News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jesse Tichenor, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today three years of probation for his involvement in a drug distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man who was released from prison in what became known as the “doppelganger case" pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A resident of the Dominican Republic was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for allegedly trying to smuggle into the United States approximately three kilograms of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Chris Coons (both D-Del.) today joined Senator Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and a number of senators in introducing bipartisan legislation to support and expand regional climate change mitigation programs ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Labor Department’s October 2019 jobs report...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce markup considering legislation on encouraging tourism to the United States through Brand USA and protecting consumers with the US SAFEWEB Act.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON - Area residents who want to board an airplane for a domestic flight or enter a secure federal facility will soon need a star on their driver’s license, indicating that it is REAL ID-compliant, or they will need another form of federally approved identification. REAL ID-compliant driver’s...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, applauded today’s Trump administration announcement that Brazil has implemented its long-awaited annual duty-free tariff rate quota (TRQ) of 750,000 metric tons of wheat imports.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that the Grand Jury in the District of Nebraska has returned a seven-count indictment against Titus Miller, 26, of Lincoln. The Indictment charges Miller with the sexual exploitation of five children between Aug. 17, and Oct. 15, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Peter Volino, a former vice president at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Services LLC (ICBCFS), pleaded guilty to a criminal antitrust charge for his involvement in a bid-rigging conspiracy for certain financial instruments, the Department of Justice announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Please read this additional information about a proposal to provide Wi-Fi for park visitors and employees.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Topics for the new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 20.1 Pre-Solicitation have been released. The Pre-Solicitation contains 11 topic descriptions, nine from the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and two from the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
Release: ELMIRA, NY - Passengers who will be flying out of Elmira-Corning Regional Airport on Saturday, November 16 and 23 should expect to see the airport more congested than usual due to some additional flights that were added and are scheduled back-to-back-to-back within a very short timeframe.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Scott Jackson Hamrick, of Elkins, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months incarceration for his role in a methamphetamine distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Greg Reichert, 57, of McGrew, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 72 months in prison by Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp for possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine (actual). In addition to his prison term, Reichert will serve four years of supervised release following his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - William Gerard Brown, a five-time convicted felon, has been sentenced for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: “’If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it,’ said Edward A. Murphy of Murphy’s Law.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Marty Marciano Boone, 58, of Vallejo, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to seven years and three months in prison following his conviction after jury trial for conspiracy to commit money laundering, two counts of substantive money laundering, and filing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $43 million in funding to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies that enable power generators to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Missouri Man Sentenced for Providing Material Support to Terrorists.
