News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Marcell Deangelo Lewis, 24, of Shreveport, was sentenced Thursday to 36 months in prison and three years of supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. for being a felon in possession of firearms. He previously pleaded guilty on June 3, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has announced approximately $110 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under three funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). Approximately $75M is for awards selected under two FOAs announced earlier this fiscal year; $35M is for a new FOA.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that today Robert Hosler, 27, Austin, Texas, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 10 years in federal prison for interstate communications and travel to engage in illegal sexual activity and for possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Two Petersburg gang members were sentenced today to a combined 25 years in prison for drug and firearms trafficking crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Ft. Mitchell, Ky. - An Independence man was convicted late Thursday, by a federal jury sitting in Covington, of distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A St. Joseph, Missouri, man has been charged in federal court with illegally possessing 15 firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the arrest of Jason Brian Goff (42, Starke) on a criminal complaint charging him with attempted production of child pornography. If convicted, Goff faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to 30 years, in federal prison and a potential life term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: A member of the United Auto Workers union’s International Executive Board was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with conspiring with other UAW officials to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars in union money for their own personal benefit along with other crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Defendant Took Cash Kickbacks in Exchange for Allowing a Contractor to Purchase Supplies With the School District Credit’s Card.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has announced approximately $110 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under three funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). Approximately $75M is for awards selected under two FOAs announced earlier this fiscal year; $35M is for a new FOA.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: CONCORD, MA - The North Bridge Visitor Center, located on the hillside overlooking the historic North Bridge will undergo a major exterior preservation beginning in September 2019 and expected to be complete by spring of 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Washington - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote.pdf) to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo regarding a recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) report that found the department is failing to adequately protect U.S. explosive detection canines sent into service abroad through the Bureau of Diplomatic Security’s...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Established in 1994 and held annually on the fourth Saturday in September, National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest single-day volunteer effort. It celebrates the connection between people and green space in their community, inspires environmental stewardship, and encourages use of open space for education, recreation, and general health. All National Parks are fee-free for National Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 28th 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Friday, Sept. 20, at 9 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building on using energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Philip Gordon Paauwe, 33, of Grandville, Michigan, was sentenced to serve 420 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for coercing and enticing a minor to produce child pornography. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney also imposed a period of supervised release of 10 years and ordered Paauwe to pay $34,000 in restitution to the victim.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca District, Humboldt River Field Office announces the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Marigold Mine - Mackay Optimization Project proposed in Humboldt County, Nevada. The BLM’s Proposed Action would extend the life of the mine for up to 10 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON, TX-Nineteen individuals have been charged in the Houston-area as part of a four-month long international law enforcement operation dubbed “Operation reWired" targeting Business email Compromise (BEC) Schemes and its perpetrators. Of the 19 individuals charged, 12 of them have been arrested.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: KINDERHOOK, NEW YORK - Lace up your fastest shoes and run the farm on Saturday, September 28!.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Over 100 law enforcement agents, officers and other personnel executed Operation High Tide this week, resulting in a series of arrests of individuals allegedly involved in selling drugs and guns in Norfolk, Chesapeake and Portsmouth.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Thomas I. Mawhiney, 31, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for receiving child pornography. The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Mawhiney to 78 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release...
