News from December 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, held a hearing entitled, “The Federal Response to the Epidemic of E-Cigarette Use, Especially Among Children, and the Food and Drug Administration’s Compliance Policy."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jagpal “Paul" Singh, 61; of Los Angeles, was sentenced today to XX years in prison for his participation in a scheme to bribe DMV employees to provide California commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) to unqualified drivers, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Former Texas Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Offense for Assaulting Inmate.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: The storm debris removal project at Fort Pulaski National Monument continues and has seen great progress over the last few weeks. While areas near the picnic area have reopened, trails along the dike system and in the historic area of the park have been closed for public safety. Access to and from the park picnic to Fort Pulaski is limited to the shoulder along Cockspur Island Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that LESTER BURROUGHS, 60, of Torrington, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of wire fraud related to his misappropriation of approximately $575,000 from investment clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: $350,520 Will Support Crime-Fighting Efforts in the Northern District of West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Allegheny County pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of narcotics trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Timothy J. Smith, 42, of Mobile, Alabama, was found guilty by a federal jury.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded Senate passage of his bipartisan bill to crack down on fraud and misuse of retirement benefits for federal workers. The Representative Payee Fraud Prevention...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of a superseding indictment charging Alex Jared Zwiefelhofer (22, Wisconsin) and Craig Austin Lang (29, Arizona and North Carolina) with six federal offenses. In addition to the offenses of conspiracy to commit robbery...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS- The Las Vegas Field Office announces the temporary closure of certain public lands under its administration from December 14 through Dec. 15, 2019. This action is being taken to minimize the risk of potential collisions between racers and spectators for the 2019 Rage at the River.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Dear Director Blanco: We write regarding the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) recently announced realignment of its Liaison Division as the Strategic Operations Division (Strategic Ops). The new division will reportedly be responsible for designing and implementing FinCEN’s strategic...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: $1,403,842 will support crime-fighting efforts in the Southern District of Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Ming Zhang, age 32, of Alexandria, Virginia, yesterday to 18 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to transport stolen funds, in connection with a scheme to defraud Maryland casinos by...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Fruita, CO - Entrance fees at Colorado National Monument will increase five dollars beginning Jan. 1, 2020. Entrance fees for private vehicles will be $25, motorcycles will be $20 and individuals will be $15 for a seven day pass. The annual Colorado National Monument pass will be $45. The Saddlehorn...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) and Tom Udall (D - N.M.), top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, made a joint statement after the EPA Inspector ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Eric Soto, age 37, of Queens County, New York, pled guilty today to distributing and possessing with intent to distribute over 800 grams of heroin, as well as Oxycodone pills, in June 2018 in Albany County.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr., Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal and Education & Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott released the following joint statement...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Accountability and Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission:"
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Dec. 3, 2019, United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Michael Adam Muth, age 32, formerly of Britt, Iowa, to 144 months in prison for transportation and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Muth was ordered...
