News from November 2018
By USDA Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate and House Agriculture Committee Chairmen Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and Mike Conaway (R-Texas) and Ranking Members Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) made the following announcement today on the state of 2018 Farm Bill negotiations...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that last evening, in federal court, RICARDO JEROME BENNETT, SR., 47, of Wilmington, North Carolina was found guilty of two counts of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography containing minors under the age of 12.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered a loaded firearm Wednesday morning, Nov. 28, at Des Moines International Airport (DSM). This was the 11th firearm intercepted at the DSM checkpoint so far this calendar year, compared to a total of six in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A retired Massachusetts State Police Trooper pleaded guilty today to collecting over $29,000 in overtime pay that he did not work.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JONATHAN ZAYAS, 25, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: A former owner of Banco Peravia bank in the Dominican Republic was sentenced to three years in prisontoday for his role in a billion-dollar money laundering scheme involving currency exchange.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Women’s Rights National Historical Park invites the public to a six-part lecture series titled Resolutions Revisited. The Declaration of Sentiments, the document written for the 1848 Seneca Falls First Women’s Rights Convention, declares a list of grievances similar to those of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: MCALLEN, TX-Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the San Antonio Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz announced the arrest of a Alvaro Garcia, 48, chief of the Palm Valley Police Department on Nov. 27, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Willie Combs has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, for illegally possessing a firearm following his prior felony convictions.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), today announced a hearing for Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “RAY BAUM’S Act: A Bipartisan Foundation for Bridging the Digital Divide."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jeremey VanWormer, age 32, of Cohoes, New York, formerly of Selkirk, New York, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for conspiring to transport more than 100 kilograms of marijuana across the country, from California to New York, and conspiring to launder more than $650,000 in drug proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Stole Dozens of Firearms and Transported Them Across New York State.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Brady on Fox News: Our economy is now returning to a pro-growth mode.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Keweenaw National Historical Park is hosting a holiday open house at the Calumet Visitor Center on Friday, December 7 from 5:00 PM-7:00 PM. This event is part of the Main Street Calumet’s Christmas in Calumet kickoff. The park will host ornament making activities, tree trimming, and refreshments. The Isle Royale and Keweenaw Parks Association sales outlet, located within the Calumet Visitor Center, will offer 10% off all purchases on Friday, December 7.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, asked for unanimous consent on the Senate floor today to pass legislation reauthorizing the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program at the Department of Homeland Security...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Deondray Christopher Abrams now faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HARRY BRIGHT, also known as “Buddy Bright," 79, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to three months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for a child exploitation offense. Judge Shea ordered Bright to serve his first two months of supervised release in home confinement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Milton Sumrell, 43, of Tallahassee, was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee to 180 months after pleading guilty on Aug. 23, 2018, to production of child pornography. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of seven years and three months, to be followed by five years of supervised release, on his conviction of bank robbery and armed bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 29, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSE SANTIAGO-ORTIZ was sentenced today to three consecutive life sentences for murder, participating in a narcotics conspiracy, and firearms offenses. SANTIAGO-ORTIZ was convicted on May 15, 2018, following a one-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who also imposed today’s sentence.
