News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Poquson man pleaded guilty today to his participation in a lucrative conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and falsely labelling millions of dollars-worth of foreign crab meat as “Product of USA".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for receiving a firearm while under indictment for felony offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Neil I. Mittin, age 64, of Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania was charged by Information with one count of mail fraud. The defendant was an attorney who worked for approximately 38 years as an associate for a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania law firm (“the Law Firm"). The Law Firm specialized in representing plaintiffs in personal injury matters while also representing individuals in other types of legal matters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 15 years (180 months) in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) creates a partnership between Congress and the administration to ensure that trade deals prioritize American interests. When a trade agreement meets U.S. objectives and Congress is sufficiently consulted, the administration can submit a bill to implement the agreement to Congress for an up-or-down vote or “fast track" consideration. Here’s a closer look at what it takes to keep USMCA on the fast track.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: MACON - A Twiggs County woman is facing a maximum of life in prison after a jury found her guilty for attempting to sell more than 300 grams of methamphetamine, said U.S. Attorney Charles “Charlie" Peeler. Tiffany Sauls, 25, of Danville, Georgia, was convicted on July 16, 2019 for one count of Possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - An international soccer player from Liberia has been convicted by a federal court jury in Providence of lying to immigration officials and providing false information on immigration documents in an attempt to gain legal status in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JARED CASTELLAW, age 34, of Alpine, California, and VALERIE SCHONES, age 54, of Tucson, Arizona, were sentenced on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 for their role in making false statements to a financial institution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: SENTENCES. Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced DANIEL DORF, 20, of Bar Nunn, Wyoming on July 17, 2019 for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Dorf was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received one hundred...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) selected five projects to receive approximately $39.9 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development projects under funding opportunity announcement (FOA), Advanced Technologies for Enhanced Oil Recovery.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, working jointly with officers of the Puerto Rico Police Department in Arecibo and the Puerto Rico Bureau of Special Investigations, arrested 11 individuals Thursday for drug trafficking and possession of illegal arms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: BILILNGS - A Billings spa operator today admitted to bringing a woman from Nevada to Billings to provide commercial sexual activity at the business, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake today sentenced Frank Ray Leary, Jr., age 24, of Elkton, Maryland, to 30 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for production of child pornography. Judge Blake also ordered that, upon his release from prison, Leary...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Two people from Northeast Ohio were indicted on firearms charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) along with Sens. Manchin (D-W.Va.), Jones (D-Ala.) Portman (R-Ohio) Lankford (R-Okla.), Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Enzi (R-Wyo.), and Cornyn (R-Texas) sent letters...
By State Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
Release: As representatives of the international community, we stand together in expressing deep concern about ongoing and undue restrictions on religious freedom, including those on members of minority ethnic and religious groups, in Burma/Myanmar. We call on authorities to uphold the rights protected by Burma/Myanmar’s...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Glacier National Park has scaled back a large search effort for the man who went missing early last week.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: . St. Croix, USVI - After a six-day trial, a federal jury on Thursday found Delroy Thomas, Jr., 28, of St. Croix, guilty of murder for hire, attempted murder and attempted retaliation against a witness, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. According to the evidence presented at...
By State Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
Release: As representatives of the international community, we are deeply concerned about China’s escalating, widespread, and undue restrictions on religious freedom, and call on the Chinese government to respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all individuals. Many members of religious groups in...
By State Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We are deeply concerned that your plan to establish a Commission on Unalienable Rights is an attempt to make an end run around career experts, statutorily established State Department structures, and widely accepted interpretations of human rights law to push a narrow, discriminatory...
