News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Four men have been charged after they were arrested in New York for their participation in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: A former salesman for Copans Motorsports d/b/a Champion Porsche was charged by criminal complaint for his participation in a scheme in which he entered into bogus sales orders for the sale of exotic Porsche models to over 30 customers throughout the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Somerset County, New Jersey, man today admitted receiving images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Adam Raishani, a/k/a “Saddam Mohamed Raishani," Attempted to Travel to Syria to Join ISIS and Facilitated Another Man’s Travel to Join ISIS.

By DOE Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - Employees of Nuclear Waste Partnership (NWP), the management and operations contractor at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), recently participated in Engineers Week events, providing presentations to over 3,500 students from kindergarten to high school.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Pipestone, MN: Come see your park after dark and view the night sky with Augustana University’s Dr. Nathan Grau. Pipestone National Monument is hosting a night sky event on Saturday, April 27, at 8:30 p.m. on the grassy area in front of the visitor center.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Canaveral National Seashore is set to begin construction to rehabilitate a key public access.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Dennis Chaney, 31, of Rochester, was sentenced to 63 months in prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at the Nashville International Airport (BNA) checkpoint this morning.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Milton woman was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with her ownership and management of Northern Herb, a black-market marijuana delivery service that operated in Massachusetts from 2015 to 2018.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARK ROHRER, 38, of West Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for downloading child pornography from the dark web.
By State Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Michael McCaul, the Committee's Ranking Member, today announced that they have introduced two bipartisan measures on Taiwan ahead of the fortieth anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) of 1979...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A former congressional staffer was sentenced today for participating in a multi-year scheme to defraud charitable donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars. He also secretly funneled the proceeds to pay for personal expenses and illegally finance campaigns for federal office.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Martinsburg, WV - Members of the U.S. Marshals-led Mountain State Fugitive Task Force returned from Australia on March 29, 2019 with a Hedgesville man to face child pornography charges here.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: UPDATE. John V. Palermo, a defendant in this case, was acquitted of the charges alleged in the indictment as described in the press release below. Charlotte, N.C. - A federal criminal indictment unsealed today in the Western District of North Carolina charges the founder and Chairman of a multinational...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Six men were arrested and appeared in court today on charges of distributing drugs in the city of Schenectady, New York. A seventh person was already in custody and will be arraigned at a later date.

By DOL Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: WARREN, OH - To raise awareness about the hazards in the trenching and excavation industry, including potentially deadly trench collapses, U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) representatives will participate in Trenching Safety Day on April 3, 2019, in Warren, Ohio.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS, 37, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - For the first time in the history of the Savannah River Site (SRS), EM is processing two salt waste streams at the site.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 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 hearing on the fiscal year 2020 budget request for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.