News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Eleven Assistant United States Attorneys from the Eastern District of New York and two federal agent partners were among those recognized by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Director James Crowell, IV, of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA), at the 34th Director’s Awards Ceremony today, which was held in the Great Hall at the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced today a legislative hearing for Friday, June 22, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “H.R. 2651, the Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: Chief District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Robert Chebon Johnson, 46, of Tulsa, to 46 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for Robbery. Johnson must also pay restitution in the amount of $15,991.00.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 2851, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act of 2017, authored by Rep. John Katko (R-NY), by a vote of 239-142.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), held a hearing today to get an update on public health biopreparedness and the country’s readiness and capability to anticipate, detect, respond to, and mitigate a biological threat. WHY: “The biological threats...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Robert Thomas Honeycutt, 30, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to two years and six months in prison for possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Honeycutt was ordered to surrender to federal custody on Aug. 3, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), held a hearing today to get an update on public health biopreparedness and the country’s readiness and capability to anticipate, detect, respond to, and mitigate a biological threat. WHY: “The biological threats...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter S. Levitt of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada was recognized by Department of Justice Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director James Crowell IV at the 34th Director’s Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C. today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - A federal has been returned charging Robert Richard Jodoin (49, Flagler Beach) with importation of GHB (Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid), distribution of methoxyacetylfentanyl, possession with the intent to distribute cathinone (also referred to as “bath salts"), maintaining a place...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: Victim attacked while mowing his yard.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- Due to a malfunction in the pump that supplies water to the North Rim of Grand Canyon, the North Rim will enter Level 2 water restrictions on Monday, June 18, 2018. These restrictions only affect the North Rim and Supai Tunnel on the North Kaibab Trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH- On June 14, 2018, a resident of Carnegie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally possessing firearms, ammunition and body armor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), announced today a legislative hearing for Friday, June 22, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “H.R. 2651, the Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PATRICK STEPHEN, age 37, a resident of Harvey, Louisiana, was sentenced yesterday after previously pleading guilty to one count of distributing cocaine base, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B).
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “The State of U.S. Public Health Biopreparedness: Responding to Biological Attacks, Pandemics, and Emerging Disease Outbreaks:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - Chief United States District Court Judge J. Michael Seabright sentenced Michael J. Terui, age 38, to 300 months (25 years) in prison yesterday, plus a lifetime period of supervised release, for four counts of manufacturing child pornography. Terui will also be required to register as a sex offender. Terui pled guilty to the offenses on Dec. 12, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) of the House Committee on the Judiciary, delivered the following remarks on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 2851, the “Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that a joint stipulation of dismissal has been reached with Springfield, Oregon veteran Michael Williamson.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 2851, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act of 2017, authored by Rep. John Katko (R-NY), by a vote of 239-142.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Carrie N. Harris, a former Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for an employee-owned construction company based in Lithonia, Georgia has been arraigned on federal charges for embezzling more than $1 million from her employer to pay for her personal expenses. Harris was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 12, 2018.
