News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was indicted today on charges of robbing two cash loan stores, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By State Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- Representatives Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Michael McCaul (R-TX), the Committee’s Ranking Member, today welcomed the committee’s unanimous approval of the State Department Authorization Act (H.R. 3352).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a three-week trial involving a total of 74 witnesses and more than 120 exhibits, a federal jury found five members of the Conservative Vice Lords Concrete Cartel criminal gang guilty of conspiracy to participate in racketeering activities, multiple armed pharmacy robberies, and drug trafficking conspiracy. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: With Distribution Of Various Narcotics. FORT WAYNE - United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent In Charge Grant Mendenhall in coordination with Fort Wayne Chief Steve Reed, Allen County Sheriff David Gladieux and Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was charged in federal court in Boston with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
Release: BALTIMORE - The number of passengers expected to fly this summer out of Baltimore and airports across the nation is expected to be the highest in years with 263 million passengers and crew projected to pass through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints nationwide between Memorial Day weekend...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: In collaboration with industry, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have completed the first real-world test of a potentially improved way to measure smokestack emissions in coal-fired power plants. The researchers are presenting their work this week at the 2019 International Flow Measurement Conference (FLOMEKO) in Lisbon, Portugal.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Michael Varian, age 52, of Troy, New York, pled guilty today to one count of attempted online enticement of a minor, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and James N. Hendricks, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Edward Marks, 33, of Parkersburg, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Marks was prosecuted as part of Project Parkersburg - a major takedown and dismantling of a multi-state...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Maleik Houseal, age 23, of Newberry, was sentenced to almost 6 ½ years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ORLANDO SOTO, 27, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Zion National Park will enhance the enforcement of impaired driving over 4th of July’s four day weekend through expanded checkpoints and increased road patrols for visitor safety.
By State Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
Release: MEMORANDUM OF CONSULTATIONS. 1. Delegations representing the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Argentine Republic met in Washington, D.C., Buenos Aires, and by phone and digital video conference on multiple occasions since March 2018, and reached agreement, ad referendum,...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Harrisburg, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Maurice Rucker - a 34-year old York man.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man has been indicted for his role in running a large-scale mortgage fraud scheme that involved properties in Jersey City, Union, and elsewhere in New Jersey and caused losses of millions of dollars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has reopened the comment period on the protocols for deregulating fields previously infested with pale cyst nematode (PCN). We are reopening the comment period for 30 days to ensure that all persons have the opportunity to comment on the protocols.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Eusebio Chavez-Islas, 58, of Mexico, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents. The defendant was then sentenced to time served and turned over to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Christian Taveras-Polanco, a/k/a Lemuel Cruz Cepeda, 40, of Littleton, was sentenced to 24 months in prison on Tuesday for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: A federal court ordered a Florida company claiming to offer stem cell treatments to stop selling or providing such products to patients, the Justice Department announced yesterday.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 26, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Russell Vought, requesting his testimony on the decision by the Trump Administration to reverse its own legal position in Texas v. United States and assert that the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) should be overturned.
