News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Carlos Robinson, 28, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 192 months in prison for four separate armed store robberies committed in early 2017 and ordered to pay $1,077.24 in restitution. Robinson appeared today before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: Philadelphia, PA - Members of the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force arrested Khadir Blue, 27, for murder and Pennsylvania State Parole Violations, at approximately 1:30 p.m. in Chester Pennsylvania on December 3rd. The arrest was made in relation to an incident which occurred January 4th, 2017, in the...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: SOCORRO, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Socorro Field Office will host a public scoping meeting on Dec. 9 from 4:30-6pm at the Socorro Field Office, located at 901 S. Old U.S. Hwy 85 Socorro, N.M. 87801. This public scoping meeting is to discuss the proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP)...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 10:30 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Proposals to Achieve Universal Health Care Coverage."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 28-year-old Laredo native has admitted to conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute more than 135 kilograms of marijuana, announced DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: Baltimore and Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Mark Steven Bartles, age 55, of Hagerstown, Maryland, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for possession of child pornography. Judge Hollander also sentenced Bartles to 10 months in...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Emily W. Allen (619) 546-9738, W. Mark Conover (619) 546-6763 and Phillip L.B. Halpern (619) 546-6964.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - Recent rain storms in southern California and Arizona have caused reductions in the amount of water the Bureau of Reclamation will be releasing from Davis and Parker dams on the lower Colorado River.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Johnny L. Morgan, of Walsenburg, Colorado, was sentenced today to 210 months incarceration for drug charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today made the following statement regarding President Trump depositing the U.S. instrument of ratification for North Macedonia’s accession to NATO:
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that YMER SHAHINI was sentenced to 18 months in prison by United States District Judge P. Kevin Castel in connection with his role in a scheme to defraud shareholders of a publicly traded company and the investing public. SHAHINI pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud on Sept. 10, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Yahaira Diaz, 33, of Pottsville, PA was sentenced to 65 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay more than $165,000 in restitution by United States District Judge Jeffrey Schmehl for her leadership of an elder fraud scheme commonly known as the “Grandparents Scheme." The defendant was immediately taken into custody after the hearing today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Alexander M. Kingston, 27, formerly of Locust, North Carolina, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 10 years in prison by United States Senior District Judge Richard G. Kopf for enticement of a minor. In addition to his prison sentence, Kingston will also serve 10 years on supervised release and be required to register as a sex offender.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 10:30 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Proposals to Achieve Universal Health Care Coverage."
By EPA Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is joining Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) for a video series aimed at providing the facts on Speaker Pelosi’s partisan plan for fewer cures.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement supporting the guidance issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to clarify and improve New Source Review (NSR) permitting requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: Tech Tuesday: Internet of Things (IoT).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 24-year-old Laredo resident has admitted he conspired to possess with intent to distribute a large quantity of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Hearing Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Securing the U.S. Drug Supply Chain: Oversight of FDA’s Foreign Inspection Program."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Attorney General William P. Barr and Justice Department leadership announced the recipients of the Third Annual Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing, recognizing the exceptional work of 19 law enforcement officers and deputies from 12 jurisdictions across the country.
