News from September 2019
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore to open most Hatteras Island visitor areas at noon on Sept. 12, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, will host a National Public Lands Day (NPLD) event on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Chief Judge Robert J. Jonker of the Western District of Michigan sentenced Lansing-area resident Aaron Donquwe Perkins to 15 years in prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Perkins admitted possessing a Smith & Wesson ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Somerset, Ky., man was found guilty yesterday, by a federal jury sitting in London, of conspiring with co-conspirator Jason T. Castenir to run a complex and long-running Ponzi scheme. During the scheme, they defrauded dozens of victims out of over $2.2 million, through three fake investments.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement in response to the tentative settlement reached by Purdue Pharma in a federal opioid lawsuit.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) held a hearing on the nominations of Aurelia Skipwith to be Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Katherine Lemos to be Member and Chairperson of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. Below is the opening statement of EPW Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Antony Eugene Woody (31, Orange Park) has been arrested and charged by federal criminal complaint with advertising child pornography for sale using the internet. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, and up to 30 years, in federal prison. Woody is currently detained pending a detention hearing scheduled for Sept. 13, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Christian Killian, 33, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to six years in federal prison, for robbing a Pizza Hut restaurant while armed. Killian pleaded guilty to these charges on May 6, 2019. His prison term will be followed by a three-year period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TERRELL GIVENS, 34, of Beacon Falls, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 55 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his involvement in a large-scale marijuana trafficking conspiracy.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement that it would soon act to remove flavored vaping products from the market...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Warren Griffin, II, 50, of Lancaster, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison Wednesday by United States District Judge Karen K. Caldwell for taking part in a $15 million employment tax fraud scheme.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing, “Legislating to Connect America: Improving the Nation’s Broadband Maps." Walden praises progress being made in this front...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a field hearing on Thursday, Oct. 3, in Chicago, Illinois on the public health threat posed by gun violence. The hearing will be held at Kennedy King College.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee legislative hearing entitled, “Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks:"
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced JESSE BERNALE STINES, JR., 27, of Raleigh to 151 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release. On March 18, 2019, STINES pled guilty to one count each of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Changa Bush (41, New York) with possession of credit card manufacturing equipment. If convicted, Bush faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. Federal authorities arrested Bush...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Omar Antonio Murillo-Bonilla, a citizen of Honduras, has admitted to an immigration violation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: Miami, FL - A reward of up to $30,000 is being offered by the U.S. Marshals Service, Alcohol Tobacco Firearms as well as the National Police Defense Foundation for information leading directly to the arrest of Miami street gang member, Ulysses Cabrera, 29.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing, “Legislating to Connect America: Improving the Nation’s Broadband Maps." Walden praises progress being made in this front...
