News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: 60 Investors Lost More Than $15 Million in Ponzi Scheme.
By State Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Advancing U.S. Interests in the Western Hemisphere." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: I’d like to thank Chairman Cole, Chairman Frelinghuysen, Ranking Member DeLauro, and the excellent staff for their work on this bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Lexington man agreed to plead guilty in connection with his role in a long-running interstate prostitution ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Johnny Black Arrested by FBI on Federal Charge.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined a press conference with Senate Democrats, Protect Our Care, and Little Lobbyists to speak about her opposition to President Trump’s nomination of Judge...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03), Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07), and Rep. David Cicilline (RI-01), Co-Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three years’ probation, 180 days of which is to be served in home confinement, and a $7,500 fine on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in Riverside, California, returned a five-count indictment against Eric Scott Kindley, 50, a private prisoner transport officer, for crimes related to his sexual assaults of two different females in his custody during two different transports, and for brandishing his firearm during one of the sexual assaults.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Edwin Colon, 24, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentenced of five years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - An El Paso native - with more than 20 years’ experience in law enforcement, border security and intelligence - was recently selected as special agent in charge (SAC) of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in El Paso.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Cranston man pleaded not guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Providence to a federal grand jury indictment charging him with possession and receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Antoine Benjamin, age 26, of Baltimore, today to 10 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - The owner of Midlothian businesses Premier Consulting Services and Premier Credit Consultants was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for defrauding approximately 51 customers of more than $600,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Defendants are the latest to be sentenced out of nearly two dozen defendants after long-term narcotics investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2075, the Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act. Introduced by Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), this bill makes necessary adjustments to the wilderness study areas adjacent to Crooked River Ranch in Oregon to reduce the risk of wildfire for the local community.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced the finalization of an April proposal to improve the Drug Enforcement Administration’s ability to control the diversion of dangerous drugs in the midst of the national opioid crisis. Announced in April by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the final...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jason Williams, 44, of Kenmore, NY, pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Charged with Operating a Car While Intoxicated and Possessing a Controlled Substance While Illegally Present In Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Martin Hall, age 56, of Reisterstown, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to traveling from the United States to the Philippines to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, and to producing child pornography with the intent to transport it to the United States.
