News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: WAYCROSS, GA - A correctional officer with the rank of captain has been indicted on federal charges for having sex with an inmate, and a nurse is charged with facilitating the illicit trysts.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man today admitted in federal court to participating in a conspiracy to sell fentanyl and firearms to a person assisting the FBI Rhode Island Safe Street Task Force in a Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced Howard Joseph Burchfield, 36, of Leland to 15 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release. On Oct. 18, 2018, Burchfield pled guilty to one count of making a false statement to a licensed firearm dealer.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcomittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcomittee's hearing on "Quality of Life in the Military ".
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Since 2014, this Committee has conducted rigorous oversight of issues related to Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) and the system put into place to care for UACs by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Refugee and Resettlement (ORR). 2014 is when the first major influx of UAC...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery for today’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Examining the Failures of the Trump Administration’s Inhumane Family Separation Policy" are below...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: The fact is, since its creation the internet has been the single most important driver of economic growth, job creation, and a better quality of life for all Americans. And I’d like to point out that the internet is working today, quite well in fact, despite hyperbolic warnings to the contrary.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that ROBERT ALEXANDER was arrested this morning on securities...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Since 2014, this Committee has conducted rigorous oversight of issues related to Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) and the system put into place to care for UACs by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Refugee and Resettlement (ORR). 2014 is when the first major influx of UAC...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Bronx, New York, man and woman today admitted their roles in a month-long scheme to advertise and provide a minor for sexual acts for money, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Downloadable file: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal jury found Mary Holden Ayala, 59, of Portland, guilty today of stealing nearly $1 million from an Oregon foster care agency, money laundering and filing false personal income tax returns. From at least 2008 to 2015, Ayala, a longtime Portland resident, served...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chairwoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the importance of diversity and inclusion in the technology...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Six people from Ohio were indicted in federal court for their roles in a health care fraud conspiracy in which Medicaid was billed $48 million for drug and alcohol recovery services which were not provided, not medically necessary, lacked proper documentation, or had other issues that made them ineligible for reimbursement.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement about the Green New Deal resolution introduced in the Senate by Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the EPW Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Beaver County resident has been charged in a Superseding Indictment by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared for delivery for today’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Examining the Failures of the Trump Administration’s Inhumane Family Separation Policy" are below...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS -- Montana, through a multi-agency task force on human trafficking, supports Department of Justice efforts to raise awareness about the activity and to fight this violent crime, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Today, at a press conference in support of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) announced that the House Judiciary Committee will markup the Bipartisan Background Checks Act on Feb. 13, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Bronx, New York, man and woman today admitted their roles in a month-long scheme to advertise and provide a minor for sexual acts for money, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.’s (D-NJ) remarks as prepared today for a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Preserving an Open Internet for Consumers, Small Businesses, and Free Speech:"
