News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: Damarian K. Griffin, 22, of East St. Louis, Illinois, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today. Griffin pleaded guilty to a one-count federal indictment in January 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against Bradley N. Boswell, 30, of Wood River, Illinois, charging Boswell with stealing firearms from a federal firearms licensee, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today. The charges allege that...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A St. Joseph, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing methamphetamine and a stolen firearm that had been used in two recent shootings.
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
Release: The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 as amended (TVPA) requires the Secretary of State submit a list to Congress of countries that require special scrutiny and to provide an interim assessment of the progress made in combating TIP by the countries on that list. The assessment briefly reports...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
Release: BALTIMORE - Do you have a star on your driver’s license? If not, it’s time to get REAL.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: ALLENTOWN, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Alvin H. Butz Inc. have established a strategic partnership to promote workplace safety during an expansion project at B. Braun Medical Inc., a medical device manufacturer in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Marvin Danilo Aquino a/k/a Marvin Padilla, age 23, of Amsterdam, New York, pled guilty on April 19 to making a false statement in a passport application and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued a subpoena to former White House Counsel Donald F. McGahn II for testimony and documents related to the Committee's ongoing investigation into obstruction of justice, public corruption and other abuses of power by President Trump, his associates ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office announced a 30-day public scoping period to initiate travel management planning efforts across approximately 100,000 acres in Archuleta, La Plata and Montezuma Counties.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: Buffalo National River is now accepting applications for the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC), a summer youth employment program that engages young people in meaningful work experiences on public lands while developing an ethic of stewardship and civic responsibility.
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Administration’s decision to end waivers for countries to import Iranian oil.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Steven Cole, age 31, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to nine years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Larry Mitchell Hopkins, who is also known as Johnny Horton, Jr., 69, of Flora Vista, N.M., has been charged in a criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition announced New Mexico U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson and Special Agent in Charge James C. Langenberg of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - An Ottawa man was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison for driving to Missouri to meet what he believed was a mother who was willing to sell her 10-year-old daughter for sex, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, he was ordered to pay $5,000 to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 20-year-old Houston man has entered a guilty plea to aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Lori Christine Woodson, 62, of Lawton, pleaded guilty today to one count of bank fraud and one count of wire fraud, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Canadian national pleaded guilty today to five wire fraud charges for defrauding investors in a $5 million Ponzi scheme in which he pretended to be a successful beverage entrepreneur with close ties to well-known business executives and NBA stars such as Stephen Curry and Shaquille O’Neal.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland -U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Steven Cole, age 31, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to nine years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 22, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Larry Mitchell Hopkins, who is also known as Johnny Horton, Jr., 69, of Flora Vista, N.M., has been charged in a criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition announced New Mexico U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson and Special Agent in Charge James C. Langenberg of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2019
News Release: On April 21, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan released the following statement in response to the reported terror attacks in Sri Lanka: "On behalf of the men and women of DHS, I want to express condolences and sympathies for those affected by the Easter Sunday attack on multiple hotels and places of worship in Sri Lanka.
