News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Robert Elliott Jones, 39, a/k/a/ "Lil Rob," a/k/a/ "Mac Rob" has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison on conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A former West Virginia correctional officer, John Edward Roach II, was sentenced to federal prison today for a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. John Roach, 47, of St. Albans, was sentenced to 46 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK- A convicted murderer has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Today, United States Chief District Judge D.P. Marshall, Jr., sentenced Patrick Johnson, 22, of Little Rock, to 120 months’ imprisonment. Ten years is the statutory maximum penalty for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives voted 230-192 in favor of passing H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act. Pallone introduced the landmark legislation earlier this year, which now advances to the Senate for consideration.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Matthew Harrell has pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft charges related to fraudulent claims filed with the Georgia, Florida, and Louisiana Medicaid programs.
By EPA 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 US DOT Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate voted to confirm Aurelia Skipwith to be director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Senate voted 52 to 39 to confirm Skipwith.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court on his conviction of conspiracy to commit bank robbery and bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Two 18th Street Gang Members Also Charged with Attempted Murder of Rivals.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, held a hearing entitled, “Examining Carcinogens in Talc and the Best Methods for Asbestos Detection."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - A resident of Patterson Township, (Beaver County) Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Edward Taylor, 64, Fruitport, Michigan, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Madison to conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act. This charge carries maximum penalties of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Abuse of a Person Incapable of Consent.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf is traveling to Guatemala City, Guatemala, to participate in the Regional Security Conference Ministerial with Guatemala Minister of Government Enrique Degenhart, Honduras Secretary of Security Julián Pacheco, and El Salvador Minister ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: On Dec. 11, 2019, the U.S.-EU Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs took place in Washington, D.C. The United States of America was represented by Attorney General William Barr and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf. The Ministerial - which is held twice a year - aims to oversee transatlantic cooperation in the area of Justice and Home affairs and address common security threats.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: BOLTON, N.C., Dec. 11, 2019 – Today, North Carolina Rural Development State Director Robert Hosford announced USDA has invested $7.9 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure to create or improve e-Connectivity for more than 4,000 rural households in North Carolina. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Justice, the Kalamazoo River Natural Resource Trustee Council, and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today announced a proposed consent decree that would require NCR Corp. to clean up and fund future response ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: A former attorney for three municipalities in Puerto Rico was convicted of bribery today. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Leff of the FBI’s San Juan Field Office made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: A 42-year-old Dallas, Texas, man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison following a conviction for multiple terrorism charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: On Dec. 11, the U.S.-EU Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs took place in Washington D.C. The United States of America was represented by Attorney General William P. Barr and Acting Secretary for Homeland Security Chad Wolf. The Ministerial – which is held twice a year -- aims to oversee transatlantic cooperation in the area of Justice and Home affairs and address common security threats.
