News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: A Mahoning County man was indicted in federal court for using a firearm while making threats against a Jewish community center in Youngstown.
By State Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Dear President Trump: It has now been more than seven years since Austin Tice, a veteran Marine Corps Captain who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, was detained at a checkpoint near Damascus, Syria while working in the country as a freelance journalist. This talented young man is an Eagle Scout who began...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA - On Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, Darrell Gamble, 52, of Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 77 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. There is no parole in the federal system. In addition to the nearly six and a half year sentence, he will be subject to five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Birmingham man for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson
By DOL Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it has recently implemented the OSHA Weighting System (OWS) for fiscal year (FY) 2020. OWS will encourage the appropriate allocation of resources to support OSHA’s balanced approach of...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: On Sept. 26, 2019 during his closing remarks at the National Tribal Energy Summit in D.C., Mark W. Menezes, Under Secretary of Energy announced that Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs issued a Notice of Intent to issue a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) entitled “Energy Infrastructure Development on Indian Lands - 2020".
By EPA Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing entitled “Legislating to Secure America’s Wireless Future:"
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard on a federal drug trafficking charge.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal introduced the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act, H.R. 4540, legislation to fix the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) for future retirees and provide meaningful relief to current WEP retirees. The bill ensures that public servants across the nation can retire with the security and dignity they deserve.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: WEST POINT, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Hyundai Transys Georgia Powertrain Inc. - operating as Powertech America Inc. - for exposing employees to struck-by and fall hazards after a fatality at the company’s West Point, Georgia, facility. The automobile transmission manufacturer faces $68,194 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - A joint investigation conducted by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) and United States Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement into violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), known as Operation "Bird Dog," has resulted in multiple defendants pleading guilty to federal hunting violations. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty pleas today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Special Agent-in-Charge Sean Ragan of the FBI’s Sacramento Division today announced that the independent federal review into the fatal shooting of Stephon Clark on March 18, 2018, found insufficient evidence to support federal criminal civil rights...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled: “A Work in Progress: Implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: Engaging in outreach in order to prevent crime, respond to community needs, and promote good citizenship.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Justice Department today announced a coordinated health care fraud enforcement action across seven federal districts in the Northeastern United States, involving more than $800 million in losses and the distribution of over 3.25 million pills of opioids in “pill mill" clinics and doctors’...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: Columbus-A convicted felon with an extensive criminal history in both Alabama and Georgia was found guilty late Tuesday on illegal gun and drug charges, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. After deliberating approximately two hours, a citizen jury...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CAREEMA LEWIS, 33, of Waterbury, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to theft of mail by a postal employee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A former Harris County deputy constable and her husband have been charged with conspiring to possess heroin with the intent to distribute it as well as attempting to launder drug proceeds, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota issued a statement Thursday in response to news out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the delivery of additional prevented planting assistance, as authorized by the Disaster Relief Act of 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 26, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has selected four projects to receive approximately $4.6 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D). The projects will accelerate the development and commercialization of treatment technologies that reduce waste...
