News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen joins the Virginia State Police and law enforcement throughout the Commonwealth in mourning the loss of Virginia State Police Trooper Lucas B. Dowell, a Chilhowie, Virginia native who died in the line of duty Monday, February 4, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS - A defendant who testified last month that she was duped by an Alabama woman into conspiring to steal money from a Columbus business was sentenced today in Columbus federal court, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. The Honorable Clay...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Hours before President Trump delivers his second State of the Union Address, House Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) and Ranking Member Jim Sensenbrenner (WI-05) introduced legislation to prohibit pharmaceutical and biologic companies from engaging in anti-competitive conduct ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: TYLER, Texas - U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown announced today that seven individuals have been arrested and indicted as the result of a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking activities in the Eastern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE- Cutting of hazard trees in Acadia National Park along Sargeant Drive, Northeast Harbor will occur mid February through May 15, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m.- 5 p.m., with traffic reduced to one-lane occasionally when necessary. The primary focus of the work will be a 1.2 mile section...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced today for receiving and distributing over 400 images and 22 videos of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI’s Las Vegas Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Portanova, age 28, of West Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley for receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Lavel L. Hicks, of Weirton, West Virgnia, was indicted by a federal grand today on drug and firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Public’s Help Needed in Identifying Armed Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: FBI Arrests Bend Man for Alleged Threats Against Pennsylvania Police Chief.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: The USAO-SDIN recognizes the stalwart dedication demonstrated by Justice Department employees and investigative agents to serve the public during the appropriations lapse.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Nagy Mohamed Abdelhamed, age 68, of York, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones to health care fraud for his fraudulent receipt of Medicaid and SNAP (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, formerly known as Food Stamp) benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Chesterfield man was sentenced today to 13 years in prison for mail fraud and engaging in a monetary transaction in criminally derived property.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The California Trail Interpretive Center will present a series of guided tours of its state-of-the-art exhibits in Spanish.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM’s cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Site recently surpassed one million work hours without a lost-time accident or illness. “This and other work at the West Valley Demonstration Project only happens because of the skills and commitment of our employees...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: A People’s Republic of China (PRC) foreign national was sentenced to prison today for illegal photography of the U.S. Naval Air Station Key West, Joint Interagency Task Force, South (JIATF-South).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: For Bank Robbery and Gun Crimes.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Through support from DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM), researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Aquatic Ecological Laboratory are advancing the understanding of mercury’s impact on fish, wildlife, and streams.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray, (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Committee’s hearing on how primary care affects health care costs and outcomes. In her remarks, Senator Murray highlighted primary...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ryan Thompson, 32, of Tohatchi, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court to charges of kidnapping and aggravated sexual abuse in Indian Country.
