News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dr. Xingjia Cui, 56, of Pittsford, NY, who was convicted of health care and tax fraud, was sentenced to serve 12 months and 1 day in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount $597,823.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on the proposed settlement of up to $700 million announced today from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and 50 states and territories over the massive Equifax data breach in 2017...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) went on the Guy Benson Show - on FOX News Radio - to discuss freedom vs. socialism, the American Dream, the cost of health care - including surprise medical bills, the President’s leadership on bringing down drug costs, and the humanitarian crisis at the border.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Aaron William Fein, 24 years old, of Grand Rapids, admitted in open federal court that he deliberately lied to the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force in April, 2019. Lying to federal agents is a felony carrying a penalty of up to five years’ imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Gonzalez, 42, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to production of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 30 years.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following a months-long investigation, today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), top Democrat on the EPW Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee unveiled, “Redefining Air: Industry's ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Gonzalez, 42, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to production of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum of 30 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to five years’ (60 months’) imprisonment and four years’ supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 16, 2019, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against a man allegedly involved in a firearms offense on the Menominee Indian Reservation. In addition, the grand jury returned a one-count indictment...
By State Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today spoke with His Excellency Harsh Vardhan Shringla, India’s ambassador to the United States. Chairman Engel reiterated his support for the longstanding U.S. position on the Kashmir dispute, saying he supported...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: NEWARK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers have arrested a Mexican national charged by the Egg Harbor Township Police Department for causing death while driving without a license, a 3rd degree felony, July 11, 2019. Jorge Rodriguez-Saldana, 30, was driving a vehicle that struck a grandmother and her two grandchildren, killing the seven-year-old child and critically injuring the grandmother.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that Rhondalyn Cornett, 54, of Indianapolis has entered a plea of guilty to embezzling over $100,000 from the teachers’ union.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Jeffrey R. Cummings, Jr., a/k/a Olivia Harris, age 34, of Baltimore, Maryland, for federal charges related to the alleged sexual exploitation and enticement of a minor during a period of time when Cummings was required to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: National Park Service Rangers at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) are investigating multiple reports of tires being intentionally punctured at parking areas on Bodie and Hatteras islands.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Gregory Thomopolous, 39, of Lexington, was sentenced today to 262 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Joseph M. Hood, for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County has been sentenced in federal court to two-and-a- half years’ (30 months’) imprisonment and six years of supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy for possession with intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Brendan Chandler, age 35, of Latham, New York, admitted today to sending images of his erect penis to someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A pain management doctor who practiced in Las Vegas was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison today to be followed by 3 years of supervised release for unlawfully prescribing addictive opioids Fentanyl, Hydrocodone, and Oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA- National Park Service (NPS) Northeast Regional Director Gay Vietzke has named Wendy O’Sullivan as the superintendent of the Chesapeake Bay Office, headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland. There she will oversee the NPS effort to manage and develop the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that George Joseph Randall Collier, 40, of Theodore, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court on two charges, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and using, carrying, or possessing a firearm in furtherance of or in relation to a drug trafficking felony. Collier pled guilty to the charges in 2018.
