News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 1585, the bipartisan 2019 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: State Charges Filed Against Additional 29 Defendants.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Forty-five volunteers from kids to adults planted 4,000 sagebrush seedlings on a portion of the Sheep Creek Fire near Battle Mountain, Nevada, Saturday March 30. The Sheep Creek Fire last year burned approximately 59,000 acres of public and private land.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge is recruiting teachers to participate in the Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) program this summer. The TRT program is a professional development opportunity for K-12 teachers to spend the summer acquiring new skills in experiential learning through...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Sean Jack was sentenced by United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly to 176 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by two years’ supervised release, for his participation in the gunpoint robberies of six gas stations and a convenience store in Queens, New York. In July 2018, Jack pleaded guilty to all charges pending against him.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 38-year-old undocumented alien from Mexico is headed to federal prison following his conviction of illegal re-entry into the country after a previous deportation, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Rodolfo Casares pleaded guilty Jan. 3, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Travis Wright, 53, of Wayne County, pled guilty Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Kenneth Poullard, 44, of Crowley, Louisiana, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks for possessing sexually explicit images of juveniles. He was also sentenced to 10 years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - A Salvadoran national and convicted felon was arrested March 2 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York officers in Huntington, New York. A criminal complaint was Tuesday in federal court in Central Islip charging William Umberto...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: A former Oakland County reserve deputy sheriff will spend 49 months in prison for the unlawful distribution of prescription opioids, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose O. Felix, 38, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
Release: Congressman José E. Serrano (D-NY), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Department of Commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - United States Attorney David C. Weiss announced that Kristian James O’Hara entered a guilty plea today to one count of conspiracy to commit cyberstalking. The guilty plea was entered this morning before the Honorable Colm F. Connolly, United States District Judge for the District of Delaware. Sentencing has been scheduled for July 23, 2019. The defendant faces a maximum five years’ imprisonment for his crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - PHILIP JAMES HEATH, 51, of Lawton, has been charged in a two-count indictment with being a felon in possession of both explosives and firearms, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today the results of the April 2019 Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Micronesian Government Official Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Scheme Involving FCPA Violations.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 3, 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 Housing and Urban Development.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Following the announcement from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today that it will establish a Joint Authorities Technical Review (JATR) as part of its certification of the Boeing 737 MAX, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) released the following statements...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Chair of the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's budget hearing on the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Department of Energy's energy, science, and environmental management programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced ALBERT VINES, 29, of Fayetteville to 326 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Mr. Vines ...
