News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for receiving child pornography, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Beckley man pled guilty today for his role in a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Billy Joe Lesher, 40, of Beckley, entered his guilty plea to possession with the intent to distribute more than 50 grams of a substance containing methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Oversight Republicans introduced a House Resolution, sponsored by Representative Mark Green (R-TN), that directs Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) to submit an official copy of the transcript of Michael Cohen’s testimony to the Department of Justice for investigation and potential prosecution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that two defendants have been sentenced to prison by U.S. District Judge Gregory H. Woods in connection with a scheme to steal client information and funds from a bank. SECONEY BROWN and ANTOINETTE MITCHELL-BROWN, who are married, previously pled guilty to participating in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An MCI-Cedar Junction inmate pleaded guilty on Monday, April 8, 2019, in federal court in Boston in connection with smuggling drugs into the facility.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Commissioner Rettig, thank you for joining us this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing the firearm he used in two shootings.
By State Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following opening remarks at the hearing "The Importance of U.S. Assistance to Central America"...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina-------United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Michael Bruce Messer, Jr., age 51, of Greenville, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Greenville after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Judge Bruce H. Hendricks sentenced Messer to the statutory maximum term of 120 months in federal prison, followed by court-ordered supervision. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Violated Protective Orders on Several Occasions, Plotted to Murder his Wife, Set his Wife up to be Arrested as a Terrorist, and Solicited a Man to Burn Down His Restaurant for Insurance Proceeds.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Arthur Raymond Prince, age 20, of Laurel Maryland, to 15 years and a month in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for robbery of controlled substances, and for carrying and brandishing of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, in connection with the armed robbery or attempted armed robbery of five pharmacies. The sentence was imposed on April 9, 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee's hearing on the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Department of Transportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A California man was arrested and charged today in connection with his role in driving into New Jersey with a tractor trailer containing suspected fentanyl and cocaine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito; Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two Corpus Christi residents have been ordered to federal prison following their conviction for conspiracy to sell crystal methamphetamine and using firearms to facilitate that crime, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Ray Green, 30, and his girlfriend at the time Julie De Los Rios, 28, pleaded guilty Jan. 31, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Honolulu - The National Park Service announces the redesignation of the WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument to the Pearl Harbor National Memorial. This provision was passed as part of the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management and Recreation Act, which passed both houses of Congress in February and was signed into law on March 12, 2019 by President Donald Trump.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, entered the statement below into the Congressional Record commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Whistleblower Protection Act.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resource and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) during today’s hearing titled: “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and Investment in our Nation’s Waterways Matter."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging four defendants with a multi-year conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin in or around Middletown, New York. Three defendants were arrested today in...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On April 8, 2019, Shad Richard Thompson, 43, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to serve 222 months (18.5 years) in prison and pay $4,784 in restitution. Thompson was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank robbery and bank robbery following a jury trial. Thompson’s term of imprisonment will be followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2019
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Robert Hammac, 44, a former officer of the Lake Charles Police Department, was indicted today by a federal grand jury for using excessive force against an arrestee, announced U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph and Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.
