News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Travis Sanders, 32, of North Richland Hills, Texas, formerly of Jamestown, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receipt and distribution of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, spoke on the Senate floor today in support of bipartisan legislation he introduced with U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) to train and retain highly-skilled cybersecurity...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: RENO, Nev. - A member of the Te-Moak of the Western Shoshone pleaded guilty today to stabbing an elderly man multiple times, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Today, the House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 by a vote of 23-15 and H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019 by a vote of 21-14.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: On February 7, a federal grand jury returned an 18-count indictment against two individuals for carjacking, kidnapping, interference with commerce by robbery (Hobbs Act), and possessing and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Bryan County man who was part of the gang and drug trafficking conspiracy prosecuted under Operation Vanilla Gorilla has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Cornell Demidridous Smith, 40, of Pass Christian, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to 30 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Smith was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 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 returned an indictment yesterday charging VICKI MILLER, 56, of Colchester, with one count of wire fraud stemming from an embezzlement scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: A federal jury on Tuesday evening, convicted a Tuscaloosa County man of possessing methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SEAN DEY, 40, of Torrington, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by 12 months of home confinement and three years of supervised release, for illegally manufacturing and selling machine guns.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: OMAHA, NE ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is seeking to stop a recent increase in amputation injuries suffered by Nebraska employees, and remind employers of the requirement to report such injuries to OSHA. A review of Nebraska workers' compensation claims found 42 employees suffered amputation injuries in 2018, and employers failed to report more than 65 percent of those injuries to OSHA within 24 hours, as required.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Used the Social Security Number of a United States Citizen.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Monica Elfriede Witt, 39, a former U.S. service member and counterintelligence agent, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for conspiracy to deliver and delivering national defense information to representatives of the Iranian government. Witt, who defected to Iran in...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: A Farmington Hills man was sentenced to 116 months in prison yesterday for having devised and executed an elaborate vehicle title fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Indictment Unsealed as U.S. Treasury Department Announces Economic Sanctions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK- A volunteer Sheriff’s Deputy with the Arkansas County Sheriff’s Office has been convicted of extorting confidential informants to steal an ATV and firearms.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Dear Director Mulvaney and Acting Director Weichert...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Dodaro: We write to request the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) examine the cybersecurity of the private retirement system. Retirement savings held in defined contribution plans, like 401(k) plans, have grown steadily in recent years, reaching over $5 trillion in 2017. These savings, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: An Oakland County financial advisor who pled guilty last September to embezzling over 3.7 million dollars from his clients at UBS Financial Services, was sentenced by Judge Bernard Friedman to 9 years in prison yesterday, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security Bennie Thompson (D-MS) today introduced legislation with Congressman John Katko (R-NY) to bolster funding for the Transportation Security Administration...
