News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Frank Jesse Amnott Conspired with Others in Failed 2018 Plot.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Gatruol Puol, 20, of Omaha, was sentenced today in federal court for two counts of using and/or carrying a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and distributing marijuana. United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Puol to 10 years’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Puol will begin a four-year term of supervised release after the completion of his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that David Neil Dunn a/k/a David Neil Dunn, Jr., age 20, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Stealing A Firearm From A Federal Firearms Licensed Dealer, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 924(m), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Today, we will consider two important bills that benefit hardworking Americans.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Nov. 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Merle Olson, doing business as Olson Cattle Co. (Merle Olson) of Montana, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor tonight during consideration of H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, which he introduced earlier this year...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Jackson County man pled guilty to a firearm offense, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. James Evans, 19, of Ravenswood, pled guilty to stealing firearms from a licensed firearms dealer.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: MINEOLA, N.Y. - Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations, New York and Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder announced that a high-ranking MS-13 gang member pleaded guilty today to murder and related charges for the July 2017 murder of a 15-year old in Roosevelt.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Charleston, W.Va. - Three defendants were sentenced to federal prison today for gun crimes, announced in United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: A Westbrook man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Portland for committing two bank robberies, the second of which he committed while on pretrial release for the first, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Scott Aikens, 61 of Clymer, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor, was sentenced to serve 54 months in prison and five years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on December 6, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - 27 patient and consumer advocacy groups announced support for the deal reached by bicameral, bipartisan leaders to protect patients from surprise medical billing. In a statement, groups representing Americans facing serious acute, chronic health conditions, welcomed the legislation and urged Congress to act swiftly to send the package to President Trump’s desk.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault of an Intimate Partner by Strangulation and Domestic Assault by an Habitual Offender was sentenced on December 4, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-David Carl Paulsen, 33, of Bend, Oregon, was sentenced on Dec.10, 2019, to 12 months and one day in federal prison and two years’ supervised release for illegally manufacturing and possessing marijuana during a March 2018 butane honey oil explosion in Bend.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY - A new Kansas City Metro OCDETF Strike Force is targeting drug traffickers and violent criminals on both sides of the state line, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister in Kansas and U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison in the Western District of Missouri announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Brooke Shaeffer, age 24, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information with theft of funds on December 9, 2019.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - 27 patient and consumer advocacy groups announced support for the deal reached by bicameral, bipartisan leaders to protect patients from surprise medical billing. In a statement, groups representing Americans facing serious acute, chronic health conditions, welcomed the legislation and urged Congress to act swiftly to send the package to President Trump’s desk.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL), and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) praise the inclusion of increased environmental protections in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. On December 9, 2019, Andrew Al Littleman, 39, of Tuba City, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Steven P. Logan to 57 months in prison. The defendant previously pleaded guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor and Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The defendant will also be required to register as a sex offender, and will be on supervised release for the remainder of his life.
