News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - Three Butler County men have been arrested and charged in a conspiracy to ship stolen baby formula and other goods.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today unveiled the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 5,500 square foot Drugs: Costs and Consequences travelling exhibit in Albuquerque with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, where it will be housed for the next several months.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Government Operations Subcommittee, sent a letter to Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) questioning his unfair and unsupported accusations in a public letter to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone that two lawyers associated with President Trump made false statements to the Office of Government Ethics.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the Paris Climate Agreement on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today unveiled the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 5,500 square foot Drugs: Costs and Consequences travelling exhibit in Albuquerque with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, where it will be housed for the next several months.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Eugene Ripp, 66, DeForest, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty yesterday to willfully engaging in the business of dealing firearms without a qualifying federal firearms license.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a four-count federal indictment against JARED ROSS BOSWELL, 32, for distributing child pornography, sending obscene material to a minor, and stalking a minor via the internet. BOSWELL, who was charged in a criminal complaint on Jan. 22, 2019, will remain in detention pending further proceedings.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) and Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Chairman Frank Pallone, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Omar Santiago-Muniz, age 28, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Feb. 21, 2019, before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced an indictment charging FRANKLIN JACKSON, a/k/a “Frankie," 23, KRISTOPHER SULLIVAN, a/k/a “Blood Money," 24, and BRYAN BOARDMAN, a/k/a “Boon," 24, with conspiracy to distribute heroin. SULLIVAN and BOARDMAN were also charged with using and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two Parkersburg residents arrested as part of Project Parkersburg - a major takedown and dismantling of a multi-state drug trafficking organization (DTO) responsible for distributing methamphetamine and heroin -- pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: FBI Richmond Awards 2018 Director’s Community Leadership Award to Local Radio Host.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment today against Henry Benson, 37, and Roselle Cipriano, 35, of Vallejo, charging them with conspiracy to distribute and manufacture methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 26-year-old undocumented alien from Guatemala has admitted he assaulted a Border Patrol (BP) agent and illegally entered the country, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Miguel Dumeng Alvira (35, New York City) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, 100 grams or more of heroin, and cocaine; distributing 40 grams or more of fentanyl and 100 grams or more of heroin; and distributing 400 grams or more of fentanyl, 100 grams or more of heroin, and cocaine. Dumeng Alvira faces a minimum mandatory term of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not been set.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) and Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Chairman Frank Pallone, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) and Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter to Chairman Frank Pallone, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative will Initially Focus on Jackson County and City of Moss Point.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced Victor Eugene Dorm, 30, of Wilmington to 240 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Feng Yang Chen, 43, of Flushing, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to violate the Mann Act and the Travel Act related to the operation of an interstate prostitution business and using the internet to promote prostitution, was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
