News from June 2019

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: North Bay Village resident and former employee of Dylan’s Candy Bar, located on Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, pled guilty to, and was sentenced to, 10 years for armed robbery of Dylan’s Candy Bar.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) unveiled a bipartisan version of the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (HR 3375) in the House of Representatives to stop abusive robocall practices.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) unveiled bipartisan legislation, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act to stop illegal robocall practices.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that 18 projects will receive a total of $9 million to prepare for drought. These projects will provide more flexibility and reliability for communities while reducing the need for emergency actions during a drought. The funding provided is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior's WaterSMART Program.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - An indictment was unsealed on June 20, 2019, charging Bryan Connor Herrell, 24, with conspiring to engage in a racketeer influenced corrupt organization, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott for the Eastern District of California and Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Paterson, New Jersey, man was indicted today for conspiring to distribute heroin, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.

By State Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed the committee’s unanimous approval of his bipartisan legislation to impose sanctions on the Burmese military in response to the genocide of the Rohingya people. Chairman Engel’s BURMA Act (H.R. 3190) was advanced in today’s full committee markup and will now head to the full House of Representatives for consideration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man pleaded guilty Wednesday to four commercial robberies, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: As part of a planning process Keweenaw National Historical Park is seeking public input about a Draft Accessibility Self Evaluation and Transition Plan through July 11, 2019.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Offense carries 20-year mandatory prison term; Woman also charged with dealing fentanyl.

By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) unveiled a bipartisan version of the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (HR 3375) in the House of Representatives to stop abusive robocall practices.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury has indicted the man caught on camera last month abducting an 8-year-old girl in Fort Worth, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By State Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Dear Comptroller Dodaro: We write to request that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct a review on the strategy and effectiveness of United States Government efforts to build the capacity of allies and partner nations to combat cybercrime. The United States and countries around the globe...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Defendant Conspired to Kill a Suspected Federal Informant.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced KEVIN EARL ELROD, 28, of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina to 197 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former Massachusetts State Police Trooper was sentenced today in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police (MSP).

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Beverly man pleaded guilty today to sending nine letters, one of which contained a white powder the defendant described as anthrax and another containing a red substance he described as blood infected with the AIDS virus, to the online dating website OkCupid.com.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “Strengthening Health Care in the U.S. Territories for Today and Into the Future."
By EPA Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on, ““Strengthening Health Care in the U.S. Territories for Today and Into the Future:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count superseding indictment today against Marco Antonio Lopez-Rubio, 35, a foreign national, charging him with failing to register or update his registration as a sex offender and being a deported alien found in the United States, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.