News from December 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), the chairwoman of the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, will lead a press conference at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday morning at the U.S. Capitol to discuss the Trump administration’s forced...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: In today’s modern world we use electricity to help us deal with the longer hours of darkness that.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: NOTE: A fourth defendant, Silviu Catalin Balaci, was arrested in Germany after the issuance of this press release. The attached indictment has been amended to reflect this.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years in prison on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - More than $900,000 in savings are expected to result from enlisting employees at a Savannah River Site (SRS) facility to help ship analytical samples between Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) locations.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Appellate Body losing its quorum and therefore the ability to hear or rule on appeals.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Philip M. Close, 42, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two New York men were charged today with conspiracy to commit extortion using threats of force, violence, and fear, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on December 9, 2019, Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Hugo Lopez-Ortiz, of Mexico, to an 87-month term of imprisonment, to be served in the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Former Civilian Employee of the U.S. Air Force Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced today the arrests of LAGARIA SLAUGHTER and TANNER HOWELL, both of whom are service members stationed at a base in New York...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Law Enforcement Seize www.fosterscareinc.com, an Internet Forum Believed to Facilitate Sex Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Carl Anthony, 66, of Niagara Falls, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with attempted production of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has published a notice of intent to issue a joint Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled “BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to Keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment." This FOA, jointly funded...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: DURANGO - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Antonio Castro, age 24, of Ignacio, Colorado, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to serve 16 years (192 months) in federal prison, followed by 3 years on supervised release, for assault with the intent to commit murder and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Castro appeared at the sentencing hearing in custody, and was remanded at its conclusion.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ALTON MCCLINTON, age 55, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jay C. Zainey to (3) years probation, a $3,000 fine and 200 hours of community service after previously pleading guilty to using a facility of interstate commerce with the intent to promote unlawful activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 1952(a)(3).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS - A jury today convicted a man on drug trafficking and firearms crimes after law enforcement arrested him in Billings and found more than a pound of meth and loaded guns in his vehicle, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Jose Fontanez Stole Firearms From Licensed Dealer.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Georgia man who operated an industrial-scale illegal pill-manufacturing operation has admitted to the main charge in a drug trafficking conspiracy, representing the final guilty plea among the defendants.
