News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Jimmie Terrell Harrison, 43, of Forest, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves, to 240 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A one-count indictment was unsealed in federal court today charging Kermit Tyler Poulson, 39, with transmitting threatening communications with the intent to extort Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and outgoing committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., yesterday reintroduced a bipartisan package of more than 100 public lands, natural resources, and water bills they negotiated last year with the chairman and ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: Defendant and Others Placed Skimmers and Cameras on ATMs.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Joe Neguse (D-Co.) and other cosponsors in the House and Senate will hold a press conference Thursday morning to announce a legislative package that would drastically reduce prescription drug prices in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges related to a series of bank robberies that occurred in West Mifflin, McCandless, Penn Hills and Bloomfield, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Lawrence “Larry" Keefe, of Shalimar, Florida, took the oath of office this morning from Chief District Judge Mark E. Walker to become the 41st U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. Mr. Keefe was nominated by President Donald Trump on Aug. 16, 2018, and confirmed...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: A disbarred Tulsa guardianship attorney has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for bank fraud and money laundering in a scheme that defrauded his client of $589,393, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. Glenn Martin Mirando, 64 of Tulsa, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty September 4, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges related to a series of bank robberies that occurred in West Mifflin, McCandless, Penn Hills and Bloomfield, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: FORT RILEY, KS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Maryland-based contractor Power Factor LLC for exposing workers to electrical hazards after an employee was fatally electrocuted while installing solar panels on a building in Fort Riley, Kansas.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement in response to the expected departure of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein from the U.S. Department of Justice...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CLINT EDWARDS was charged yesterday in two counts with threatening a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York and threatening an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: A disbarred Tulsa guardianship attorney has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for bank fraud and money laundering in a scheme that defrauded his client of $589,393, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. Glenn Martin Mirando, 64 of Tulsa, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty September 4, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: On January 7, 2019, Travis J. Taylor, 38, of Marion, Illinois was sentenced for the April 25, 2018, robbery of the Valero Gas Station in Marion, Illinois, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today. Taylor, who had previously pled guilty to the...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) announced the appointment of ten new Democratic members to the Committee on Ways & Means for the 116th Congress.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: The Republican members of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee yesterday chose Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, to serve as the panel’s chairman for the 116th Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: Fake Prescription Drugs Seized Contained Deadly Heroin and Fentanyl.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota today introduced the Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019, which would permit the importation of prescription drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: MACON - A Macon resident was sentenced to 90 months in prison, followed by 25 years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to one count of Possession of Child Pornography, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. The Honorable Marc Treadwell...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2019
News Release: The First Fifteen Years, 2003-2018 presents LM’s significant responsibilities, achievements, and major milestones since the organization’s standup in 2003. It details the past decade and a half of LM’s work in protecting the environment, managing information, ensuring continued retirement benefits for...
