News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Allen, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: While in Federal Prison, Man Tried to Hire an Undercover ATF Agent to Murder Two People.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: BRADY OPENING REMARKS. “Thank you, Chairman Neal, for convening this hearing today. “Without question, while America’s health system boasts remarkable innovation and highly-trained professionals, it faces many challenges - the greatest among them the high cost. “Americans agree. In a recent Gallup...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM’s Richland Operations Office (RL) recently awarded the Hanford Site services contractor, or 94 percent of the available fee for fiscal 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pled guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Ralph Wray, 36, entered a guilty plea to an indictment charging him with possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statement as he announced the Subcommittee Ranking Members and Subcommittee assignments for Republican Members of the Committee for the 116th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a former executive director of the Fenton housing authority pleaded guilty January 8, 2019 to embezzling more than $33,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: Erik Thompson Pleads Guilty to Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Dec. 20, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Cherry Creek, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Child Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher Conley, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Bossier City man pleaded guilty on January 7, 2019 to using a merchandise price changing scheme to steal more than $180,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Wounded Knee, South Dakota, man convicted of Second Degree Murder was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - Mark Harris, 59, of Versailles, Ky., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to knowingly failing to remove asbestos in a South Point, Ohio electric power plant.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a woman living in Vivian was sentenced on Jan. 22, 2019 to 10 years in prison for distribution of methamphetamine in Shreveport.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter to U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer submitted a description of changes to existing laws needed to bring the United States into compliance with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn., - Jan. 29, 2019 - Rex Andrew Whitlock, aka Stackhouse, 33, of Clarksville, Tennessee and a member of the Gangster Disciples, was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, Jr., announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee and Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today called on drug makers to come before Congress to explain to the public why drug prices have increased so much in recent years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A message from U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger regarding the efforts of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) during the recent government shutdown.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Cherry Creek, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Tampering and Misprision of a felony.
