News from May 2019
By US DOT Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: If you are an experienced air traffic controller who would like to join the FAA’s ranks, the agency is now accepting applications nationwide beginning May 3 through May 7, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Victim Was Shot in Back of Neck After Exiting Bus.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: SHOSHONE, Idaho - Spring has officially arrived and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is reopening areas affected by seasonal motorized closures in the Wood River Valley put in place each year to minimize impacts to wintering herds of deer and elk. To help with soil stabilization and regrowth, the Shoshone Field Office is asking the public to be aware of how they tread on the land.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joseph Jones, a/k/a Tio, 55, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years in prison, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Carmen Liseno, of Cabins, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Washington, D.C. man was sentenced today to six and a half years in prison for in prison for his role in a marijuana conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A former Camden County, New Jersey, man today admitted perpetrating a long-running scheme to defraud the U.S. Treasury Department of millions of dollars by falsely claiming federal rebates for solar panels his company never installed, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is offering a free training course on Tuesday, May 28 from 9am-12:30pm for those interested in joining the park’s volunteer interpretive docent program. The class will introduce participants to the San Francisco Maritime Museum Building, its artists, art...
By USDA Newswire | May 3, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 293,922 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Mexico during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal drug and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Four people were indicted in federal court for firearms offenses.
By DOE Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $5.5 million for 10 new projects to apply machine learning techniques to geothermal exploration and production. Machine learning - the use of advanced algorithms to identify patterns in and make inferences from data - could assist in finding...
By State Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following statement after H.R.9, the Climate Action Now Act, passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 231-190. H.R. 9 was favorably reported out of the Foreign Affairs Committee on April 9, 2019 by a vote of 24-16...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Johnathan Clayton, age 39, of Charleston, South Carolina, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to bank robbery by force, violence, and intimidation.
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - A twice-deported Guatemalan man was sentenced Friday to eight months in federal prison for illegally re-entering the United States, and fraudulently using a social security number to obtain work.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Damien Nixon, 40, was sentenced to 240 months imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 50 grams of actual methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Steven V. Stenger, 47, of Clayton, pleaded guilty today on three counts of honest services bribery/mail fraud in front of U.S. District Court Judge Catherine D. Perry, who set his sentencing hearing on August 9, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Roger Ernesto Ballester Caser, of Hialeah, Florida, was sentenced this week to five months incarceration for using others’ bank information and personal identification numbers to make purchases, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: Dear Ambassador Lighthizer:. As our Committee prepares to consider the renegotiated trade agreement with Canada and Mexico (“the new Agreement"), we write to express our concern about how the new Agreement will affect Congress’s ability to adequately address the rising cost of health. care in the United...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Andre Baker, 28, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to felon in possession of a firearm before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
