News from January 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) announced subcommittee rosters and leadership positions for Republican members of the Committee in the 116th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Bruce Evans, Sr., age 65, former Greenfield Township Sewer Authority Manager, and his son, Bruce Evans, Jr., age 37, both of Greenfield Township, Pennsylvania were indicted on January 8, 2019 by a federal grand jury for multiple violations of the Clean Water Act. Evans, Sr. is also charged with multiple counts of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Two Co-conspirators Also Sentenced This Month.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law Chairman David N. Cicilline ...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent letters to the three manufacturers of insulin in the U.S. today - Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi - requesting information on the root causes of the rising cost of insulin and the obstacles to providing more affordable medication.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: Two South Texas Doctors Sentenced to Prison for Roles in Separate Multi-Million Dollar Medicare Fraud Schemes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - RICHARD SPILLANE, 30, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for producing child pornography, announced Robert J. Troester of the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement announcing the Committee’s subcommittee chairs and Vice chair of the full Committee for the 116th Congress...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has scheduled the dates, times and locations of several public meetings to provide input in the development of off-highway vehicle (OHV) grant proposals for submission to the California State Parks, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation (OHMVR) Division. Proposed grant applications are currently being prepared by the BLM staff for the 2018/2019 grant cycle.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Former IDOC correctional officer Erik Thompson, 37, pleaded guilty on January 7, 2019, in United States District Court to two counts of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Sentencing for Thompson is set for April 7, 2019 before U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Boise.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Jefferson City, Mo., man who supervised workers at the federal courthouse in Jefferson City pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally selling firearms to convicted felons.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND- Jerome Sims, 54, of Crown Point, Indiana, pled guilty to aiding and abetting murder resulting from the use and carrying of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer has been ordered to federal prison for accepting a bribe in exchange for issuing an I-94 permit, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jose Javier “J.J." Gonzalez, 38, of Mission, pleaded guilty Feb. 28, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - An Inland Empire man has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for his role in scheme that stole victims’ identities and used them to claim more than $800,000 in fraudulent tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Lowell man agreed to plead guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to distributing fentanyl.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) released the following statement on proposals to introduce automatic Continuing Resolutions.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: On Jan. 29, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen traveled to San Diego to meet with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees and to conduct an operational tour of the San Ysidro Port of Entry to assess implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania charged a Pennsylvania man with additional federal hate crimes and firearms offenses for his conduct during the Oct. 27, 2018, shootings at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Civil Rights Division, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady, and FBI-Pittsburgh Special Agent in Charge Robert Jones made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: A former West Palm Beach, Florida resident who was extradited to the United States from the Dominican Republic was sentenced to 65 months in prison today for multiple criminal charges in connection with a sophisticated global cell phone fraud scheme that involved compromising cellphone customers’ accounts and “cloning” their phones to make fraudulent international calls.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: Two Houston, Texas physicians were sentenced to 25 and three-year prison terms for their roles in separate schemes to defraud Medicare out of payments for medical services.
