News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Tampa, FL - Troy Cater (30) and David Bell (55), both of St. Petersburg, have pleaded guilty to a money laundering conspiracy. Each faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the selection of eight projects to receive nearly $24 million in federal funds for cost-shared research and development (R&D) for Novel and Enabling Carbon Capture Transformational Technologies. The selected projects will focus on...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: FBI Seeking Public's Assistance to Identify 'Sweatpant Bandit' Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Feb. 26, 2019, Etcher Family Farms; Scott Allen Etcher, age 55; and Benjamin Allen Etcher, age 29, of New London, Iowa, were sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose after pleading guilty to Discharge of a Pollutant, announced United States Attorney Marc...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Four individuals were charged in an eight-count indictment, unsealed today, which alleges federal program fraud, money laundering and perjury, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Defendant Shipped Firearms Parts to Sweden, Possessed Two Unregistered Silencers and a Handgun with an Obliterated Serial Number.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Freddie Silva Otero, 49, of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Law enforcement officials announced today the results of coordinated efforts to reduce violent crime in Lexington, during 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-On Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office SAC Douglas A. Leff recognized members of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard (PRANG) for their support during significant operational deployments in Puerto Rico.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray, (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), vice chair of the House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, reintroduced the Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act, to help break down economic barriers for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Climbing routes on cliffs used by nesting Peregrine Falcons in Zion National Park will be temporarily closed beginning March 1, 2019. Closures are implemented due to the falcon’s sensitivity to disturbance during the nesting season. If disturbed, the nesting pair may abandon their nest...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, spoke on the House floor in support of H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Statistics Reveal Meaningful Drop in Violent Crime Reported during 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a roundtable Wednesday with key stakeholders to discuss what the federal government and industry can do to protect the U.S. electric grid from the risks posed by electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) and geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs)., and a list of witnesses and their testimonies are below...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Carmelo Collana, 49, of Kenmore, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called on the major pharmaceutical manufacturers that testified before the committee earlier this week to pledge their support for federal legislation that would lower list prices if middlemen rebates were significantly diminished.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC -Below is Chairman Gerald E. Connolly’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery, for today’s Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing on “Effects of Vacancies at the Merit Systems Protection Board."
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Dear Director Mulvaney: In the wake of a government shutdown that disrupted travel for so many Americans, I am writing to learn the cost to taxpayers of travel taken by senior federal officials during the partial government shutdown. Over the first two years of the Trump Administration, numerous high-level...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Andrew Campbell, 32, of Albion, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew has sentenced Gary Kinard (40, St. Petersburg) to 7 years and 11 months in federal prison for his role in a telemarketing scheme. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment of $75,000, the proceeds of the wire fraud conspiracy. In addition, Kinard was directed to pay a total of $2,244,735.66 to 43 identified victims of the scheme.
