News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - On Thursday, March 28, 2019, Dion Alfred-Carlton Williams, 20, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge George Cannon, Jr., to possession of marijuana, United States Gretchen Shappert announced. Sentencing is scheduled for July 31, 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the National Institutes of Health's fiscal year 2020 budget request.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -This week, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Rep. Mark Meadows, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Reps. Katherine Clark, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Norwood Jewell, the former Vice President of the UAW and the highest official in the UAW’s Chrysler Department, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with other UAW officials and Fiat Chrysler executives to make illegal payments to union officials announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - A federal jury has found JOSEPH MALDONADO-PASSAGE, also known as Joseph Allen Maldonado, Joseph Allen Schreibvogel, and "Joe Exotic," 56, formerly of Wynnewood, Oklahoma, guilty on two counts of hiring someone to murder a woman in Florida, eight counts of violating the Lacey Act for falsifying wildlife records, and nine counts of violating the Endangered Species Act, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - A California man pled guilty today to a federal gun charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Tiero D. Wash, 23, entered his guilty pleas to being a felon in possession of firearms on two separate dates. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Mercer County Home Confinement Office, and the Bluefield City Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Derek Carlson, 30, of Lafayette, Indiana, who was convicted of distribution of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Elder Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Defendant was a Member of the MS-13 Gang When He was Convicted of Manslaughter for a Fatal Stabbing on Long Island.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: This morning, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) began a one year project to preserve many of the paved roads and parking areas within Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that an Alaska woman has been sentenced in federal court for devising multiple schemes to defraud an Anchorage medical practice of at least $640,000.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - On March 26, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) celebrated its 20th anniversary, marking EM’s milestone event of opening the first underground repository for nuclear waste in the U.S...
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: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that earlier today, a federal grand jury indictment was issued against Ey Lao (age: 34) and Lola Chang (age: 33) both of Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
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: St. Louis, MO - Reuben Goodwin, 53, of Richton Park, IL; Phillip Jones, 58, of Markham, IL; and Dwight McTizic, 47, of Hazel Crest, IL; were convicted by a jury today in U.S. District Court of conspiring to pay illegal kickbacks and to commit health care fraud and 11 counts of health care fraud. The trial took place before U.S. District Court Judge Audrey G. Fleissig, who scheduled the sentencing hearing for July 12, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va.-United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that two men were sentenced on drug charges in federal court in Bluefield.
By State Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today convened a hearing on "NATO at 70: A Strategic Partnership for the 21st Century". The committee heard testimony from Mr. Ian Brzezinski, Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and Dr. Karen Donfried, President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: Florence, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Derrick Bernard Cunningham, age 48, of Gray Court, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Chief United States District Judge R. Bryan Harwell of Florence sentenced Cunningham to 27 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of court-ordered supervision. There is no parole in the federal system.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This morning, the Ways & Means Committee passed H.R. 1759, the Building on Reemployment Improvements to Deliver Good Employment for Workers (BRIDGE for Workers) Act, legislation that ensures that states would be able to use reemployment service grants to serve all workers receiving earned unemployment benefits who need them. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) introduced the measure.
