News from December 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC) commemorates Human Rights Day Dec. 10, the same day the U.N. General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights celebrates the proposition that freedom, justice and peace in the world are fundamental rights and that all individuals are entitled to equality.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Swissvale, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on federal narcotics and firearms charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal drugs and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on ““Securing the U.S. Drug Supply Chain: Oversight of FDA’s Foreign Inspection Program:"
By EPA Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Securing the U.S. Drug Supply Chain: Oversight of FDA’s Foreign Inspection Program."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Defendant responsible for assault on police officer as well as unrelated rape of woman.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC -Below is Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at today’s press conference with House Committee on Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), and labor leaders to discuss the paid parental leave provision in the final conference report for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Wa1demar Martinez, a/k/a Crazy, 43, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a maximum $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of DWIGHT CADARIUS LABON, 32, to 94 months in prison for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin and illegally possessing firearms. LABON, who pleaded guilty on Aug. 27, 2019, was sentenced on December 9, 2019, before Judge Eric C. Tostrud in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Poplar woman today admitted assault charges for stabbing a man multiple times while in a bar in Wolf Point, on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
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 DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.- Following passage in the U.S. House of Representatives, today, the Senate passed a bipartisan deal led by Senator Education Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Senators Doug Jones (D-AL), Chris Coons (D-DE), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Richard...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: MINEOLA, N.Y. - The Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, Special Agent in Charge Raymond Donovan and Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that the leader of MS-13’s Hollywood Clique on Long Island pleaded guilty yesterday to murder and conspiracy charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Miguel Sernas, age 41, of Mexico City, Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (approximately 12 months in jail) for conspiring to steal trade secrets from the General Electric Company (GE). Sernas was also ordered to pay restitution to GE in the amount of $1.4 million.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “Proposals to Achieve Universal Health Care Coverage:"
By EPA Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Bipartisan House health leaders sent a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today expressing concerns over reports that the Medicare Plan Finder was confusing, generated incorrect results, and inadvertently led beneficiaries to select plans with lower premiums but higher overall costs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Alec Eiland, 20, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced December 5, 2019, in Lincoln to two years in prison by Chief United States District Judge John Gerrard for cyberstalking. In addition to his prison sentence, Eiland will be required to serve three years on supervised release.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Full Committee Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Bob Latta (R-OH) released the following statement after the House...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Executive with Global Airline and Hospitality Companies Submitted False Invoices for Vendors, Which Then Remitted Payments for Her Personal Expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: The United States has filed a civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of an Attic Etruscan votive statuette that was recovered by the FBI and HSI years after it was illegally excavated and smuggled out of Italy. The United States intends to return the artwork to its rightful owner.
