News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced in federal court last week for violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Dozens of individuals involved in a nationwide conspiracy that facilitated cheating on college entrance exams and the admission of students to elite universities as purported athletic recruits were arrested by federal agents in multiple states this morning and charged in federal court in Boston. Athletic coaches from Yale, Stanford, USC, Wake Forest and Georgetown, among others, are implicated, as well as parents and exam administrators.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joshua Castro, 33, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, was sentenced to serve three years’ probation to include six months home detention by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law hearing on the impact of the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint on consumers, workers, and the Internet...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Undercover investigation into prolific operation lasted several years.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
Release: Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL), Chair of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the "Treasury’s Role in Combating Financial Crimes".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: DENVER - The United States obtained judgments against two companies and an individual officer of those companies relating to allegations that they violated the False Claims Act when they submitted applications to obtain payments from the U.S. Department of the Treasury for renewable energy projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Marsawn Daggins, of Southfield, Michigan, has admitted to her involvement in a heroin, oxycodone, and cocaine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, celebrates its 20th anniversary on March 26 and continues to be a critical part of DOE environmental cleanup strategy, speakers emphasized during the 2019 Waste Management Symposia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former Lee’s Summit, Mo., police officer who led officers on a 100-miles-per-hour vehicle pursuit pleaded guilty in federal court today to armed bank robbery.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
Release: Congressman José E. Serrano (D-NY), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Wednesday, March 13, 2019, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Subcommittee on Government Operations will hold a joint hearing on “The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act (H.R. 1076)."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Indianapolis man had robbed over a dozen women.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 31-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Ricardo Diego Garza pleaded guilty Nov. 29, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dontrell Wise, 32, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted following a federal jury trial of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, butyryl fentanyl, fentanyl, cocaine, and crack cocaine; possession with intent to distribute butyryl fentanyl; and distribution of fentanyl causing death, was sentenced to serve life in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to more than 11 years in prison for his role in a heroin and fentanyl distribution conspiracy that resulted in an overdose death.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Gunnison, CO: Annual visitation figures recently released by the National Park Service show a slight increase at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and a decrease for Curecanti National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI - A 22-year-old resident of Robstown has been ordered to prison following his conviction of distributing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Trey Escareno pleaded guilty Nov. 29, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today urged the Trump administration to take additional steps to help prevent the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases, in light of reports that parts of the country including Oregon have seen outbreaks of these diseases.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Georgia Woman Arrested for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS.
