News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROBERT ACOSTA and JOSE DIAZ were convicted of the Dec. 22, 1997, murders of Alex Ventura, 25, and Aneudis Almonte, 20. The convictions follow a three-week trial before U.S. District Judge Kevin P. Castel.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on new reports that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma directed millions of dollars in contracts to Republican communications consultants...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Dear Inspector General Scovel: While commercial aviation remains one of the safest forms of transportation, the aviation sector is always striving to reduce all risks. In the aftermath of the two recent Boeing 737 MAX airline accidents, the first in Indonesia in October 2018 and the second this month...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
Release: CEDAR RAPIDS - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered a loaded firearm this morning, March 29, at the Eastern Iowa Airport (CID). This was the second firearm intercepted at the CID checkpoint so far this calendar year, compared to a total of three in 2018.
By State Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: CUCUTA, COLOMBIA-Representatives Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ranking Member, today released the following joint statement...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s letter to Congress on the humanitarian situation at the border...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Nicholas Whitetto (39, Quincy) to 42 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit access device fraud. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment of $65,000, the proceeds of the credit card fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of East Orange, New Jersey was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday to eight years and four months (100 months) in prison on his conviction of federal drug crimes, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Flat Rock, NC - April is National Poetry Month. Carl Sandburg Home NHS will offer a variety of ways to celebrate and enjoy the art of poetry, including an art exhibit, a celebration of local and national student poetry contest winners, and a community reading of “The People, Yes.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Fauquier County man was sentenced today to nearly three and a half years in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A long-time manager at CBS Employees Federal Credit Union is in federal custody on a criminal complaint alleging he embezzled $40 million from his employer over two decades and spent the money on gambling, expensive cars and watches, and travel by private jet.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The leaders of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Subcommittee on Aviation today requested a federal investigation of international pilot training standards and training for commercial pilots operating outside of the United States, including training for the Boeing 737 MAX.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of RODNEY KEITH THOMPSON, 53, to 24 months in prison for corruptly soliciting a bribe.THOMPSON, who pleaded guilty on Nov. 15, 2018, was sentenced before Judge Susan R. Nelson in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
Release: By Brandon Lipps. Acting USDA Deputy Under Secretary. Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services. Providing children the nutritious food they need to learn, grow and thrive is critical to USDA’s mission. Last week, I had the chance to see first-hand how USDA helps make this happen during a visit to Tysons...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 14 California counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Del Norte, Humboldt, Imperial, Los Angeles, Modoc, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Siskiyou, Trinity and Ventura counties who suffered losses caused by recent drought, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 49-year-old Weslaco man has entered a guilty plea to one count of threatening to assault a federal law enforcement officer while engaged in the performance of official duties, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Selma Morales, 55, of Lubbock, Tex., was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Fe, NM, to 24 months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for her conviction on a wire fraud charge arising from a scheme to defraud her employer. Morales also was ordered to pay $924,311 in restitution to her former employer.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: NORMAN, OKLA - The Bureau of Land Management will host a wild horse and burro event in Livingston, Texas, on April 12-13, at the Barney Wiggins Memorial Arena. The event,, featuring 75 wild horses and burros, will take place from noon-6 p.m. on Friday, April 12, and 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, April 13. Animals are eligible for direct purchase to a good home or eligible for adoption. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on Tuesday arrested a Mexican man on alien smuggling charges after discovering 54 illegal aliens, including two unaccompanied teenagers, in an overcrowded residence in south El Paso.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 28, 2019
Release: PITTSBURGH - A West Virginia woman was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) on Wednesday, March 27, when they detected a loaded handgun in her backpack.
