News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Justin Green, Special Agent in Charge, Miami Field Office, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA-OCI), announced the convictions of five defendants for various offenses relating to a global fraud scheme that relied upon false claims about the United States military and the Government of Afghanistan.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Bangladeshi National Arrested in Texas to Face Charges for a Conspiracy to Bring Aliens into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A former loan officer at Trustmark Bank pleaded guilty to a one-count information, which charged him in connection with a fraudulent loan scheme. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Kentucky Woman Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking Two Victims.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Calif. September 4, 2019 - Surplus wood in Kings Canyon National Park will be made available by permit to the public beginning tomorrow, September 5, 2019. Firewood permits are free, and must be obtained before wood can be removed. There is a limit of six cords per family per year. Limited quantities will be available in Grant Grove and Cedar Grove, available on a first-come first-served basis until the supply is gone.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A federal grand jury in Springfield today returned an indictment that charges Thomas L. Bishop, 60, of the 1600 block of West Bradley Ave., in Champaign, Ill. with attempted enticement of a minor. Bishop is scheduled to appear for arraignment tomorrow, Sept. 5, 2019, in Urbana, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: For Distribution of Methamphetamine. FORT WAYNE- Wendi Flores aka Wendi Collins, 39, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Holly Brady after pleading guilty to distribution of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. Ms. Flores was sentenced to...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the Auto Alliance and Global Automakers detailed their voluntary commitment to add rear seat reminder systems - to prevent children from dying in hot cars - to new vehicles by Model Year 2025...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - William Jonathan Turner, of Petersburg, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury today for a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Franklin man pleaded guilty today to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime and being a drug user in possession of a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) made the following statement on the retirement of Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX). Rep. Flores serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and is a member of the Communications and Technology, Energy, and Environment and Climate Change subcommittees.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 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 legislative hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Riggins, Idaho - On Monday, Sept. 16, construction will begin on improvements to the Bureau of Land Management's Shorts Bar Recreation Area along the Lower Salmon River. A large portion of the recreation area will be closed for up to six weeks to ensure public safety while the contractor completes the work.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 10:30 am in Room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on broadband mapping. The hearing is entitled, “Legislating to Connect America: Improving the Nation’s Broadband Maps."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: #stopsextortion Campaign - Educating Oregon Students, Parents & Educators.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Franklin man pleaded guilty today to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime and being a drug user in possession of a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 10:30 am in Room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on broadband mapping. The hearing is entitled, “Legislating to Connect America: Improving the Nation’s Broadband Maps."
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), NASA and their partners in a pilot program that is laying the groundwork for an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) traffic management system successfully demonstrated how such a system can work in the future.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned indictments charging Eduardo LOPEZ-Hernandez, age 28, of Mexico, and MIGUEL SALGADO-NARANJO, age 62, of Mexico, with Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement today after the Auto Alliance and Global Automakers announced a voluntary commitment to add rear seat reminder systems to new vehicles by Model Year 2025 or sooner in order to help prevent children from dying in hot cars...
