News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that following an eight week trial, a federal jury has convicted Herman E. Aguirre, a/k/a 007, a/k/a Lucky, a/k/a Primo, a/k/a Freddy, of Brea, California, and Troy R. Gillon, of Lockport, NY, of narcotics conspiracy. Defendant Aguirre was also convicted of operating a continuing criminal enterprise and money laundering conspiracy. The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencings of W. Jeffery Taylor, 57, Scott A. Nelson, 60, and Jeffery Longtain, 59, for their roles in the fraud scheme perpetrated against Starkey Laboratories, Inc. (Starkey) and its principal owner William F. Austin. Taylor was sentenced...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA -Ronald Morgan, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 41 months incarceration for his involvement in methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin distribution that spanned multiple states, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: August 20-23, 2018. Two Rivers Convention Center. Grand Junction, Colorado. The conference provided technical information, education, and networking opportunities for representatives from government agencies, regulatory agencies, political offices, tribal groups, and other stakeholders involved in long-term...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - The Justice Department announced today that the federal district court for the District of the Virgin Islands yesterday found the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) in substantial compliance with a consent decree relating to VIPD’s use of force practices. The consent decree requires...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 767 the Stop, Observe, Ask and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Act of 2018, sending the legislation to the president desk to become law.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A certified public accountant from New York today admitted filing a tax return in his own name that contained materially false information, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the committee released a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO). The watchdog’s report, “Information Security: Significant Progress Made, but CDC Needs to Take Further Action to Resolve Control Deficiencies and Improve Its Program," is the result...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: ANCHORAGE - In furthering the Trump Administration’s goals of responsibly developing our natural resources, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program for public review and comment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DONALD TROSCLAIR, age 57, a resident of Jefferson, Louisiana, was sentenced to 97 months in prison and 5 five years of supervised release after his term of imprisonment, by United States District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman after previously pleading...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) released the following statements after the United States, Mexico, and Canada formally signed the new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Labor Department’s November 2018 jobs report...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford has returned an indictment charging EDWARD LUGO, 37, of New Haven, with one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. District Judge Gordon J. Quist sentenced Tramain Hill to 130 months in federal prison for committing an interstate cell phone store robbery with three other people. Hill was also ordered to repay $42,129.44 in restitution and serve 3 years under court supervision following release from prison.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, led by Senator Patty Murray, (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Democratic members of the House and Senate sent letters to Secretary Alex Azar at the Department of Health and...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
Release: BOZEMAN, Mont. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) nationally and locally expects to screen a record number of travelers during the 2018 Christmas and New Year holiday travel season. Nationwide, TSA projects it will screen 6 percent more travelers compared to this same period last year. Locally, TSA at Bozeman-Yellowstone International Airport (BZN) expects the increase over last year’s levels to be more than 15 percent.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: An Akron man was indicted in federal court on methamphetamine trafficking charges.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 767 the Stop, Observe, Ask and Respond (SOAR) to Health and Wellness Act of 2018, sending the legislation to the president desk to become law.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Joseph F. Schaller, Commissioner of the New Rochelle Police Department (“NRPD"), announced...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement after President Donald J. Trump signed the Farm Bill into law.
