News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), and James P. O’Neill, the Police Commissioner of the City of...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TERRANCE CLARK, also known as “T-Time," 24, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - An Anderson, Missouri, man was indicted by a grand jury today for possessing more than a kilogram of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced today Christopher Eric Alexander, 42, of Valdese, N.C. to 90 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for receiving child pornography, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Judge Reidinger also ordered Alexander to register as a sex offender following his release from prison.
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.-Representatives Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Chairman yesterday welcomed unanimous passage in the United States House of Representatives of their resolution calling on the Turkish government...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - A former service technician for CenturyLink was sentenced Friday to 15-years in the Arizona Department of Corrections after being convicted on felony charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, following a probe by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Reaching more than 30,000 stakeholders in the last two years, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) led National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center’s (IPR Center) outreach program is a key pillar in the effort to combat intellectual property (IP) theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Jauwan Smith (22, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm near a school zone. Smith faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. His sentencing date is not yet scheduled.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - EM’s Paducah Site leaders recently met with managers from Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership (FRNP) for one of two partnering sessions scheduled for 2019.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Ranking Member Mark Meadows (R-NC) from today’s hearing entitled, “Efficiency and Resiliency in Federal Building Design and Construction":
By DOL Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is seeking to raise awareness of hazards in the electrical industry in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. OSHA wants employers to work to reduce the number of serious injuries, illnesses, and fatalities among engineers, electricians, and other professionals who perform electrical operations including work on overhead lines, cable harnesses, and circuit assemblies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 30-year-old Harlingen man has been ordered to prison for 20 years for his involvement in the attempted importation of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Education and Labor Committee passed H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, the first piece of legislation Chairman Neal introduced in the 116th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Matthew Johnson, 28, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribute, 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 25 years behind bars and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A St. Joseph, Missouri, man who led law enforcement officers in a pursuit in Taney County, Missouri, was indicted by a federal grand jury today for possessing approximately six pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: A former U.S Postal carrier from Toledo was sentenced to more than a year in prison for stealing parcels containing drugs from the mail, as well as having a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced that a Columbia County man pleaded guilty on June 3, 2019 in United States District Court in Williamsport, before United States District Court Judge Matthew W. Brann, to drug distribution resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEX BORRERO, also known as “Red," 51, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 84 months of imprisonment, followed by six years of supervised release, for distributing heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - As the 2019 hurricane season begins, the Department of Justice reminds the public to be on the lookout for fraud against natural disaster victims, and report it to the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF). The Atlantic Hurricane Season opened June 1 and runs through November 30.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2020 Homeland Security bill on a vote of 29 to 20. The legislation provides annual funding for the Department of Homeland Security and its related agencies.
