News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: Complaints Allege Access Device Fraud and Money Laundering Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - Cortez Jackson, 39, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, and Van Williamson, 42, of Madison, Wisconsin, are charged with conspiring to distribute a mixture of heroin and fentanyl, and cocaine. The indictment alleges that the amount of the mixture of heroin and fentanyl involved in the conspiracy that was attributable to the defendants’ conduct is 40 grams or more, and that the conspiracy operated from February 2019 to June 6, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: Virginia's 2019 Commemoration, American Evolution, Fort Monroe Authority, Fort Monroe National Monument And The City Of Hampton To Host Official Commemoration Of The 1619 First African Landing In English North America In August.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: Terrance Nordwall, age 50, of Faribault, Minnesota, has been charged with attempted sex trafficking of children, attempted enticement of minors, and travel for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed on June 19, 2019, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to a charge of possession of a prohibited object in prison, and immediately following, was sentenced to 15 months in prison, consecutive to the current prison term he is serving, and three years’ supervised release, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 27, 2019 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s appointment of Chad Rupe as Administrator of the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Utilities Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: DALLAS, Ga. - On June 26, 2019, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested Jorge Menera, Daniel Duarte Landa, and Dominguez Marcio Vazquez on charges of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Additional charges are pending.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Marvin Dennis was sentenced to six years (72 months) in prison for committing heroin and crack cocaine trafficking and firearm crimes, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey today delivered the following remarks on the House Floor on the emergency supplemental to provide humanitarian relief to migrant children and families at the southern border.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A measure introduced by U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a leader on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW); Tom Carper (D-Del.), the top EPW Democrat; and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), chairman of EPW, to address the risks and challenges associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) today passed the Senate as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office will join the FBI and other Portland area law enforcement agencies to host a safety and security seminar for faith communities.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, convened a hearing entitled “Document Production Status Update: OPM, FBI, and GSA" to examine three agencies that have not substantially complied with the Committee’s months-old requests for documents: Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and General Services Administration (GSA).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming raised more than $22 million in its June 25-26 quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The BLM received bids on 151 parcels totaling about 186,000 acres facilitating economic opportunities and infrastructure investment in local communities.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision prohibiting the Trump Administration from adding the citizenship question to the 2020 Census based on the pretext of enforcing the Voting Rights Act (VRA):
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A university athletic coach and a former accountant pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with the college admissions case.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Twenty-two people have been charged for their roles as members, associates, and suppliers of an Atlantic City, New Jersey-based drug-trafficking organization that distributed heroin throughout the area, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man charged with killing the wife of a deployed U.S. Army soldier on post at Fort Stewart has been ordered held without bond.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) discussed in an interview with Stuart Varney on Varney & Co. how bipartisan legislation, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, will help end the illegal phone calls that have been plaguing American consumers.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr (D-NJ) sent a detailed letter to Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Alex Azar today reminding the Secretary that the Department does not have legal authority to implement a block grant or per capita cap on the Medicaid program. The letter follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROBERT MERLO was sentenced today to 42 months in prison and STEPHEN DECKER was sentenced on June 12, 2019, to 57 months in prison for participating in a scheme to steal more than $2 million in stock certificates...
