News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: A Bartlesville woman was sentenced today in federal court for stealing $394,058.20 from her employer and submitting a false tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND - The U.S. Attorney’s Office charged James Heyward Silcox III today with illegally importing controlled substances, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Tatum King, Coast Guard Investigative Service Special Agent in Charge Kelly Hoyle, and Customs and Border Protection Director of Field Operations Brian J. Humphrey.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 20-count indictment on Aug. 22 against Akop Dongelyan, 44, of Glendale, and Artak Vardanyan, 37, of Burbank, charging them with credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Vardanyan was arraigned today, with Dongelyan’s arraignment is scheduled for Sept.23.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: A Shaker Heights man was indicted in federal court for violations related to improperly operating an incinerator.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building entitled, “Sounding the Alarm: The Public Health Threats of E-Cigarettes."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Fausto Hernandez, age 41, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Sept. 17, 2019, by a federal grand jury for cocaine trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Ohio man was arrested today for his role in a large-scale, multi-level marketing scheme to defraud private and federally funded health care benefit programs of at least $10 million through the submission of claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions for compounded medications, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man who appears to have accidentally shot himself was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a gun, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) calls out the wide gap between rhetoric and reality when it comes to Democrats’ climate proposals at a Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change hearing, “Building a 100 Percent Clean Economy: Pathways to Net Zero Industrial Emissions." Walden again asks Democrats to come to the table to pass realistic bipartisan bills that can both help the environment and be voted on right now.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) blasted the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement that it is revoking California’s authority to set its own vehicle emissions standards, affecting the 13 other states and the District of Columbia that have adopted the stricter standards...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal criminal complaint was unsealed today charging a Salem, Oregon man with threatening Social Security Administration (SSA) officials after being denied Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Van Buren, MO - Join us on Saturday, September 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., as we celebrate a part of our American heritage with classic automobiles and traditional bluegrass music at Ozark National Scenic Riverways. The event is free and all are welcome.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held the hearing, “Improving American Economic Competitiveness through Water Resources Infrastructure." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent a letter to JUUL Labs regarding the company’s failure to produce documents requested by the Subcommittee and warning that further noncompliance could result in the issuance of a subpoena.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A delegation of law enforcement members from the State of Alabama, recently returned from a trip to Mexico and to the State of Sinaloa, home of the Sinaloa Cartel, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Park staff will be removing hazard trees in late September through October along Trail Ridge Road through Upper Hidden Valley as part of ongoing bark beetle mitigation work. Temporary traffic control will be implemented above Many Parks Curve during tree falling operations.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Continuing Resolution just introduced to fund the federal government beyond the end of the 2019 Fiscal Year includes a provision he fought to have included that will increase enrollment numbers for the 9/11 World Trade Center...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Continuing Resolution just introduced to fund the federal government beyond the end of the 2019 Fiscal Year includes a provision he fought to have included that will increase enrollment numbers for the 9/11 World Trade Center...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: A Marion man was charged in federal court for child exploitation after he induced a 13-year-old to engage sexual activity.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A bipartisan group of members of Congress and stakeholders have voiced support for the Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act. The legislation is numbered S. 383 in the Senate and H.R. 1166 in the House of Representatives. The Senate version passed the Senate as part of S.1790, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
