News from July 2019
By DOE Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Dr. Norman E. "Ned" Sharpless requesting briefings on the potential threat to the U.S. supply of heparin, the only anticoagulant drug used for open-heart surgeries and kidney dialysis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Chinese national living in the United States on a student visa was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for his role in a scheme to traffic and smuggle counterfeit Apple products, including phony iPhones and iPads, from China into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JAMES HATCH, age 50, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to one count of conspiring to traffic 500 grams of a mixture containing methamphetamine and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. United States District Judge Susie Morgan sentenced HATCH to a term of imprisonment of 160 months, followed by five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Ryan Shevin Smith, age 39, of Princess Anne, Maryland, to 141 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to commit the robbery of an armored vehicle in Salisbury, Maryland on January...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROBERT PIZARRO and JUAN RIVERA were sentenced today for the attempted robbery, kidnapping, and murder of federal cooperating witness Robert Bishun on Sept. 20, 2016. PIZARRO was also sentenced for...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Come to Homestead National Monument of America for an alien encounter! No not space alien variety. Come for a close encounter of the bug kind! Prairie insects often look alien, but these creatures shouldn’t be feared. On Saturday, August 3rd from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Homestead’s Education Center find...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. -- United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a Ronceverte man pled guilty to a federal drug charge in Bluefield. James Broyles, 36, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and hydromorphone.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee discussed the conditions at CBP detention centers, and changes needed to ensure that we are able to provide a safe and sanitary environment for children while still securing our border.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Dr. Norman E. "Ned" Sharpless requesting briefings on the potential threat to the U.S. supply of heparin, the only anticoagulant drug used for open-heart surgeries and kidney dialysis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Trent Shores today announced that a Probation and Parole Officer from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections was charged with civil rights violations against two individuals he supervised while they were on probation.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: This August, Redwood Renewal projects will resume work from 2018 and preparations have already begun. The giant redwoods of Muir Woods National Monument (Muir Woods) are no strangers to change. The area has been influenced by humans for decades, even prior to its designation as a national monument in 1908.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Dr. Norman E. “Ned" Sharpless requesting briefings on the potential threat to the U.S. supply of heparin, the only anticoagulant drug used for open-heart surgeries and kidney dialysis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MAHDI HENDERSON, 25, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a statement today after Congress passed a short-term extension of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration program through Sept. 13, 2019...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -A Nigerian citizen residing in the Pittsburgh area and a resident of Newark, NJ have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, sentenced Michael Devonte Hill, 26, of Robeson County to 300 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: A Lisbon man was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for having child pornography and soliciting people to rape and sexually assault children.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Tupelo, MS - On July 29, 2019, at approximately 9:21 pm, a juvenile was driving south on the Natchez Trace Parkway near the new Highway 6 overpass in Tupelo, MS, when a brick was thrown through his windshield. The juvenile suffered a large laceration on the top of his head, but escaped serious injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY A. VALENTINO, 76, of Palm City, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to nine months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for tax evasion. Judge Dooley also ordered Valentino to pay a $10,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - United States Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Yarlin Garcia, 26, of Lowell, Massachusetts, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 87 months in prison and four years of supervised release for possession with the intent to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine. Garcia pleaded guilty on Oct. 25, 2018.
