News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Jacobi Temple, 27, of Saint Louis, MO, was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment for his for his killing of James Lacey, Paige Schaefer, and Tammie Thurmond on March 27, 2015. Mr. Lacey and Ms. Schaefer were shot and killed inside a residence located in the 4400 block of Itaska in the City of Saint Louis. Ms. Thurmond was found by police in an alley behind the 4200 block of South 37th Street. She died a short time later.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure passed a number of bills today on a unanimous, bipartisan basis, including a bill to reform how the federal government manages its real property portfolio and potentially save billions of taxpayer dollars, as well as legislation to enhance maritime safety in response to the tragic loss of the EL FARO in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Jordan L. Price, 29, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 295 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release for production of child pornography. Price pleaded guilty to the crime in January 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, during a hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings pleaded directly with his Republican colleagues to join a letter sent earlier this week by all Committee Democrats seeking basic documents from the Trump Administration to help thousands of immigrant children reunite with their parents.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A financial advisor who told clients they were guaranteed to make money by investing with him has been indicted for allegedly defrauding those clients out of $4.7 million.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Get out on the trail Saturday, July 7 during the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center’s Pioneer Trail Trek program, “Three Crossings." This program aims to connect participants with public lands, and in turn with America’s natural and cultural heritage.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joy Dykes, age 36, of Edwardsville, Pennsylvania was charged on June 26, 2018, in a criminal information for her participation in a money laundering scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSE DAVID SILVA PESTANO, 33, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 87 months of imprisonment for trafficking heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks during a Health Subcommittee markup on his amendment that urged the Committee to hold at least one hearing on the status and welfare of the children separated from their families as a result of the Trump Administration’s “Zero Tolerance" policy. The Pallone amendment failed to pass after all Subcommittee Republicans voted against it unanimously...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Justin Cain, 35, Cashton, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to five years of probation. On March 21, 2018, Cain pleaded guilty to stealing mail from the U.S. Postal Service.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) issued the following statement on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s vote to approve the nominations of Heidi King to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Peter Feldman to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An Illinois man, who previously lived in Massachusetts, was arraigned today in federal court in Worcester on charges associated with a wire fraud scheme whereby victims were told they owed money to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Onijah Crighton, age 23, of Chillum, Maryland, pleaded guilty on June 26, 2018, to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, in connection with a scheme to defraud more than 100 elderly victims through an advance fee scheme, specifically, by falsely representing that the victims had won a lottery or sweepstakes and demanding taxes or other fees before the victims could receive the prize.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on June 26, 2018, United States District Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Kristyna Shotwell, age 30, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, to one year and one day imprisonment for conspiring to distribute heroin, crack cocaine, and fentanyl.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today held a markup considering five public health measures.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 27, 2018 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) issued the following statement regarding the Trump Administration's reorganization of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Aruban Telecommunications Purchasing Official Sentenced to Prison in Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) delivered the following remarks at a Subcommittee on Environment markup of two nuclear waste bills...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today highlighted the Trump administration’s total lack of compliance with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Department of Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., woman who embezzled from her family’s company was sentenced in federal court today for failing to pay taxes on at least $466,000.
