News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TYRONE FELDER, a/k/a “Man Man," was sentenced to life in prison plus 34 years for killing two livery cab drivers during fatal carjackings: Maodo Kane, whom FELDER killed in the Bronx on August 5, 2014...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced that former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Sergeant Ulysses Oliver Jr., 44, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to assaulting two handcuffed inmates at ADOC’s Elmore Correctional Facility.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement after the committee passed the partisan ‘Save the Internet Act.’
By DOE Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after the committee passed six bills related to lowering the costs of prescription drugs for consumers.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - On Wednesday, April 3, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced a Stowe, Pennsylvania, man was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment followed by 15 years of supervised release for child exploitation offenses, following a investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Philadelphia investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama today concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that the conditions in Alabama’s prisons for men violate the Eighth Amendment of the U.S.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: At the outset, I do want to thank the Committee leadership for working with us on a number of drug pricing bills we will consider today. We needed to ensure these bills didn’t unintentionally stifle competition and drive up drug prices. I am pleased that we were able to work together since the subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Mingo County man pled guilty to a federal firearms charge, said United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jay James Fields, 36, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Logan County Sheriff’s Office the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the United States Marshals Service.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after H.R. 1644, the Save the Internet Act, was favorably reported to the full House of Representatives by a vote of 30-22...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: A Youngstown man was indicted on cocaine trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Sakhoeuth Khan, a 33 year old resident of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,093.05.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Perspectives on Child Nutrition Reauthorization."
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A South Boston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to distributing heroin and fentanyl.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: At the outset, I do want to thank the Committee leadership for working with us on a number of drug pricing bills we will consider today. We needed to ensure these bills didn’t unintentionally stifle competition and drive up drug prices. I am pleased that we were able to work together since the subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Deshawn Antonio Kelly, 27, a Portland resident and former baggage handler at Portland International Airport, pleaded guilty today to five counts of possessing a stolen firearm after he was caught stealing firearms from the checked luggage of airline passengers.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, April 10 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building on a series of bills...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen border security and address personnel shortages at ports of entry on the Southern and Northern...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) issued the following statement after the Senate passed H.R. 1839, the Medicaid Services Investment and Accountability Act of 2019. This package of bills includes short-term extensions of several key Medicaid programs and passed the House last month.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 34-year-old Mexican citizen has been indicted for immigration violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
