News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA-A Butte man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Thursday for his role in a large methamphetamine conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Southwick man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Springfield, Mass., for sending four packages, two of which contained white powder, to federal agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Violence Took Place in July 2017 in Georgetown Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa-- On Nov. 28, 2018, James Edward Hawkins, also known as Jamie Hawkins, age 22, of Davenport, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 45 months in prison, following his guilty plea to felon in possession of a firearm, according to United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Hawkins was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund. The firearm was forfeited.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, following a call with acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following joint statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man sought to maintain and increase his position in a violent street gang when he fatally shot a man in a South Side store two days before Christmas in 2014, according to a federal indictment unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man was sentenced today to nearly nine years in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine and possessing, using, and carrying a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) released the following statement after the House Republican Conference formally approved Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX-12) to serve as Appropriations Committee Ranking Member in the 116th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: As of Nov. 1, 2018, Maryland’s Project Safe Neighborhood Program has Resulted in 328 Defendants Charged so far this Year; Billboards Installed in an Effort to Deter Criminals from Using Guns.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Army Sergeant Maliek Kearney, age 37, of San Antonio, Texas, today to life in federal prison, without the possibility of parole, for traveling to Maryland from South Carolina to murder his wife as part of an elaborate plan that...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following statement after President Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JAMES HATCH, age 49, of Houston, Texas, pled guilty today to one count of conspiring to traffic 500 grams or more of a mixture of methamphetamine and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking in the Eastern District...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who will seek to chair the Natural Resources Committee in the next Congress, called on Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to resign this morning. In a USA Today op-ed available at.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, slammed the Trump Administration's decision to allow harassment of marine mammals during seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean. The National Marine Fisheries Service has awarded ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland today honored 40 police officers and federal agents for outstanding work in the Maryland Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN) program that resulted in significant federal violent crime prosecutions. Recipients included police officers ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza today sentenced Jurden Rogers (29, Sanford) to 11 years and 9 months in federal prison for bank robbery and for brandishing of a firearm during the bank robbery. His co-defendant, Jerad Hanks (26, Daytona Beach), previously pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 9 years and 9 months’ imprisonment for the same offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management offices in Albuquerque, Socorro, Taos, Farmington and Santa Fe are now selling Christmas tree permits. The permits will be sold until December 23 and cost $5. For a list of BLM office locations and contact information, please visit.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after President Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed the text of the new U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA)...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: The critical infrastructure sectors rely on accurate position, navigation and timing (PNT) to function. Currently, the global positioning system (GPS) is the primary source of distributed and accurate timing information. However, GPS’s space-based signals are low-power and unencrypted, making them susceptible to both intentional and unintentional disruption.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: A former owner of Banco Peravia bank in the Dominican Republic was sentenced to three years imprisonment today for his role in a billion-dollar money laundering scheme involving currency exchange.
