News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Sabrina Nicole Hoffa (40, Jacksonville) to eight years and four months in federal prison and Jeffrey Allen Mays (38, Jacksonville) to six years and three months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. The court also ordered Hoffa and Mays to forfeit $1,265 in U.S. currency, which was proceeds of the offense.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway has lifted the campfire ban on Parkway property in Alabama and Tennessee due to recent rainfall and reduced fire danger.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
Release: WASINGTON, D.C. – This past week, Secretary Perry visited the Baltic region with stops in Lithuania and Latvia to engage with both government officials and private sector stakeholders on regional energy security issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office and Sheriff Gregory Tony of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BSO) announced the Oct. 4, 2019 seizure of independentgirls.com, an Internet forum for escort services and prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Correctional Officer Janel Griffin, age 41, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to a federal racketeering charge for participating in a scheme to smuggle contraband into the Maryland Correctional Institute Jessup (MCIJ), including narcotics, unauthorized flash drives, tobacco, and cell phones into the prison. Inmate Corey Alston, a/k/a “C," age 29, pleaded guilty on Sept. 18, 2019, to the same charge.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: VALE, Ore. and BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites the public to provide comments on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) for the Tri-state Fuel Breaks Project. This project is designed to reduce flammable vegetation along roadways in parts of Idaho and Oregon to provide both firefighter safety and opportunities for firefighters to more effectively limit the spread of large wildfires.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hold a Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting on Oct. 17, 2019. The DAC is a broad-based, long-term federal advisory committee that provides the FAA with advice on key Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) integration issues by helping to identify challenges and prioritize improvements.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) issued the following statements after the Joint Authorities Technical Review, or JATR, released its report that assessed how both...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Portland, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released today the environmental assessment for the reclassification of public domain lands as part of the implementation of the Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act (Act).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Brian Joseph Bowder, 41, of Lincoln, was sentenced today to 23 years and seven months in federal prison by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute actual (pure) methamphetamine, methamphetamine mixture and marijuana between August of 2017 and July of 2018. Following the prison term, Bowder will serve 10 years on supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: * Due to recent and predicted significant snow storms, Tower Fall to Canyon Junction (Dunraven Pass) is now closed for the season. The pass was scheduled to close to public vehicles on Oct. 15, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: A financial advisor based in Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty today to a money laundering conspiracy for his role in using the U.S. financial system to launder money to promote violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and Ecuadorian bribery law violations and to conceal and disguise the true...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that BRIAN STEPHENS, age 35, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on October 8, 2019 to possessing firearms after felony convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA-A Washington man convicted of possessing methamphetamine and heroin for distribution after his arrest following a high-speed chase was sentenced this week to 15 years and eight months in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) applauded the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision ordering the Department of Energy (DOE) to publish four Obama-era energy efficiency rules, which the Trump DOE has refused to finalize...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) applauded the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision ordering the Department of Energy (DOE) to publish four Obama-era energy efficiency rules, which the Trump DOE has refused to finalize...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement slamming the rushed Congressional Budget Office (CBO) partial score for the partisan Pelosi plan.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Beatrice, Nebraska - Homestead National Monument of America plans to conduct a prescribed burn treating approximately 35 acres of its restored tallgrass prairie. This one day event will occur the first day in which favorable and safe conditions exist after Oct. 15, 2019. Representatives from the National Park Service, local firefighters, and other federal firefighting agencies and departments will assist in igniting, monitoring and controlling the prescribed fire.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Joint Statement of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) on today’s Joint Authorities Technical Review (JATR) of the 737 MAX certification...
By State Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Washington-House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) announced they will introduce legislation to sanction Turkish officials involved in the Syria operation and banks involved in the defense sector until Turkey ends its military operations in...
