News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: In Austin this afternoon, federal authorities filed a criminal complaint charging 33-year-old Timothy Maurice Selmon with being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI’s San Antonio Division, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley and Special Agent in Charge Fred Milanowski of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive’s (ATF) Houston Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jacob Delaney, age 22, of Holtsville, New York, and currently residing in New Paltz, was charged and arrested today for possessing child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after passage of H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Today, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Veterans and Rural Communities to Benefit from Bipartisan Legislation
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement applauding the confirmation of Dr. Stephen M. Hahn to serve as Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - An indictment charging 11 individuals with federal drug trafficking offenses was unsealed today. The 11 indicted are charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine. If convicted, each faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison. They are as follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Carla B. Gaines, an attorney formerly licensed in Georgia, has been arraigned on charges of wire fraud and theft from a local government that receives federal funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former Los Angeles County resident now living in Mexico faces federal criminal charges alleging he sold millions of dollars of memorabilia that contained the forged signatures of sports stars, musicians, actors, and other celebrities.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Steamtown National Historic Site is pleased to announce that Railfest 2020 will be a summer kickoff event! Previously held over Labor Day weekend, Railfest, a celebration of railroading, will be held on Saturday-Sunday, June 13-14, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Doug Collins (R-GA) slammed Speaker Pelosi for politicizing the drug pricing debate in Congress and not supporting bipartisan solutions to lower drug costs for Americans without limiting access to cures.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: More than 200 law enforcement officers died by suicide in 2019. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline may be reached at 1-800-273-8255 and provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress. We are HERE for law enforcement, HELP is a phone call away, and above all there is always HOPE.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to pass counterfeit bank checks, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Ten Former NFL Players Charged in Alleged Nationwide Fraud on Health Care Benefit Program for Retired NFL Players.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - A federal judge has sentenced Roberto Andrade-Caceres, 47, of Cali, Colombia, aka “Yiyo," to over 24 years and 4 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine while onboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Andrade-Caceres was indicted on May 4, 2017, arrested in Colombia, and subsequently extradited to the United States. On May 2019, he pleaded guilty to the offense.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a full committee hearing to address how the Department of Education is working to address borrowers’ defense claims that have been filed with the Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-The former president of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe was sentenced today to six months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $25,092 restitution for a travel fraud scheme in which he admitted stealing from federal, state and tribal agencies, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN ULRICH, who previously served as the vice president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 812 (the “Union") and as a trustee of the Union’s employee health benefit plan (the “Plan")...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Doug Collins (R-GA) slammed Speaker Pelosi for politicizing the drug pricing debate in Congress and not supporting bipartisan solutions to lower drug costs for Americans without limiting access to cures.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Defendant allegedly took out over $11.5 million in life insurance on brother who had died years earlier.
