News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York woman was sentenced to 27 months in prison for running an investment scheme that defrauded victims of hundreds of thousands of dollars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Douglas P. Beardsley, 33, and Camille Lopez, 18, both of Jamestown, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to more than two and a half years in prison for possession of a firearm by convicted felon.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote today to Deputy Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Heidi King to reassume the Committee’s traditional role of oversight over the Agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Sixty Individuals Charges in the Region, Including 53 Medical Professionals-Over 350,000 Prescriptions Written for Controlled Substances & More Than 32 Million Pills Dispensed.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Enjoy free entrance to Devils Tower National Monument with the kick off to National Park Week! National park sites that normally charge an entrance fee will offer free entrance on Saturday April 20. “Enjoy a beautiful drive through the rolling Black Hills of Northeast Wyoming!" said Nancy Stimson, Chief of Interpretation and Education. Ranger talks will be presented Sunday April 21-Sunday April 28 at 11am and 2pm. Meet at the kiosk in front of the visitor center.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General William P. Barr and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II, together with multiple law enforcement partners, today announced enforcement actions involving 60 charged defendants across 11 federal districts, including 31 doctors, seven pharmacists, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: After 17 years on the run, a former Tulsa resident was sentenced to federal prison for violating the terms of his supervised release stemming from a 1999 bank fraud conviction, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Dr. Zongli Chang, M.D., was ordered today to serve a sentence of 135 months for conspiring with seven other patient recruiters (co-defendants in this case) to illegally distribute prescription drugs, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce leaders sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar expressing their serious concerns regarding the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Title X family planning services grants awarded in March. The letter was signed by Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO).
By DOE Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote today to Deputy Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Heidi King to reassume the Committee’s traditional role of oversight over the Agency.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, led a bipartisan letter urging U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue to utilize a department-wide National Water Quality Initiative to prioritize conservation measures in the 2018 Farm Bill to address water quality.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Washington - On March 26, 2019, Mahan Packing Co Inc. waived its right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and paid a penalty of $600 for an alleged violation of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote today to Deputy Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Heidi King to reassume the Committee’s traditional role of oversight over the Agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Quintrell Morris, age 20, of Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced to over 22 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, conspiracy to use/carry/possess/brandish firearms...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Laguna Hills man has been arrested on federal charges alleging he oversaw a scheme that smuggled counterfeit Apple and Samsung cell phone components from China that were sold in the United States, generating tens of millions of dollars in revenue.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: HAMBURG, PA - After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has awarded $40,000 for lost wages, pain and suffering, and punitive damages to a former employee of Fairmount Foundry Inc. The employee claimed that the Hamburg, Pennsylvania, iron-casting company terminated him for reporting alleged safety and health hazards to OSHA.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Carlos Francisco Lainez, age 34, of Las Vegas, Nevada, entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), punishable by not less than 10 years and not more than life imprisonment, up to a $10,000,000.00 fine, or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its new rule regulating the use of asbestos...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jerry Defazio, age 40, of Archbald, Pennsylvania, a former contract employee with the Lackawanna County Prison, was sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment followed by two years’ supervised release by Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo, for providing and attempting to provide prohibited objects, including illegal drugs, to inmates at the Lackawanna County Prison.
