News from September 2019
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 10:30 am in Room 2322 of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a Fayette County man was sentenced on his conviction for conspiracy to distribute heroin, methamphetamine, and oxycodone. Greg Coleman, 43, of Scarbro, was sentenced to 300 months, or 25 years, in federal prison. Stuart commended ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today made the following statement after U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the formal rollback the burdensome, Obama-era Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. The WOTUS replacement rule is expected early 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Joseph Lee Frederick, of Duck, West Virginia, has admitted to drug distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Shayne McKee, 27, of St. Louis, MO, was indicted today on three felony counts including bank robbery, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and felon in possession of a firearm stemming from the armed robbery of the St. Louis Community Credit Union located at 7345 West Florissant Avenue in Jennings, Missouri.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The end of summer marks the beginning of hunting seasons on public lands in Wyoming and across the country. The BLM Wyoming is committed to facilitating access to public lands for these traditional uses, which contribute millions of dollars of revenue for the State of Wyoming each year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Chesapeake man was sentenced today to more than 12 1/2 years in prison for using a knife to rob over a dozen convenience stores and gas stations within the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Lloyd Robl, 49, New Richmond, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 12 years in prison, and three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sept. 11, 2019 -Pasquala Deshun Walls, 30, of Memphis, Tennessee, was charged yesterday with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Five Paterson, New Jersey, men have admitted their roles in a scheme to steal checks worth more than $300,000 from U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail collection boxes throughout New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Jonathan Felch, 37, of Goffstown, was sentenced serve to 96 months in federal prison for participating in a fentanyl drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging JEFFREY N. CROSSLAND, RAYMOND...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Somerset man pleaded guilty in federal court in Springfield yesterday to illegally participating in a loan with a financial institution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Burlington, VT - The U.S. Marshals Service, Vermont Violent Offender Task Force (VVOTF) arrested a fugitive wanted by the Vermont Department of Corrections for Escape from Furlough.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Glacier National Park asks local residents to join an ongoing effort to record evidence of wildlife crossing roads and rivers in the US Highway 2 corridor.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District would like to remind the community to be aware of the increased chance of wildfire during critical fire weather conditions resulting from high winds and low humidity. To date, there have been 50 human-caused and 30 lightning-caused fires within the Carson City BLM District for a total of approximately 6,668 acres.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A West Hamlin man pled guilty to using Snap Chat to make a bomb threat directed at local high school, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. William Lee McCallister, also known as Kreekchub, 24, pled guilty to Threatening and Conveying False Information Concerning the Use of an Explosive Device.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been granted authority to handle worker retaliation complaints under the Taxpayer First Act (TFA). The statute was signed into law on July 1, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Agrees to 18-Year Prison Sentence. ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jacob Ebel, age 32, of Niverville, New York, pled guilty today to drug conspiracy and possession charges, and admitted that he distributed heroin and fentanyl to two people who took these drugs and then died in Columbia County in July 2016. He agreed...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary Kevin K. McAleenan paid tribute to the nearly 3,000 victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at two ceremonies in New York City today, then returned to Washington, D.C. where he hosted a ceremony at DHS headquarters.
