News from July 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) today issued a joint statement after the announcement of a final rule by the Trump Administration that would ease restrictions on arbitration agreements that nursing homes can use to limit legal action in the event of harm or death of a patient.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: An Elyria man was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for illegally having a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Defendant convicted of involuntary manslaughter in U.S. citizen’s name in connection with 2010 death at a pub in Fenway.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Clement Bougouneau, 52, of St. Thomas, was found guilty of bank burglary and larceny after a two-day jury trial in District Court, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Four Port Everglades employees, William Woessner, 68, of Margate, Florida, David Moore, 43, of Pompano Beach, Florida, John McGahee, 43, of Davie, Florida, and Rajindra Lallharry, 60, of Coral Springs, Florida, and business owner Bryan Zascavage, 57, of Pompano, Florida, were each charged in an one-count Information with Conspiracy to Commit Fraud Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: In the eight months since Operation Vanilla Gorilla became the largest-ever takedown of associates of the Ghostface Gangsters criminal street gang, all 43 defendants indicted in the firearms and drug trafficking investigation have now been convicted of their crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on July 16, 2019, Devin Lee Graham, age 25, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. Graham was sentenced to ten years in prison to be followed by a term of supervised release of three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Accepted Cash Kickbacks and Sexual Favors from Female Beneficiaries in Exchange for Authorizing Fraudulent Underpayments.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee examined the Census Bureau’s preparations for the 2020 census at a hearing Tuesday. This will be the first decennial census with online response, therefore it is vital that the bureau mitigate the risks associated with individuals’...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Hartford, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Felon in Possession of Explosives and Unlicensed Receipt of Explosive Materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement after voting against a motion to table Congressman Al Green’s (D-TX) article of impeachment...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Marcus Sales, 29, of Syracuse, New York, pled guilty yesterday to a federal cocaine distribution conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, Ray Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Field Division, and James N. Hendricks, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Bridgeport has returned a six-count indictment charging LYNWOOD COGDELL, 32, of Bridgeport, with firearms and narcotics offenses.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
Release: In response to a request from the European Commission, APHIS is proposing to recognize 22 European Union (EU) Member States as free from citrus longhorned beetle (CLB) and Asian longhorned beetle (ALB). Under this proposal, we would only recognize those EU Member States that are free from both pests ...
By State Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Gerald E. Connolly, a senior member of the Committee, today welcomed Committee passage of their legislation to punish and prevent illegal foreign election interference. Their SECURE Our Democracy Act would impose sanctions on anyone found to interfere illegally in an American election from overseas.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, July 16, park rangers were notified that a 19-year-old female from Webster Groves, Missouri had taken an 80 foot sliding fall on steep snow covered terrain in the upper Andrews Creek area, landing in rocks. She received numerous injuries and was suffering from hypothermia when Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue Team members reached her at approximately 3:30 p.m. They provided advanced medical care.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - One year ago, the Justice Department announced the formation of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.), a program designed to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas as well as identifying wholesale distribution networks and international and domestic suppliers.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to cut down on billions of dollars in wasteful government spending. The Payment Integrity Information...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Monessen, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 11 years and eight months (140 months), to be followed by 10 years of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of S.J. Res 36, S.J.Res 37, and S.J.Res. 38, three resolutions that would prevent the transfer of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates following the Trump Administration’s phony emergency declaration designed to make an end run around Congress...
