News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that TIMOTHY STATON, 23, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Timothy Brian Harrison, 50, of South Lake Tahoe, was sentenced today by United States District Judge John A. Mendez to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay $113,000 in restitution for two counts of excavation and removal of archaeological resources from public lands and one misdemeanor count of unlawful possession of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
Release: Congressman José E. Serrano (D-NY), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on "Understanding the Changing Climate and the Role of Climate Research".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By State Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Pompeo: We write to urge you to respect congressional intent and maintain strong U.S. funding for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights as it carries out its mission to defend democracy, human rights and the rule of law throughout the Western Hemisphere. With human rights crises...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Florence, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Glendell Long, a/k/a “Okera Uzoma," age 46, of Longs, South Carolina, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in October 2018 to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: I want to welcome the witnesses and thank them for being here.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for passport fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury today convicted a Chicago investment manager on fraud charges for swindling more than $10 million from clients and lenders.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Daniel Edward Johnson, age 48, former Fifth Circuit Solicitor and resident of Blythewood, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court to Wire Fraud. Senior United States District Court Judge Cameron McGowan Currie accepted the guilty plea and scheduled Johnson’s sentencing for June 4, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Stephen Richards, of Fairmont, West Virginia, and Nathan Crites, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, have admitted to their roles in a methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio this morning, a federal judge sentenced Former Reeves County Judge Jimmy Galindo to 30 months imprisonment on federal bribery and income tax related charges, announced U.S. Attorney John Bash; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division; and, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge Richard D. Goss, Houston Field Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
Release: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Chair of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Architect of the Capitol's FY 2020 budget request.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that TIMOTHY STATON, 23, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - David L. Dobbins, 39, of Urbancrest, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 240 months in prison for dealing narcotics that resulted in an overdose death.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Mission Support Alliance (MSA) is bringing back a familiar foe to educate people on the importance of maintaining records properly.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A former sales representative and the president of a U.S.-based company surrendered to federal authorities yesterday for their alleged roles in a scheme to corruptly secure business advantages from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA). These business advantages included contract awards and payment on past due invoices.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ANTONIO OSORIO DIAZ, age 41, a native of Mexico, was charged Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019 in a one-count indictment with illegal alien in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(5)(A).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: The Court Also Ordered the Man be Removed From the United States After Serving His Prison Term.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Tuscarora Field Office has issued a Decision Record (DR) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Environmental Assessment (EA) of Newmont Mining Corporation’s Emigrant Mine Plan of Operations Amendment and Rain Mine Closure Seepage Management Revision. The decision is to select the Proposed Action with the financial guarantee requirements.
