News from May 2019
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Berlin, MD -- A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 2,136,889 visitors to Assateague Island National Seashore in 2018 spent $94,476,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 1,192 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $105,594,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - After deliberating for two hours, a federal jury of nine men and three women found Denver Sangster guilty of one count of Possession with the Intent to Deliver More than 280 Grams of Crack Cocaine, a Quantity of Cocaine, and a Quantity of Marijuana and one count of Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on “Summer Driving Dangers: Exploring Ways to Protect Drivers and Their Families:"
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Yadira Gomez-Gonzalez has been sentenced for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Gomez-Gonzalez is the last of three defendants whose drug ring was infiltrated by undercover DEA agents when they attempted to send nearly 14 kilograms of 100% pure methamphetamine from California to Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The former president and CEO of MRI International Inc. (MRI), a purported investment company and medical collections business located in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Tokyo, Japan, was sentenced to 50 years in prison today for his role in a $1.5 billion Ponzi scheme.
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after 47 Democrats - led by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Scott Peters (D-CA) - signed a letter to Democratic leadership looking to form a bipartisan working group to solve net neutrality.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today praised the passage of the SECURE Act in the House of Representatives.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Charged in 18-Count Superseding Indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: A Macedonia man who claimed to be a financial planner but defrauded three elderly people out of nearly $575,000 was sentenced to more than six years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: VENTURA, Calif. - A just released National Park Service (NPS) report for 2018 shows that 366,000 park visitors spent an estimated $22.9 million while visiting Channel Islands National Park. That spending supported 285 jobs and contributed $32.4 million to our local economy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Gary Hallinan Admits He Negligently Allowed Polluted Water to Flow into Lake Ontario.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A locally prominent certified public accountant (CPA) was sentenced today to five years in prison in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman and United States Attorney Mike Hurst for the Southern District of Mississippi.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), along with Ranking Members Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Greg Walden (R-OR) announced the solicitation for comments on draft legislation to reform and improve the Medicare Part D program that would establish an out-of-pocket cap for Medicare beneficiaries.
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), along with Ranking Members Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Greg Walden (R-OR) announced the solicitation for comments on draft legislation to reform and improve the Medicare Part D program that would establish an out-of-pocket cap for Medicare beneficiaries.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Jesus Javier Malagon, 32, of Twin Falls, has been sentenced to 355 months in prison on federal drug and gun charges, as well as shooting at a Shoshone City police officer, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. In February of this year, a Boise jury found Malagon guilty of the charges after a ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -This week, the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy held a hearing on “Examining For-Profit College Oversight and Student Debt."
By Homeland Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A former Puerto Rican Olympic athlete and coach was found guilty Wednesday in federal court of sexual enticement and transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual conduct. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducted the investigation that led to the arrest and conviction of the former Olympic athlete.
By DOJ Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher Conley, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 14 months incarceration for his role in a methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By USDA Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, issued the following statement regarding the Trump Administration’s announcement of new aid to assist American farmers affected by their trade policies.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT), and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) sent a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Acting Commissioner Nancy A. Berryhill and Centers...
