News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Defendant allegedly paid $9,000 to have online college classes taken on behalf of her son.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Aric Matthew Salazar, 36, formerly of Clovis, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, for receipt and distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Khareem Sampson, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 188 months incarceration for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, reiterated his strong rebuke of the failure to include bipartisan, broadly supported measures to address PFAS contamination in communities throughout America, including hundreds of communities in or near military bases in the Defense Authorization bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Three victims died, including a police officer - charges include possible death penalty.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Philadelphia, Pa. has been sentenced in federal court in Johnstown to 10 years (120 months) in prison and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Doug Collins (R-GA) today released legislation - the Lower Costs, More Cures Act (H.R. 19) - to lower drug costs for Americans without limiting access to cures.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas City, Kan., who barricaded himself in an apartment when police responded to a call of a domestic disturbance, was sentenced today to 94 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Join a ranger for a late afternoon hike on the Indiana Dunes National Park’s Dune Ridge Trail on Saturday, Dec. 21, from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Catch the sunset and enjoy the sweeping views of the Great Marsh from the top of the Dune Ridge Trail. After the hike, gather around a campfire and celebrate the shortest day of the year as we look forward to lengthening days. Meet at the Kemil Beach parking lot.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Planned an Armed Home Invasion after Owner of “doitforstate.com" Refused to Sell.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. -On Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Rep. Lou Correa, the Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Conspiracy spanned Northwest Iowa to Minnesota and South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kedric Pearson, of Waynesboro, Mississippi, was sentenced today to 148 months incarceration for his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced changes to his senior staff for the Committee, naming Cheryl Vincent as the new Republican staff director for the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) announces the opening of a new temporary exhibit titled “Wagons in the Dust." The exhibit opens Tuesday, Jan. 9 and will be on display through Friday, Feb. 21.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn and Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband announced today that a federal grand jury in Denver has returned a 68-count indictment charging Robert Lewis Dear, Jr., age 61, with crimes related to the Nov. 27, 2015, shooting at the Planned Parenthood clinic...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) has issued a Special Use Permit to Tideland Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) for a project that will improve the reliability of electric service to Ocracoke Island by replacing an overhead pole line with an underground cable along Pole Road in Hatteras, North Carolina. The project is expected to begin in January 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - COLIN ANDREW DAVIS, 34, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to six months in prison for tampering with fentanyl and ketamine vials while working as a paramedic for an emergency air evacuation company, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. -Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following joint statement on the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) Report on the origins of the Russia investigation...
