News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A Crow Agency woman who admitted to beating and injuring an elderly man while she was on methamphetamine was sentenced today 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Sumner County man was sentenced today to serve a year on probation and pay a $1,000 fine for trying to get out of a traffic ticket by pretending to be an FBI agent, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) made the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced their new action plan for the safe importation of certain prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Timothy Hotchkiss, 30, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Hotchkiss pleaded guilty to this charge on May 14, 2019.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In preparation for reauthorization of the U.S. Grain Standards Act, U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held a hearing to gather stakeholder perspectives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $478 million in airport infrastructure grants, the fourth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANDRE JOHNSON, also known as “Cuzz Crip" and “Cuzzy Blue," 30, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: Defendant Arrested on Interstate 10 in Gulfport with 5 Kilograms of Pure Methamphetamine.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson gave the following statement regarding the retirement announcement of House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Michael Conaway...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., today led 42 Democratic senators in urging Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin against unilaterally cutting capital gains taxes for the wealthiest Americans by an additional $100 billion over 10 years, an illegal action that would defy longstanding Justice Department policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Derkwon Johnson, 19, of Berlin, pleaded guilty in federal court on July 30, 2019, to possession of a prohibited object in prison, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - As the 24th World Scout Jamboree winds down on Aug. 2, travelers flying out of Yeager Airport should be aware that thousands of scouts from 152 countries across six continents will be headed to airport to fly home, resulting in busier-than-usual activity in the airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: More than 200 law enforcement officers died by suicide in 2019. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline may be reached at 1-800-273-8255 and provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress. We are HERE for law enforcement, HELP is a phone call away, and above all there is always HOPE.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Robert W. Rives, 37, of New Baden, IL, pleaded guilty to one count of carjacking and one count of using a firearm during a crime of violence. Rives appeared today before U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for Oct. 25, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, announced that KENTWAN ROBINSON, also known as Thomas Robinson, 26, of Ansonia, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to fentanyl and crack cocaine distribution offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: International Falls, MN: All of the park's 291 developed visitor use camping and houseboat sites that were affected by temporary closures in April and May to protect bald eagle nesting pairs are now reopened for public use.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - DEA New Jersey Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced 12 members, associates and suppliers of a drug trafficking organization based in Newark have been charged in connection with their roles in distributing heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine and using firearms to protect their illegal operation.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has found Altor Inc. - a construction company based in Washington Township, New Jersey and its president Vasilio Saites in contempt of court for failing to pay $412,000 in penalties assessed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2019
News Release: Defendant Threatened to Shoot Assistant Attorney General During Contempt Proceedings.
