News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Guillermo Ramirez, Jr. (46, Ruskin) to 15 years in federal prison for knowingly possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Ramirez had pleaded guilty on March 27, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the indictment of ROLAND MATHYS for his participation in a scheme...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Michael Wustrow, the former musical director at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, New York, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Central Islip to receipt of child pornography. The proceeding was held before United States Magistrate Judge Gary R. Brown. When sentenced, Wustrow faces up to 20 years’ imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that James Goldman Grant, 67, of Benton, Louisiana, was sentenced Monday to four years and three months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. for possession of child pornography. He was also sentenced to five years of supervised release and is required to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Anita Poleahla, will present “Learn by Doing: A Hopi Woman’s Roles and Responsibilities" on Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 7:00 pm at the Cortez Public Library, Cortez, Colorado. Learn more about the life journey of a Hopi woman from childhood to adulthood as she assumes her role in her clan and as a Hopi. This program is part of the 2019 Four Corner Lecture Series and is free and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Robert Hoopes, 72, of Doylestown, PA, and Bernard Rafferty, 64, of Langhorne, PA were sentenced to 54 months’ and 18 months’ incarceration, respectively, by United States District Judge Gene E.K. Pratter. In September 2018...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 28-year old resident of Katy has admitted he conspired to compel three adult women to engage in sex trafficking by means of force and violence in Houston and other locations across the country, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee legislative hearing entitled, “Cleaning Up Communities: Options for the Storage and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel:"
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) requested the expansion of an ongoing audit to include analysis of how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses Toxic ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters to six federal agencies today requesting briefings on the illicit flow of fentanyl into American communities as part of the Committee’s ongoing investigation into the public health threat posed by the deadly synthetic opioid.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging VANCE COLLINS, a/k/a “Big AK," 50...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee legislative hearing on “Keeping Kids and Consumers Safe from Dangerous Products:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Cranston man is facing a recommended term of incarceration of 42 months in federal prison when he is sentenced in September, after admitting to a federal court judge on Wednesday that he had been in possession of over 40,000 images and 800 videos of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Environment and Climate Change Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the two subcommittees will hold a joint hearing on Thursday, June 20, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - Three physicians and five marketers have been charged in U.S. District Court with violations of the federal anti-kickback statute and other criminal offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. The men allegedly caused federal health care insurance programs to pay reimbursement costs...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee legislative hearing entitled, “Cleaning Up Communities: Options for the Storage and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Brooklyn, N.Y., clothing and goods wholesaler pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to charges related to his participation in a conspiracy that sold more than twenty million dollars worth of Chinese-made counterfeit goods to the United States military, government purchasers, and companies that supply the U.S. Government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Ohio Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Trying to Join ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Timothy J. Oravec, age 60, formerly an employee at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in Albany, New York, was sentenced yesterday afternoon to serve four months imprisonment and three years of supervised release by Senior United States District Judge...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Thursday, June 20, at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Strengthening Health Care in the U.S. Territories for Today and Into the Future."
