News from April 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a Kosovan national Monday who is wanted in his home country after being convicted of robbery and weapons possession charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On April 23, 2019, Christopher Leon Weckman, age 53, of Des Moines, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge Robert W. Pratt to 180 months (15 years) in prison for the robbery of the Tradesmen Community Credit Union announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Weckman was convicted by a jury on Aug. 3, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kelvin Johnson, of Baltimore, Maryland and Sykebia Stewart, of Dundalk, Maryland, were sentenced today to a combined 658 months incarceration for heroin distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - DEA announces the 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back will be held April 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. local time. Sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can anonymously return their unwanted, unneeded or expired prescription drugs for safe disposal. (DEA cannot accept liquids, needles or sharps.)
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Detroit, Michigan, man who trafficked heroin from Detroit into Charleston was sentenced to 41 months in prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Charleston Police Department.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Steamtown National Historic Site recently recognized seven staff members whose combined federal service totals 195 years. Such longevity of staff with unique skill sets has helped the park meet its mission to preserve, interpret, and protect the history of steam railroading in America.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) reached a consent decision with Michael Whitten (Whitten) for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act while operating as a dealer buying and selling livestock and as a market agency buying on commission. The consent decision was signed by Administrative Law Judge, Jill S. Clifton, on April 9, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: J.R. Stroble. Organization: EM Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO), Office of Business. Years with WIPP: 28. Stroble started at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in 1990 in electrical engineering with the management and operations contractor. He has been with the WIPP project for 28 years and is currently...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A federal jury has found a West Tennessee man guilty of being a felon in possession of a stolen firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - Progress continues on a new $135 million ventilation system at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for RICO conspiracy and multiple attempted murders on behalf of the Nine Trey Gangsters, a violent Bloods street gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Stephen G. Olivo, 59, of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, and Caribou, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Lance E. Walker to 3 years in prison and 5 years of supervised release for failing to register as a sex offender. Olivo pleaded guilty on November 6, 2018.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on legislation to protect consumers from abusive robocalls...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on legislation to protect consumers from abusive robocalls...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: International Falls, MN: A community dog walk will take place on Saturday, April 27 as part of the national BARK Ranger Day to help celebrate National Park Week. BARK stands for: B-bag your dog’s waste; A-always wear a leash; R-respect wildlife; K-know where you can go. The event will take place at 10:00...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Oregon aluminum extrusion manufacturer has agreed to pay $46 million to NASA, the Department of Defense, and others to resolve criminal charges and civil claims relating to a 19-year fraud scheme that included falsifying thousands of certifications for aluminum extrusions provided to hundreds of customers.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded the first air carrier certification to a drone delivery company, Wing Aviation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Rhode Island businessman who failed to file legitimate federal tax returns for ten years, and who falsely represented to the IRS on tax forms that he was “not a citizen of the United States" and that his earnings were not taxable, pleaded guilty on Monday in U.S. District Court in Providence...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Suudimon Washington, 32, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was charged by information today with one count of carjacking. The information charges Washington for taking of a vehicle from a person in Lancaster at knifepoint on Oct. 12, 2018.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee Leaders wrote today to Google CEO Sundar Pichai expressing their concern about reports of a massive database of precise location information on hundreds of millions of consumers, known inside Google as “Sensorvault," and requesting a briefing and answers on how this information is used both inside and outside the company.
