News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: Jury Convicted Vines in January 2019.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: Today, several House committee and subcommittee chairpersons sent a letter to the Trump Administration urging it to rescind a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) requiring information about sponsors for migrant children be shared by HHS with DHS, where the information is then used to deport a child’s family...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Robert Glenn Warner, 36, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, was sentenced today to 300 months in federal prison and 10 years’ supervised release for the repeated sexual abuse and rape of an 11-year-old child.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, the Chairs of four House Committees and Subcommittees issued the following statement in response to the announcement by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) that it has opened a new investigation into the Trump Administration’s abrupt decision to abandon the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Javonte J. Johnson, age 22, of Decatur, Georgia, pled guilty today to creating counterfeit checks and then cashing them at banks in Saratoga and Warren Counties.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, announced that the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Dr. Steven Dillingham, will testify at a hearing on July 24, 2019, on the status of planning and preparations for the 2020 Census.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of accessory after the fact, for assisting the "Sorry, Happy Holidays" bank robber, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Nolan Rogers, 32, of Lisbon, CT, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison, and a fine of up to $100,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAFAEL LOPEZ-MACIAS, 46, and his brother, JAIME LOPEZ, 37, both citizens of Mexico involved in trafficking narcotics, were sentenced today in Bridgeport federal court. U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden sentenced Lopez-Macias to 120 months of imprisonment and Lopez to 60 months of imprisonment.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has concluded a wild burro gather near Empire and Porter Springs, Nev. This operation by BLM’s Winnemucca District, was conducted in the Seven Troughs herd management area near Porter Springs and Empire, Nev. The BLM gathered and removed 188 excess wild burros from public lands. Approximately 52 wild burros remain in the area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: A 21-year-old man, of Oxon Hill, Maryland was charged in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in a seven-count indictment on Friday. The announcement was made by Jessie K. Liu, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and Charles A. Dayoub, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Division, FBI Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Arrests Suspect in Shiprock Homicide.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve rangers were notified Tuesday night July 2 that a park visitor was involved in a rock climbing fall near Igloo Canyon. Rangers responded to the accident site and determined that the visitor had died of traumatic injuries.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Friday, July 12, at 9:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on oversight of the federal government’s efforts to secure the electric grid from cybersecurity risks. The hearing is entitled, “Keeping The Lights On: Addressing Cyber Threats To The Grid."
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will conduct a FREE, 4- hour, family friendly canoe tour on Saturday, July 20, at 9:30 am. National Park Partners will sponsor an event where visitors will paddle the waters of Lookout Creek and the Tennessee River to learn about the rich Civil War and American Indian history associated with the area. The following reservation and paddler requirements must be met prior to tour participation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 4 years and 9 months (57 months) of imprisonment and six years of Supervised Release on his conviction of charges involving guns and drugs, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury today convicted Ronnell Francis Lewis, a/k/a Punkin, age 45, and William David Hill, a/k/a Old Man and Tank, age 62, both of Washington, D.C., for conspiring to commit a commercial robbery; for using, carrying, brandishing, and discharging a weapon during and in relation...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced today that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Friday, July 12, at 9:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on oversight of the federal government’s efforts to secure the electric grid from cybersecurity risks. The hearing is entitled, “Keeping The Lights On: Addressing Cyber Threats To The Grid."
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: “As AI rapidly becomes an intrinsic part of our economy and society, AI-based threats, such as deepfakes have become an increasing threat to our democracy," said Senator Portman. “Addressing the challenges posed by deepfakes will require policymakers to grapple with important questions related to civil...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Woman’s Death Investigated on Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico.
