News from April 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and memorandum to Committee Members detailing how the Chairman’s decision to subpoena sensitive, personal information about the President’s finances is a gross abuse of the Committee’s subpoena authority and a violation of the Chairman’s promises to the Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Lawrence Aviation Industries, Inc. and Owner Gerald Cohen Found Responsible for Mile-Long, Toxic Groundwater Plume.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Santa Fe, N.M. - Following a recently concluded public hearing at which New Mexicans from all walks of life testified to the severe health and environmental damage being done by fossil fuel companies, Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said new federal restrictions on oil and gas may be necessary given...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-The National Park Service (NPS) wants to learn what you think about proposed transportation upgrades to Fletcher’s Cove, also known as the Fletcher’s Boathouse area, in Washington, DC. The NPS welcomes your feedback and suggestions about our proposal to construct a new entrance and upgrade...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man who conspired with the leader of a drug trafficking conspiracy that imported hundreds of kilograms of fentanyl and cocaine from the Dominican Republic and distributed them in Rhode Island and Massachusetts has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison, announced United...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Kansas man pleaded guilty Monday to trying to keep Wichita police from investigating illegal poker games, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Antonio Faustino Deleon, age 31, from the Tri-Cities Washington area, was sentenced, after having pleaded guilty to Possessing with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Pure Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John F. Grasso, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the United States Social Security Administration, Office of the Inspector General, New York Field Division (“SSA-OIG"), and Jonathan D. Larsen, the Acting Special Agent...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Maryland Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: UniCredit Group Banks agree to Pay Over $1.3 Billion for Violating Sanctions.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: DENVER - Thomas Forster Gehrmann, Jr., age 45, of Colorado Springs, Colorado was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge R. Brook Jackson to serve 24 months in federal prison followed by 3 years on supervised release for conspiracy to defraud the United States and filing three false income tax returns...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: UniCredit Bank AG Agrees to Plead Guilty for Illegally Processing Transactions in Violation of Iranian Sanctions.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today sent a letter to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt inviting him to testify before the Committee on May 15 on the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) policies and priorities, as well as issues raised by recent revelations regarding the Secretary’s schedule and record-keeping. The letter comes after several months of correspondence and staff-level discussion between the Committee and Bernhardt’s office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm after being arrested for shoplifting at Home Depot.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - Sophann Pin was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and DEA Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced MARQUIS ANTIONE BARNES, 20, of Sanford to 54 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised released.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, announced today that JEFFREY BYRON PLYLER, of Albemarle, North Carolina, pleaded guilty in federal court in Greensboro to a felony charge of making a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Henderson, Nevada, resident who pleaded guilty to receiving and possessing more than 47,000 images and videos of child pornography was sentenced today to nine years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Extensive Law Enforcement Cooperation Resulted in 19 Convictions and Sentences Disrupting California-to-Mississippi Drug Trafficking Pipeline.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 15, 2019
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Antonio Faustino Deleon, age 31, from the Tri-Cities Washington area, was sentenced, after having pleaded guilty to Possessing with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Pure Methamphetamine.
