News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - The shutdown of the Federal government notwithstanding, the U.S. Marshal’s - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force continues to thrive in 2019. This week’s “Fugitive of the Week," Jonathan Lee Currier, 42, was located and arrested today by the Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Belmont, NH. Currier was being sought on multiple arrest warrants, had an extensive criminal history and was an unregistered sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: On January 4, 2019, 37 year old Tyrone Lee, of Tulsa, pleaded guilty to robbery of the Forest Acres liquor store on Feb. 22, 2018. During the robbery, Lee, who threatened the store employees with a loaded sawed off shotgun, was shot by the two store employees. Lee pled guilty to all four counts of...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY-17) today released legislation to provide relief and recovery assistance for Americans affected by recent hurricanes, typhoons, wildfires, and other natural disasters.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: War in the Pacific News Release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - 2019 is off to a great start, “Fugitive of the Week," James Perry, 30, was arrested today by the Claremont Police Department and NH Probation and Parole Officers. Perry was considered to be armed and dangerous based on the fact that he was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant for parole violations stemming from his original conviction and sentence for armed robbery with a gun.
By State Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: I am writing to express my concern regarding recent events in Sudan, which have implications for the ‘Phase II’ framework of U.S.-Sudan engagement launched in November 2018. While I was supportive of developing a constructive and possibly transformative relationship with Sudan during...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: A PDF copy of this fact sheet is available.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after his selection as Chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee for the 116th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: FBI AMMO Task Force Arrests Fugitive Wanted for Aggravated Assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Sandra J. Stevens, a/k/a Sandra J. Putnam, has pleaded guilty to making more than 325 personal charges totaling over $60,000 on government credit cards when she was a high-ranking member of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, lauded the inclusion of election security in H.R. 1, the For the People Act, introduced today by the new House Democratic Majority to establish electoral reforms, strengthen our democracy, and combat corruption.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: A Canton man with a history of firearms and gang violence was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for having a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: A PDF of this fact sheet is available.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Christopher Younger, 37, of Jackson, entered a guilty plea today before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana K. Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND- On January 4, 2019, Juan Mercado Arriaga, 41, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to 70 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute at least one kilogram of heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, issued the following statement regarding U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee Pat Roberts’ decision to not seek reelection...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Alfred Wayne Cash, Jr., age 57, of Piedmont, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. United States District Court Judge Bruce H. Hendricks of Greenville accepted Cash’s guilty plea and imposed a sentence of 97 months in federal prison, followed by court-ordered supervision. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $16 million for new observational research aimed at improving the accuracy of today’s climate and earth system models. The funds will be made available under two separate initiatives, with $11 million targeted at atmospheric research focused on better understanding the role of clouds and aerosols, and $5 million devoted to the study of terrestrial processes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 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 controlled substances on behalf of co-conspirators located overseas and throughout the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2019
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Marty Lee Vaughn, age 37, of Belton, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. United States District Court Judge Bruce H. Hendricks of Greenville accepted Vaughn’s guilty plea and imposed a sentence of 51 months in federal prison, followed by court-ordered supervision. There is no parole in the federal system.
