OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Sangkeun "Matt" Lee, a computer scientist in the Discrete Algorithms Group, received the Best Poster Award at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 24th International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration. Lee's paper at the August conference in Bellevue, Washington, combined weather and power outage data for three states - Texas, Michigan a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: DETROIT - Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Detroit deportation officers removed an unlawfully present citizen of Guatemala wanted in his home country on rape charges on Nov. 24. Cesar Antiono Rafael Lopez, 22, was flown to Guatemala and turned over to local authorities. "Running from rape charges in your home country will not grant you safe haven her  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release: Commerce Township resident Ryan T. Carruthers was sentenced to two years and three months in prison yesterday for defrauding the Small Business Administration and various banks out of approximately $851,000 as part of a pandemic relief fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Carruthers was also ordered to pay $851,963 in restitution to his vi  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release: A Detroit man was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison for dealing dangerous drugs while on pretrial release for another drug and firearm offense pending in state court, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today. Ison was joined in the announcement by Cheyvoryea Gibson, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Rickey Butler  more

BAY CITY, Michigan, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release: A federal grand jury indicted Andrew Semenchuk and Adam Ball, former owners and executives of Surveying Solutions, Inc. and Jeffrey Bartlett, a current owner and executive of Surveying Solutions, Inc., on charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. The indictm  more

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Mark A. Totten, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2023: U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Roshell Beaty, 46, of Benton Harbor, was sentenced to 124 months in prison for her role related to pandemic fraud schemes used to obtain over $1 million in COVID-19 relief. Beaty previously pled guilty to two counts of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and one  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release: A Southfield man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in connection with an extensive, multi-million-dollar cell phone upgrade fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Ison was joined in the announcement by Angie M. Salazar, Special Agent in Charge, Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations. Delano  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dawn N. Ison, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2023: A Southfield woman pleaded guilty today to wire fraud arising out of a scheme to defraud the State of Michigan out of more than $300,000 in pandemic-related unemployment insurance benefits, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison. Ison was joined in the announcement by Irene Lindow, Special Agent-in-Charge, Great Lakes Region, U.S. Departme  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2023: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted Holtec Decommissioning International's request to revise the emergency preparedness plan for the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Covert, Michigan, to reflect the plant's decommissioning status. Holtec has publicly announced its intention to restart operations at the facility. If the NRC reauthorizes power operations at Palisades, a condition in thi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on the Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act (H.R. 4468), which was introduced by Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, and 34 cosponsors: * * * The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 4468, which would prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to multi-pollutant emissions st  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on a House joint resolution (H.J.Res. 88) providing for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5 of the U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Improving Income Driven Repayment for the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program and the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program". The resolution was introduced by Rep. L  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2023: Darrell Lamar Holcomb, also known as "Smiley," 32, of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, was sentenced today to 10 years and one month in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 400 grams or more of fentanyl and aiding and abetting the distribution of  more