News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: STATESVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced today Timothy Scott Hardin, 44, of Boone, N.C. to 180 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for receiving child pornography, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Bell also ordered Alexander to register as a sex offender following his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Martin, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to Hope Hicks, former senior Trump Campaign official and former White House Communications Director, demanding that she come before the House Judiciary Committee to clarify her testimony, after a federal judge in New York unsealed evidence which revealed apparent inconsistencies with Hicks’ testimony.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Mark E. Zywotko (47, Cape Coral) has pleaded guilty to four counts of mail fraud. Zywotko faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each count. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held a hearing titled, “Agricultural Research and 2018 Farm Bill Implementation."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - Around noon today, this week’s “Fugitive of the Week," Seamus Murphy, 37, was arrested by members of the U.S. Marshals - NH Joint Fugitive Task Force in Chester, NH. The Marshals were looking for Murphy on a warrant alleging violations of his conditions of supervised release. Murphy is on supervised release as part of his sentence after being convicted of bank robbery in the U.S. District Court for New Hampshire back in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Nicholas Joseph Felix, 27, of Lafayette, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge James D. Cain Jr. for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph. Felix pleaded guilty on March 11, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Ashford, WA -- Acting Superintendent Tracy Swartout announced today that the park will accept Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) applications starting Sept. 1, 2019. The CUA application is now available for download on the park’s website. The link is provided below. This is an updated CUA application, so please read through the application instructions, including all attachments before applying.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Exploitation of a Child and Possession of Child Pornography.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - As temperatures rise in Delaware, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reminds employers to protect their employees from the dangers of working in hot weather.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Mary Ann Langridge, 63, of Toronto, Ontario, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to attempted transportation within the United States of an illegal alien for private financial gain. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid today sentenced Brendt Christensen, 30, to serve the rest of his life in prison with no possibility for release for the June 9, 2017, kidnapping and murder of Chinese student Yingying Zhang. Judge Shadid imposed the mandatory life sentence this afternoon after the jury in the case was unable to reach a decision regarding the sentence.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following opening statement at the hearing titled “Agricultural Research and 2018 Farm Bill Implementation."
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) announced today that the Committee will hold a Member Day Hearing on issues within the Committee’s jurisdiction in the 116th Congress on Thursday, July 25, at 10 am in the John D.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Complaint Filed in Brooklyn Federal Court Charges Defendant Garrett O’Rourke with Fraudulently Inflating the Price of a Penny Stock.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - An Emporia man was sentenced today to more than 15 1/2 years in prison for his role in a multi-kilograms cocaine ring in Emporia.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) announced today that the Committee will hold a Member Day Hearing on issues within the Committee’s jurisdiction in the 116th Congress on Thursday, July 25, at 10 am in the John D.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Indictment Alleges Mustafa Alowemer Plotted Attacks in the Name of ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2019
News Release: Gun Store Owner Murdered in Robbery.
