News from August 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, sent letters to Heritage Pharmaceuticals, Mylan N.V., and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. renewing a 2014 document...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - The BLM has opened a 30-day public comment period for nominated oil and gas lease parcels located in Montana and North Dakota. The comment period runs August 15-Sept. 14, 2019, and is intended to solicit public input on issues and potential impacts described in the Environmental Assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Teri Donaldson, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Inspector General (DOE-OIG), Nadine Gurley, Special Agent in Charge of the Southeast Caribbean Region, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston on firearm and drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney seeks the public’s help; says the search for more victims is “ongoing".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that KWAME FLEMING, age 28, of New Orleans, was sentenced today for one count of accessory to murder through use of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(j), two counts of carjacking, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119, two counts of brandishing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Donald L. Robison, 57, Ballwin, MO, pleaded guilty to 15 counts of wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering before United States District Judge Stephen R. Clark. Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 12, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 48-year-old Guatemalan citizen was ordered to federal prison after pleading guilty to multiple crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Nicholas Slatten, 35, a former security guard for Blackwater USA, was sentenced today to life in prison without parole for committing first-degree murder in the killing of Ahmed Haithem Ahmed Al Rubia’y, one of 14 unarmed civilians who were killed in a shooting by Blackwater guards that took place at Nisur Square in Bagdhad on Sept. 16, 2007.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - William “Whoody" Morrison, age 32, of Hudson, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in prison for his involvement in a crack cocaine distribution ring that operated in Columbia County. Senior United States District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy ordered that the sentence run consecutive to a 36-month term of imprisonment Morrison is serving for violating supervised release conditions imposed as part of a 2011 federal drug conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Three defendants were convicted by a federal jury on charges stemming from their efforts to traffic approximately 734 kilograms (1614 pounds) of cocaine -- worth nearly $17 million dollars -- on the high seas. The verdict came yesterday afternoon after a 10-day trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California before the Honorable Janis L. Sammartino.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - William “Whoody" Morrison, age 32, of Hudson, New York, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in prison for his involvement in a crack cocaine distribution ring that operated in Columbia County. Senior United States District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy ordered that the sentence run consecutive to a 36-month term of imprisonment Morrison is serving for violating supervised release conditions imposed as part of a 2011 federal drug conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Blake Lee Bissell, 28, of Haughton, Louisiana, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to serve seven and a half years in prison for persuading a minor to travel with him from West Virginia to Louisiana in...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, announced today that TYRONE THOMAS WOODS pleaded guilty to multiple bank robberies and a firearm charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: An Akron man was indicted for his role in a conspiracy to sell 22 pounds of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM -An Opelika woman who stole money from the Talladega County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments was sentenced yesterday, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A St. Albans man pled guilty today to a federal gun crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Gary Scott, 35, entered a guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm before United States District Court Judge Joseph R. Goodwin. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the St. Albans Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Venezuelan national was arraigned in federal court today for allegedly hacking into several ATM machines at a casino in Primm causing the machines to dispense large amounts of cash similar to a jackpot, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: A Willowick man was indicted on child pornography charges,.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $27.6 million in funding over the next three years for targeted research in data science to accelerate discovery in chemistry and material sciences. The 19 awards—14 to universities and 5 to DOE national laboratories—will advance the application of modern data science techniques such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop new materials and chemical processes.
