News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Spearfish, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Donora, PA, has pleaded guilty to federal narcotics charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) sent letters to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), calling on the agencies’ leaders to review the significant technical difficulties for consumers...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to 70 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A former vice president of the First National Bank of Harveyville, Kan., pleaded guilty to a federal charge of embezzlement, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today. The defendant also agreed to make restitution of approximately $107,175.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Jordan Reshard Poole, 29, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 100 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Special Agent...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today the expansion of its TSA Pre✓® expedited screening program with the addition of Alitalia Airlines and Qantas Airways. These two airlines bring the total number of TSA Pre✓® participating domestic and international carriers to 73.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Report, released today, shows the rate of fatal work injuries remained unchanged in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Former Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas J. Spota and Christopher McPartland, the former Chief of Investigations and Chief of the Government Corruption Bureau of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office (SCDAO), were convicted today by a federal jury in Central Islip, New York, of all four...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf regarding the Trump Administration’s recent “Safe Third Country Agreement" ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that, on Dec. 12, 2019, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict against JOHN WELDON and ERISTON WILSON relating to nine robberies of gas stations, convenience stores, and a bank.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.-Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, criticized Republicans for their continued refusal to fill Democratic seats on National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), as the worker protection agency loses its sole...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: FBI Seeking Victim Information in Summit Contracting, Inc. Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Honolulu Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - A jury today convicted 13 members of the Peoria street gang known as Bomb Squad for conspiracy to organize and operate the gang as a criminal enterprise that has plagued the Peoria community with gun violence for years. These violent acts included murder, attempted murder, arson, and drug trafficking. After presentation of seven weeks of evidence, the jury deliberated over a period of three days before returning the guilty verdicts this afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 43-year-old Roma man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: $9.98 Million Will Support Efforts to Combat Drugs and Crime in the Eastern District of Kentucky.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Bryan L. Brewer (44, Ponte Vedra) to five years in federal prison for wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering. Brewer also was ordered to pay $8.9 million in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Ramah, NM - The National Park Service and the International Dark Sky Association are pleased to announce El Morro National Monument as an International Dark Sky Park. This certification recognizes the exceptional quality of the park’s night skies and provides added opportunities to enhance visitor experiences through astronomy based interpretive programming.
