News from April 2018
By USDA Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
Release: A systems approach is a series of measures taken by growers, packers, and shippers that, in combination, minimize pest risks prior to importation into the United States. In this case, the systems approach requires the establishment of pest-free places of production, labeling of boxes prior to shipping, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Tshombe Anderson, 55, of Grand Prairie, Texas, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn to 120 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $26,572,458.93 in restitution for his role in a scheme he ran along with his family members from July 2011 to September 2015 to...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND- Marquis Medellin, 31 years old, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced before Hammond District Court Judge Philip Simon following his conviction for conspiracy to commit racketeering activity as a member of the Latin King street gang, announced U.S. U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (D-OR) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today requesting that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt be placed under oath for his testimony next week, and that the hearing be expanded to include the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Dennis Earl Smith, 49, of Picayune, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 72 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for distributing methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Thomas M. Annello, Acting Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: For Conspiracy To Commit Racketeering. HAMMOND- Marquis Medellin, 31 years old, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced before Hammond District Court Judge Philip Simon following his conviction for conspiracy to commit racketeering activity as a member of the Latin King street gang, announced U.S. U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Abdul Rasheed, 36, of Rochester, NY, was convicted after a jury trial of escaping from federal custody. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division hosted a roundtable with community partners to discuss the problem of sexual harassment in housing, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former Jersey City police officer was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for fraudulently collecting income for off-duty work he never performed, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced details for the Thursday, April 26, 2018, hearing entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2019 Environmental Protection Agency Budget." The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt will be the sole witness.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Delaware man was sentenced to 5 years for a federal firearm violation, announced United States Attorney Michael B. Stuart. Jeffrey M. Burris, 41, of Wilmington, Delaware, formerly of Nettie, West Virginia, pled guilty in September 2017 to a single count of possessing firearms which...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on a letter received from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding Administrator Pruitt's email accounts. The letter comes in response to a letter sent by Barrasso on April 13, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A member of the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle gang has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine that he provided in exchange for stolen firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: At the start of National Volunteer Week we would like to introduce our Community Volunteer Ambassador, Nathaniel Young. After growing up in the outskirts of Buffalo, NY, Nathaniel Young studied Ecology and Evolution at Cornell University. During his time as an undergrad and for over a year after graduating...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia returned a nine-count indictment today charging a Manassas Park, Virginia man with seven counts of production of child pornography in addition to counts of distribution and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CASEY JOHNSON, age 27, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to one count of Bank Robbery with a Firearm in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2113(a) and (d) and 2. The defendant admitted to his participation in the December 2014 robbery of a J.P. Morgan Chase drive-up location in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James S. Moody, Jr. today sentenced Arvester Lamonica Anderson (47, Tampa) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The court also ordered him to forfeit the firearm and ammunition used in the offense. Anderson pleaded guilty on Feb. 1, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed several lands bills including H.R. 3400, the bipartisan, bicameral Recreation Not Red-Tape Act or RNR Act (Chairman Rob Bishop, R-Utah and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.) and H.R. 788, the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act (Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.) by voice vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Lonnie Brown, 47, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison, announced United States Attorney Michael B. Stuart. He was caught with a firearm in September 2016 and selling fentanyl in February 2017. Stuart praised the investigative efforts of the Metropolitan Drug...
