News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on April 24, 2019, Kenneth Ryan Hartwell, age 32, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge James E. Gritzner for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. Hartwell was sentenced 154 months in prison, to be followed by a term of supervised release for five years.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: A Delray Beach resident was sentenced today to a total of nine years in prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Peter Goodchild, 56, of Philadelphia, PA, was convicted today at trial on charges of embezzling almost $1.6 million from his former employer, QwikSource, over a ten-year period beginning in 2005 and ending in 2015 through a wire fraud scheme. Goodchild was also convicted of money laundering, aggravated identity theft, and filing false income tax returns during this period.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $1,656,206.00 to Halo X-ray Technologies Ltd (HXT) in Nottingham, UK, to develop and implement an automatic threat resolution system for use with X-ray imaging of carry-on and checked baggage.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 21-year-old Mexican national living in Liberty, Texas, has been convicted of federal kidnapping charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Last week, President Trump signed Chair Raúl M. Grijalva’s (D-Ariz.) Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan Authorization Act into law, marking a new chapter for 40 million western water users who rely on the Colorado River to support their communities, farms and economies. In a new...
By State Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement after the United States threatened to veto a resolution in the UN Security Council that condemns the use of rape as a weapon of war unless language concerning health services was removed.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Charles H. Riel Engaged In a Four-Year Scheme To Defraud Investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Charles H. Riel, age 60, of Clay, New York, pled guilty today to mail fraud and money laundering charges for his role in a fraudulent investment scheme involving hundreds of thousands of dollars, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, James Hendricks, Special Agent in...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a grand jury indicted Melissa W. Richardson, 43, of Shreveport, on 20 counts of acquiring a controlled substance by fraud.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
Release: MONTPELIER, Vt. - Vermont residents who want to board an airplane will soon need a star on their driver’s license, indicating that it is a REAL ID credential, or they will need another form of approved identification to board their flight or enter a secure federal facility or military base. Vermont’s...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Since President Donald J. Trump announced the Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand on March 19, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has embarked on an aggressive inter-agency operation to implement the president’s initiative and to stem the flow of opioids into U.S. communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Candace Marie Claiborne, a former employee of the U.S. Department of State, pleaded guilty today to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, by lying to law enforcement and background investigators, and hiding her extensive contacts with, and gifts from, agents of the People’s Republic of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr announced today that he has appointed Regina "Reggie" Lombardo to be Acting Deputy Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), effective May 1, 2019. Lombardo will replace Thomas Brandon, who will be retiring from federal service on Apr. 30, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: A Detroit, Michigan, man was sentenced today to 30 months in prison after being found guilty at trial of 25 counts of preparing false federal income tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. According to evidence ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced Women's Bureau Director Patricia G. Greene will be returning to the private sector effective April 26, 2019.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced Women's Bureau Director Patricia G. Greene will be returning to the private sector effective April 26, 2019.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 24, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a six page notice on April 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Apr 24, 2019
The US State Department published a two page notice on April 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Apr 24, 2019
The US State Department published a three page notice on April 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
