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, DE - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Skanska USA Building Inc. have established a strategic partnership to promote workplace safety during the expansion of the Christiana Care Health System Women’s and Infant Tower Renovation Project in Newark, Delaware.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Arizona Strip Field Office is encouraging public comments on a proposed change in management and other related actions concerning the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, located east of Kanab, Utah and west of Page, Arizona. A 45-day public comment period will run from May 8 to June 21, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced H.R. 2569, Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency (CARE) Act to provide the resources and the comprehensive framework to finally begin treating the opioid crisis like the critical public health emergency it is.
By State Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Michael McCaul, the Committee’s ranking member, today introduced legislation calling on the Trump Administration to retain limits on Russia’s nuclear forces. The “Richard G. Lugar and Ellen...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, Ga: A Savannah man with an extensive criminal history has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in federal prison for illegal gun possession.
By State Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after Iran announced it will ramp up its nuclear program in defiance of international norms. McCaul applauded the Administration for applying additional sanctions to cripple Iran’s economy and limit their ability to finance terror and nuclear proliferation...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man pleaded guilty in federal court in Springfield on Monday, May 6, 2019, to his role in a firearms, narcotics, and money laundering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: South Florida Patient Recruiter Sentenced for Role In $1.6 Million Kickback Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada - The Goldstrike and White Rock Canyon trails located within Lake Mead National Recreation Area will close for the season May 15 through Sept. 30.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jason Guck, 43, of Victor, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and filing a false tax return for the year 2012, was sentenced to serve seven months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By USDA Newswire | May 8, 2019
Release: Dear BRS Stakeholder, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) is announcing the July 23, 2019, pilot launch of our new online permitting system, APHIS eFile. APHIS will invite those that have been issued a BRS permit ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) and Worker & Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) today released the following joint statement on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) recent memo recommending states make a policy change that contradicts congressional intent of the child support enforcement program and threatens vulnerable children’s food security...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KELVIN PETERS, 42, of Hartford was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a loaded handgun.
