News from February 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal today announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on U.S.-China Trade. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in the main Committee hearing room, 1100 Longworth House Office Building, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The only invited witness is Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Todd Laraba, 41, of Buffalo, NY, with Hobbs Act robbery and conspiracy, and marijuana conspiracy. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the initial 2019 water supply allocation for Central Valley Project water service contractors. This allocation is based on a conservative estimate of the amount of water that will be available for delivery to CVP water users and reflects current reservoir storages, precipitation and snowpack in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: FBI in Oregon Honors Bags of Love Charity with Leadership Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 20, 2019, James Fitzgerald Simonton, a/k/a “Boogie," 51, of Kingsport, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, Senior U.S. District Judge, to serve 330 months in federal prison. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On Feb. 19, 2019, Harry Tsosie, 48, of Blue Gap, Ariz. and Jeremy Tsosie, 38, of Smoke Signal, Ariz., both members of the Navajo Nation, were each sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 84 months in prison, followed by a term of three years of supervised release. Harry and Jeremy Tsosie had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City, Utah, returned a three- count indictment Wednesday morning charging Alan D. Covington with violating 18 U.S.C. § 249 (hate crime) for attacking three men with a metal pole because he believed the men were Mexican, announced Eric Dreiband, Assistant...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Salvadoran national residing in Worcester was charged in federal court in Worcester yesterday with passport fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Clifton Burch and Peter McKean were convicted by a federal jury today of conspiring to defraud the United States in connection and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud all in connection with a federal construction contract, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Joshua Cathers, of Sistersville, was sentenced today to 15 months incarceration for his involvement in methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin distribution that spanned multiple states, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Curtis Sherman Pethley, 62, a resident of Wisconsin, was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $440,000 for his role in a nationwide conspiracy to commit mail fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Louisiana teacher pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to child enticement related offenses.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: NATCHEZ, MS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited von Drehle Corp. - a paper products manufacturer - for several workplace safety hazards that put employees at risk of injury at its facility in Natchez, Mississippi. The paper manufacturer faces $303,657 in penalties, including one for the maximum amount allowed by law.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Alvaro Garcia, 30, of Manchester, was sentenced to 85 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: ARREST Team is New Approach to Solving Crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: DENVER - Andrew C. Poarch, age 31, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, pled guilty Feb. 13, 2019 in front of U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to filing a false federal income tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Jason R. Dunn and Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Steven Osborne. Poarch was charged by Information on Dec. 20, 2018 and is scheduled to be sentenced on May 22, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced BRIAN DAVID RIGGINS, 26, from Tabor City, North Carolina, to 84 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Mack Warner, 39, of North Silsbee, Texas, pleaded guilty today guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen Kay to one count of escape from custody while at a federal detention area in Lake Charles.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 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 Hasan Eminof, 20, of Wilmington to 36 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release. On November...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Justin Giesey, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
