News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury in Houston has just returned guilty verdicts on all counts as charged against four men involved in the murder of a Brinks armored car guard, among other charges, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The jury deliberated for approximately eight hours following a nine-day trial before convicting Nelson Alexander Polk, 40, Marc Anthony Hill, 48, John Edward Scott, 43, and Bennie Charles Phillips Jr., 31, all of Houston.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Thursday, March 28, 2019, Dennis Reinaldo Peralta, 38, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was found guilty of conspiracy to sell methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Four House and Senate Democratic Committee leaders today requested that the Department of Health and Human Services’ Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson review whether the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma adhered to federal regulations and ethics requirements regarding the awarding of millions of dollars in questionable CMS contracts to Republican communications consultants for her own benefit.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL9) and Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (D-IL14), announced next week they will introduce the Women’s Retirement Protection Act...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TX - Big Bend National Park is temporarily closing the Hot Springs Historic Area and part of the Hot Springs Trail on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 for invasive vegetation management. The closure will begin on Tuesday morning and remain in effect for approximately 8 hours until 5:00 PM the same day.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following person had an initial appearance today in Missoula before U.S. Magistrate Jeremiah C. Lynch on a criminal complaint. Criminal complaints are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that this week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina kicked off its 28th Annual Safe Schools Seminars Series in Greer, West Columbia, and Florence. The Safe Schools Seminars bring together law...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that Acacia Mental Health Clinic, LLC (“Acacia") and its owner, Abraham Freund, have agreed to pay approximately $4.1 million in cash and other compensation to the United States and the State of Wisconsin.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote today to Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle expressing their concerns about a recent report showing that...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Monaca, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A California man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in federal prison for making a hoax call to Wichita police that resulted in an innocent man who had no connection to the defendant or his co-conspirators being shot and killed by police, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: SIOUX FALLS, SD - In observance of Women’s History Month, United States Attorney Ron Parsons is pleased to honor and highlight the first and only woman to serve as the Presidentially-appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota, the Honorable Karen E. Schreier.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) wrote today to Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle expressing their concerns about a recent report showing that...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A Weslaco man has been arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit bribery and other offenses in connection with a scheme to bribe a city commissioner in exchange for government contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Sharon Hall, 68, of East Bernstadt, Kentucky was sentenced Wednesday, in United States District Court in London, on convictions for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. United States District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove sentenced Hall to 24 months imprisonment, on the aggravated identity theft conviction, which will run consecutively to 12 months, on the bank fraud conviction, for a total of 36 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Defendant was a Member of the 18th Street Gang When He was Convicted of Manslaughter for Fatal Shooting Outside Long Island Nightclub in 2008.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A retired Kansas native who was residing in Panama has been ordered to serve a 210-month prison term, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Cúcuta, Colombia -Representatives Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Chairman, today released the following joint statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury in Houston has just returned guilty verdicts on all counts as charged against four men involved in the murder of a Brinks armored car guard, among other charges, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The jury deliberated for approximately eight hours following a nine-day trial before convicting Nelson Alexander Polk, 40, Marc Anthony Hill, 48, John Edward Scott, 43, and Bennie Charles Phillips Jr., 31, all of Houston.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III today sentenced Menard Hazelwood, age 29, and Donte Smith, age 34, both of Baltimore, to 13 years in federal prison and 12 years in federal prison, respectively, each followed by three years of supervised release, for assaulting a federal ...
