News from December 2019
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Today, booking a charter flight can be as easy as tapping a few buttons on your mobile device. But that doesn’t mean the flight is legal or safe.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) sent a letter today to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai in response to the FCC’s recent announcement that the Mobility Fund Phase II (MF II) will be replaced with a new 5G Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Philip, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Dec. 17, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: SEATTLE - The production and trafficking of counterfeit vehicle parts poses a significant health and safety threat to consumers. It also impacts the economic growth of legitimate businesses and impacts consumers through lost revenue, downtime, and replacement costs. To ensure public safety, agents with...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A federal grand jury in Springfield returned an indictment today charging a Springfield golf professional with theft concerning a program receiving federal funds, wire fraud, money laundering-related crimes, and filing false tax returns. The indictment also charges the golf professional and two local home builders with conspiring to defraud the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A North Carolina man illegally residing in the Deschutes National Forest was sentenced to federal prison today after months of failing to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Kansas Man Pleads Guilty to Murder for Killing a Woman on a Cruise Ship.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Jose Victor Rodriguez, 36, of San Leandro, charging him with possession with intent to distribute at least 50 grams of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: A thirty-three count Indictment unsealed today charges City of Taylor Mayor Richard “Rick" Sollars, businessman Shady Awad, and Taylor Community Development Manager Jeffrey Baum with conspiracy to commit bribery in a scheme spanning from 2015 to 2019, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced. The Indictment also charges Sollars and Awad with seven counts of bribery each, and charges Sollars and Baum with 18 counts of Wire Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY CARILLO, also known as “Boogie," 21, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 125 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for a kidnapping and violent assault he committed with four other members of the Almighty Latin Kings Nation (“Latin Kings").
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: STATESVILLE, N.C. - A federal jury in Statesville has convicted Thomas Arthur Rittenhouse, 75, of Boone, N.C. of transporting and possessing child pornography, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell Sr. presided over the trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that James Edwards Gamble, age 42, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been sentenced to 63 months in prison following his conviction of possessing firearms by a convicted felon. The Court further sentenced Gamble to 3 years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and ordered that the firearms involved be forfeited.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement at the start of debate on the House floor in support of H.Res. 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J. Trump...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Venice man was sentenced today to 39 months in federal prison for his conviction on federal charges of illegally distributing prescription opioids.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that NICHOLAS ROTUNDA ALLEN, age 39, an inmate in Jimmy Autry State Prison in Pelham, Georgia, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, to be served consecutively to his state sentence in an unrelated matter, restitution to “Victim A" in the amount...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to two years’ (24 months’) imprisonment and two years of supervised release on her conviction of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Bonnie Hughes, 35, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of production of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 25 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: The Defendants Allegedly Obtained Over $2.4 Million from Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man has been charged in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain $780,000 to purchase an apartment in Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Dec. 18, 2019 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service Administrator Chad Rupe announced USDA has invested $5.6 million in two, high-speed broadband infrastructure projects that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for more than 3,250 rural households ...
