News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Missouri man who formerly served as a law enforcement reservist has pleaded guilty to a federal fraud offense and admitted operating a real estate scheme in Orange County that bilked dozens of Southern California investors who collectively suffered approximately $3.4 million in losses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Morris County, New Jersey man today admitted distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: FARGO - U. S. Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on May 14, 2018, Anthony Santos Gomes, a/k/a Ant, originally from Rhode Island, entered a plea of guilty before U. S. District Chief Judge Brian S. Miller, Eastern District of Arkansas, to Count One of a Superseding Indictment returned on January...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Alfredo Maldonado-Garcia, age 18, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (35 days in jail), for illegal re-entry into the United States.
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: On Wednesday, May 16 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions will hold a hearing on “Enhancing Retirement Security: Examining Proposals to Simplify and Modernize Retirement Plan Administration." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Gordon Owen Miller, 60, of Clayton, to 20 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: FBI Releases 2017 Statistics on of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted.
By DOE Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - A new initiative to improve spent nuclear fuel processes at the Savannah River Site ’s (SRS) could save $2 billion over the life of the chemical separations facility.
By Homeland Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news that the White House has eliminated the position of Cybersecurity Coordinator on the National Security Council...
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee delivered a floor speech today in opposition to President Trump’s nominee for Deputy Secretary of Education, General Mitchell Zais. Murray objected to General Zais’ support of Secretary DeVos’ extreme agenda and his own record of putting ideology ahead of students.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: Three Western Pennsylvania Officers’ Names Added to National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Missouri man who formerly served as a law enforcement reservist has pleaded guilty to a federal fraud offense and admitted operating a real estate scheme in Orange County that bilked dozens of Southern California investors who collectively suffered approximately $3.4 million in losses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Agents and officers associated with an FBI-led task force late this afternoon arrested a Glendale Police officer on federal charges of making false statements during interviews with investigators who were probing his connections to the Mexican Mafia and Armenian organized crime.
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), along with Subcommittee on Health Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Ranking Member Sandy Levin (D-MI), released legislative proposals to help combat the opioid crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Jackie Tyrell Kennedy, age 25, of Florence, was sentenced today in federal court after pleading guilty in January to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections...
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Earlier this month, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) participated in a panel discussion on the opioid crisis as part of the Milken Institute’s Global Conference.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Armenian national and resident of Glendale, California, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with his involvement in obtaining and using thousands of stolen credit and debit card numbers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that BRAD BLANK, age 42, of Garyville, pled guilty Thursday, May 10, 2018 to charges relating to narcotics trafficking.
By EPA Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In today’s San Francisco Chronicle, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) penned an open invitation to Silicon Valley CEOs, building on the dialogue started at the committee’s April hearing with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The op-ed invites leaders of the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2018
News Release: In Separate Cases, Defendants Each Receive More Than 20 Years In Prison.
