News from December 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa discussed USMCA, the ongoing trade war with China, impeachment proceedings and the Department of Justice Inspector General’s report on the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign in 2016 this morning on Mornings with Maria on Fox Business Network and Daybreak on Bloomberg TV.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging RAIVON TREYSHAN BALENGER, 28, with being a felon in possession of a firearm. BALENGER will be arraigned on this charge beforeMagistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright in U.S. District Court at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - A pair of men charged with distributing crystal methamphetamine were convicted by a jury in Abingdon earlier this week following a four-day jury trial, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen and Special Agent in Charge for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives [ATF] Washington Field Division Ashan M. Benedict announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, the Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released a joint staff report finding that the Coast Guard mishandled complaints of harassment and bullying and failed to hold those in leadership accountable for their actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SIMON HESSLER, 47, formerly of Ellington, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to one count of production of child pornography.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 19 Georgia counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Baldwin, Burke, Butts, Jasper, Jenkins, Johnson, Lamar, Laurens, Meriwether, Monroe, Newton, Pike, Rabun, Rockdale, Screven, Spalding, Stephens, Upson, and Washington, who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Convicted felon unlawfully possessed, manufactured, and altered firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced that they have reached an agreement on a strategy for the Committee to pursue in addressing the nation’s surprise medical billing crisis. The members’ plan puts patients first,...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - At 8 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, roads in Yellowstone National Park will open to the public for travel by snowcoaches and snowmobiles. Winter is here!.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Harley Rouda, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, led all Democratic Members of his Subcommittee in a statement expressing disappointment with the Senate Republicans’ decision to remove provisions from the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: DALLAS - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Matthew T. Albence explained how the unprecedented crisis at the border during this fiscal year impacted nearly every area of the agency’s operations, including interior enforcement, detention capacity, transportation, removals, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: A man who abused his wife for years, eventually forcing her to leave Iowa with their children was sentenced today to more than six years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Terrence D. Marsh, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 295 months incarceration for drug distribution and firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Ronald Manns Seaman, Jr. (50, Tampa) to 30 years in federal prison for production of child pornography. Seaman had pleaded guilty on Nov. 28, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Defendant serving 25-years-to-life for murdering his daughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, DWAYNE SHANNON REARDON, of Four Oaks, North Carolina, was convicted following a two-day trial before United States District Judge James C. Dever III. The jury found REARDON guilty of possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of methamphetamine and cocaine, and possession of a firearm while subject to a domestic violence order.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today a Pierre, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Theft from a Program Receiving Federal Funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: ATHENS, Ga. - A former Associate Probate Judge and Family Law attorney in Walton County, Georgia was sentenced to prison for attempted online enticement of a minor, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. George Randolph “Randy" Jeffery, 59, of Monroe...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The vice president of the Brownsville Independent School District (BISD) Board of Trustees is now in custody on charges of conspiracy and corruption, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted Anthony Francis Faulk with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and extortion, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent in Charge John Bennett.
