News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Aaron Bangaroo, age 37, of Kingston, Luzerne County, pleaded guilty on Jan. 24, 2018, before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), announced the chairmanships of the committee's four subcommittees for the 116th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: Commander Gil MacGregor, Washington County Sheriff’s Office, recently completed one of the toughest challenges available to local law enforcement officers: the FBI National Academy. In mid-December, Commander MacGregor and two other Oregon law enforcement officers completed a ten-week training session at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: Following the enactment of the continuing resolution, staff at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area has resumed regular winter operations. Staff will be out inspecting facilities and making necessary repairs throughout the park. With reduced winter staffing, this will take time. Please visit www.nps.gov/laro for updated information about the park.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that William Young, age 39, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Jan. 23, 2019 by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to five years’ imprisonment and three years on supervised release for his role in a Monroe County-based conspiracy that was responsible for distributing heroin and cocaine during a three-year time period.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: With the government reopened and the House not scheduled to be in session on Thursday, Jan. 31, the Energy and Commerce Committee’s full Committee hearing scheduled for that day on the Trump federal government shutdown has been canceled.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Universal Concrete Products Corporation (UCP) and its President and co-owner, Donald Faust, Jr., have agreed to pay $1 million to settle civil allegations that UCP falsified test records for concrete panels for the extension of the Silver Line, also known as Phase II of the Dulles Metrorail Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - On January 4, 2019, United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced that Lendardra Griffin (29, Grand Island, FL) pleaded guilty to two counts of unauthorized access device fraud, for her role in a credit card fraud scheme. Griffin faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison for each count.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - 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...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter today to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler requesting information regarding EPA’s efforts to rollback critically important environmental and public health protections.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: ADDISON, Ill. - A Chicago-area man was sentenced Friday to seven years in state prison for unlawfully possessing numerous guns and ammunition he had stashed in a storage locker.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: With the government reopened and the House not scheduled to be in session on Thursday, Jan. 31, the Energy and Commerce Committee’s full Committee hearing scheduled for that day on the Trump federal government shutdown has been canceled.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a Princeton man was sentenced to 108 months in prison for federal drug crimes. Jerome Jones, 54, previously pled guilty to seven counts of distribution of a quantity of cocaine base, two counts of possession with intent to distribute...
By State Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Administration’s announcement to roll out new U.S. sanctions against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler recognizes the dedication and loyalty of federal law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - On Dec. 27, 2018, U.S. Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando sentenced Javier Torres (42, Miami) to 14 days’ imprisonment for harassing two endangered Florida panther kittens. The court also ordered Torres to pay a $1,000 fine, and sentenced him to complete 200 hours of community service...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-On Jan. 15, 2019, police officers from Tempe and Phoenix stopped a vehicle and arrested two individuals, Donovan Bergen, 33 and Lamentino Bergen, 29, who are believed to have robbed two businesses earlier that night.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A 10-count indictment unsealed today in the Western District of Washington State charges Huawei Device Co., Ltd. and Huawei Device Co. USA with theft of trade secrets conspiracy, attempted theft of trade secrets, seven counts of wire fraud, and one count of obstruction of justice. The indictment...
