News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was convicted in federal court today for his role in the September 2017 armed robbery of a jewelry exchange located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Simes: The Senate Finance Committee has a constitutional responsibility to engage in vigilant oversight of entities and government agencies within its jurisdiction. A critical issue facing the Committee and the country is the extent to which the Russian government engaged in efforts designed...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — In celebration of National Battery Day on February 18th, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Daniel Simmons announced the opening of a Battery Recycling Center at Argonne National Laboratory. Aiming to reclaim and recycle critical materials (e.g., ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of promoting American energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to offer eight parcels, totaling nearly 11,558 acres in lands managed by the Canyon Country and West Desert Districts at its June 11, 2019 quarterly oil and...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: Defendant Also Admitted Attempting to Produce Child Pornography by Reaching Under a Shower Stall in the Locker Room of a Public Pool to Photograph a Young Boy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A man who pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography was sentenced today, announced Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: Eight House Committee leaders sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney today requesting an immediate extension of public comment periods, hearings and meetings that were affected by the government shutdown earlier this year.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone seeking full compliance with the Committee’s previous request for documents regarding the failure of President Donald Trump to report hundreds of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Woodbridge man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for sex trafficking young women and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: A Fresno, California man pleaded guilty today to using the internet to coerce and entice a minor into producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich announced today that the District of Nevada collected $7,219,564 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2018. Of this amount, $4,090,476 was collected in criminal actions and $3,129,088 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 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 a grand jury in New Haven has returned a seven-count indictment alleging that JOHN T. FINKLE III...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a Salvadoran national Friday, wanted in his home country on aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder charges. Oscar Anibal Benitez-Flores, 33, was removed from the United States via an ICE Air Operations Charter flight and transferred into the custody of Salvadoran law enforcement authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, William P. Barr was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the 85th Attorney General of the United States. Following the vote, President Donald J. Trump participated in the swearing-in of Mr. Barr during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House, where U.S. Supreme Court Chief...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A previously convicted felon was sentenced today to over three years in prison for possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: Defendant Allegedly Ordered a “Hit" on the Person He Believed Had Cooperated with Law Enforcement and Led to his Arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A Beijing, China, man was sentenced to federal prison today for directing the shipment of counterfeit computer-networking equipment into the Southern District of Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: Eight House Committee leaders sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney today requesting an immediate extension of public comment periods, hearings and meetings that were affected by the government shutdown earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Norfolk man today on charges of robbery and brandishing a firearm during a robbery.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., along with 38 other Senate Democrats today wrote to the administration calling for the IRS to waive penalty fees associated with surprise tax bills many working Americans are...
