News from October 2019
By EPA Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement applauding the signing into law of the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education and Support Act of 2019 or the “AUTISM Cares Act of 2019 (H.R. 1058) :
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Defendants Conspired with Others to Distribute Heroin and Oxycodone From Their Staten Island Homes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Jonas A. Windham, 37, of Laurel, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A local man and a Mexican national have pleaded guilty for their involvement in a conspiracy to distribute 42.5 kilograms of cocaine in the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas felon was arraigned on an indictment in federal court yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler for robbing an adult novelty store at gunpoint, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas drug dealer was sentenced Monday to eight years and two months in federal prison for selling large quantities of Oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Florida Criminal Defendant Pleads Guilty to Lying on Pre-Sentencing Financial Disclosure Form.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a Emanuel Guobadia, 43, of Atlanta, Georgia, who was convicted following a jury trial of wire fraud and identity theft, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) hosted its fourth InnovationXLab Summit in Chicago, Illinois. Secretary Perry instituted the collaborative model of the InnovationXLab to connect the private sector with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Laboratories. Today’s Summit ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Florida and another resident of New Jersey pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiring to distribute kilograms of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute kilograms of cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, is asking the public to avoid a fuels treatment project area taking place at the southern half of Winters Ranch in Washoe Valley. This fuels reduction project consists of using approximately 1200 head of sheep to reduce grasses...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Collins, who threatened witness and investigating officers, will serve her federal sentence consecutive to two unrelated state prison terms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Christopher Collins resigned his seat in Congress on Sept. 30, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Max Paul Levine, of Bronx, New York, was indicted today for interstate transport of a minor for sex, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City woman employed by the Hudson County Office of Aging today admitted accepting bribes for referring patients in need of home health care aides, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Tuscarora Field Office is seeking public comment until Oct. 30, on Copper One’s proposed expansion to their Vanadium Exploration Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan of the Southern District of Florida and Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro the of the FBI’s Miami Field Office announced that Matthew Tassin, 37, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was sentenced to prison last week on federal child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - A man who robbed a Burger King shift manager at gunpoint was sentenced Sept. 30, 2019, to spend 30 years in federal prison announced United States Attorney David C. Joseph. Ivory Carl Myles, 30, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reminds travelers that the upcoming REAL ID requirement and enforcement will start one year from today. Beginning Oct. 1, 2020, every air traveler must present a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license, state-issued enhanced driver’s license, or other ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2019 — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of 20 members to serve on the Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers (ACBFR). The newly appointed members serve terms of up to two years through 2021.
