News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a scheme to bribe mail carriers to steal credit cards from the mail, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Tyrique F. Williams, a former officer with Georgia’s Department of Community Supervision, has been charged with accepting bribe payments from a parolee in exchange for allowing the parolee to avoid wearing an ankle monitor, taking polygraph examinations, and attending treatment classes.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: SIOUX CITY, Iowa - A seven-time deported criminal alien from Mexico, living in northeastern Iowa, was sentenced Friday to nearly two years in federal prison for being an illegal alien and drug user unlawfully possessing a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Author Jim Reisdorff will present his book “The Un-Driving of the Golden Spike." This program will take place at the Homestead Education Center on Sunday, May 5 at 2 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Michael Dunaway, age 59, of Hamilton, Virginia, today to 18 months in federal prison, after Dunaway pleaded guilty to sending messages threatening acts of violence to employees of an online gaming company based in Lutherville, Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Ranking Member Doug Collins (R-GA) introduced H.R. 2375, the bipartisan Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act. This legislation strengthens the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ability to challenge settlement agreements ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: HEYBURN, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation announced that the Minidoka boat ramp construction project, below Minidoka Dam, is completed and will re-open on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. The ramp and the surrounding area will be open to the public, including all boater and angler traffic. The area has been under construction since Oct. 2, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Kennesaw, GA- Beginning May 4 and operating weekends and holidays through the end of September, Eastern National, a partner of the National Park Service, will be selling convenience items at the top of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. Eastern National operates a sales trailer in the spring...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent a letter to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and a letter to Acting Texas Secretary of State David Whitley following up on the Committee’s previous letters seeking documents regarding efforts to purge voter rolls in Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Douglas Sickler, age 38, of Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on April 25, 2019, by United States District Judge Robert D. Mariani to 63 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release, for an armed bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former United States Postal Service manager pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to charges of bribery, witness tampering and false statements to federal officials.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., April 29, 2019 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is debuting an online self-service tool called the Licensing and Registration Assistant to help individuals and businesses identify their licensing and registration needs under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Alfonso Us-Juarez, age 23, of Guatemala, was sentenced in federal court today in Omaha for destroying property of the United States. Senior United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Us-Juarez to 3 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JONATHAN REED, 34, of Enfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin and fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) released the following statement on the passage of H.R. 1222. Author of this legislation, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wash.) also provided a statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute as much as 45 kilograms of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Distribution of a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Steven V. Stenger, of Clayton, was indicted last Thursday on three counts of honest services bribery/mail fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: In an effort to build a Weather-Ready Nation ahead of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, NOAA hurricane experts will tour five eastern U.S. cities from May 6-10 to raise awareness of the importance of preparing for the upcoming hurricane season.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Bullhead, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Distribution of a Controlled Substance.
