News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Mexican national was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving the distribution of kilogram-level amounts of illegal drugs on behalf of co-conspirators located overseas and throughout the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Michael Schoenmann, 31, Spring Green, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 12 years in federal prison for attempting to distribute fentanyl, and distributing a fentanyl analogue that resulted in the overdose death of a Florida man. Schoenmann pleaded guilty to these charges on Nov. 16, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Georgia man was sentenced to 15 months in prison today for fraudulently discharging over $250,000 in student loan debt.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - James Edward Hays, 36, a Simon City Royals gang member from Pascagoula, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 120 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Hays was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Troy L. Bechtel, 49, of Overland Park, Kan., is charged in a federal indictment with two counts of major program fraud against the United States and two counts of lying to federal investigators, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: A Toledo man was sentenced to five years in prison, the final defendant sent to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to provide thousands of dollars to Anwar Al-Alwaki in an effort to support violent jihad against U.S. military personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan and throughout the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: A Toledo man was sentenced to five years in prison, the final defendant sent to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to provide thousands of dollars to Anwar Al-Alwaki in an effort to support violent jihad against U.S. military personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan and throughout the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, John Santos was sentenced by United States District Judge Frederic Block to 121 months of imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, following his December 2017 guilty plea to participating in a conspiracy to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin, five kilograms or more of cocaine, and marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Nicoma L. Knight, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to drug distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, John Santos was sentenced by United States District Judge Frederic Block to 121 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by five years’ supervised release, following his December 2017 guilty plea to participating in a conspiracy to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin, five kilograms or more of cocaine, and marijuana.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) today released the full Republican rosters for all six subcommittees in the 116th Congress. Walden previously announced the committee’s leadership, naming the Republican Leaders for each subcommittee.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today requesting internal documents following a series of alarming reports yesterday on the agency’s role in the Trump Administration’s family separation crisis.
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) released the following statement on the fraudulent election in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: FBI Seeks Help Identifying Violent Kidnapping Suspects.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to immediately launch an independent investigation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: FBI Captures Fugitive Wanted for Murder.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) wrote the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) calling for an investigation into a Washington Post report that a top official at HUD left the agency due to disagreements with other members of the Trump Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, released a fact sheet detailing the impact of the Trump Shutdown on immigration and border security, federal law enforcement, courts, as well as public health and safety.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today requesting internal documents following a series of alarming reports yesterday on the agency’s role in the Trump Administration’s family separation crisis.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Next week, from January 24-Jan. 25, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy will host its second InnovationXLab Showcase. This XLab is focused on Grid Modernization Technology and will be held in Seattle, Washington. The purpose of the InnovationXLab Initiative is to convene key industry...
