News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced KELLY D. WILLIAMS, age 43, of Zachary, Louisiana, to 262 months in federal prison following his convictions for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, distribution...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a northeast Alabama man for illegal gun possession, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: The Pu‘u Pua‘i Overlook, parking lot and Devastation Trail opened today after a four-month temporary closure to protect breeding and nesting nēnē (endangered Hawaiian geese) in the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two Galveston women have been sentenced to prison in Corpus Christi federal court for their convictions of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute more than six kilograms of methamphetamine announced DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Beatrice Adriana Ortega, 28, pleaded guilty Nov. 2, 2017, while co-defendant Esmeralda Guadalupe Ramos, 27, pleaded guilty the following month.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa recently collaborated with prosecutors, law enforcement, mental health providers, and school officials to discuss how best to prevent and address school threats. The group gathered existing resources and developed their own materials to build a school threats prevention resource guide.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced a pilot program to help prepare people with disabilities for careers in air traffic operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: ATF and FBI Offering $10,000 Reward for Information Relating to Arson at Escondido Mosque.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: FREDERICKSBURG, VA: Spring hours of operations for all public buildings of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park go into effect on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. The hours will be as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Eleven people from the Mahoning Valley were indicted for their roles distributing crack and powder cocaine in the Youngstown area.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Jorge A. Landaverde, 35, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to murder in aid of racketeering.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Rex Hammond, age 54, of Elkhart, Indiana was convicted on 5 counts of Hobbs Act Robbery, 2 counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence and 1 count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Aiding in the Preparation of False Tax Returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Barry Whitaker, 41, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute heroin, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to serve 106 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chair Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a series of letters today to eight utility companies and the law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth (Hunton) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 44-year-old man from Humble has received a massive federal prison sentence following his convictions for sexual exploitation of a child as well as receipt and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Moises Valdez pleaded guilty April 4, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kelly D. Brady, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, today announced that ABDUL JALIL HUMPHREY, 26, of Ansonia, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Two federal inmates have pleaded guilty to escape from a Bureau of Prisons facility in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Dear Ambassador Lighthizer:. As our Committee prepares to consider the renegotiated trade agreement with Canada and Mexico (“the new Agreement"), we write to express our concerns regarding whether the new Agreement will lead to meaningful and lasting labor reform in Mexico. More than 25 years ago,...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: The Presidential Policy Directive on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience (PPD?21), tasked Federal entities with strengthening the security and resiliency of critical infrastructure against physical and cyber threats.[1] The Department of Health and Human Services was...
