News from September 2019
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: ROSEBURG, Ore - The Roseburg District, Bureau of Land Management and the Umpqua National Forest would like to announce the winners of the 2019 Land of Umpqua Amateur Photo Contest. This past year we have been celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and National Trails Act!...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Washington - With no facts to support their call for an audit of the National Rifle Association’s tax-exempt status, Senate Finance Committee Democrats relied heavily on assumptions and innuendo to conjure a mirage of impropriety surrounding a 2015 trip by NRA officials to Russia. However, a report issued today by the committee’s minority staff summarizing its review of the evidence failed to establish abuse of its tax-exempt status.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS - After a five day trial, a jury today convicted the former president and director of Custom Carbon Processing, Inc. of multiple violations of the federal Clean Air Act after a 2012 explosion at the company’s oil processing plant in Wibaux injured three employees and caused extensive damage to the plant, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday introduced legislation to enhance the security of our nation’s electric grid. The bill, entitled the Protecting Resources On The Electric grid with Cybersecurity Technology (PROTECT) Act, establishes a grant program at the Department of Energy to advance ...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - On the heels of a hearing he chaired on the subject, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement regarding three recently-released reports from the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) that highlight significant concerns about the National Institutes...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Four people were indicted in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy involving hundreds of pounds of marijuana as well as marijuana vape cartridges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A passenger aboard an Alaska Airlines flight diverted to Kansas City International Airport was charged in federal court today with interfering with a flight attendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Operated gambling business in the counties of Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and others.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Matthew Matthews, 26, of Shreveport, was sentenced September 24 by U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter, to 70 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Matthews pleaded guilty on April 25, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Sanjay Lama (29, Jacksonville) has been arrested and charged with using the internet to attempt to entice a 12-year-old child to engage in sexual activity. Lama is a citizen of Nepal who is legally residing in Jacksonville. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison and a potential life term of supervised release. Lama has been detained pending a detention hearing scheduled for Oct. 1, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Cuban Citizen Sentenced for Making False Statements on an Application for Lawful Permanent Residence and for Theft of Government Funds.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Cascade River Road will close to all traffic at milepost 18, five miles before the trailhead, Monday, October 7-18. Cascade River Road sustained a considerable amount of damage following storms, heavy rains and flooding around the 2017 Thanksgiving holiday.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Battle Mountain, NV - The Bureau of Land Management, Mount Lewis Field Office, has published a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Mount Hope Mine Project, about 23 miles northwest of the town of Eureka, Nevada.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced Boeing Chairman, President, and CEO Dennis Muilenburg will testify at a Full Committee hearing of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Oct. 30, 2019. He will be accompanied by Chief Engineer of Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes division John Hamilton and Chief Pilot for the 737 Captain Jennifer Henderson.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Sept. 25, 2019, Tyreon Leseanjea Woodard, age 22, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey for Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Woodard was sentenced to a prison term of 70 months to be followed by a term of supervised release of three years. Woodard was ordered to pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Chad Custer, Darion Harvey Are Fourth Defendants Arrested in Recent Days.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former pharmacy owner was sentenced today to four years in prison for fraudulently filling and dispensing thousands of prescription medications, including opioids, outside the usual course of professional practice.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, Ga. - Eight people have been charged in a 13-count federal indictment in a drug trafficking conspiracy that brought large amounts of narcotics from Atlanta for distribution in the Augusta area.
By State Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Washington-Today, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo for documents, including many he has refused to produce for weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria woman pleaded guilty today to straw purchasing multiple firearms.
