News from March 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: This morning, the Finance Committee is going to take a hard look at one of the big issues facing this country with respect to jobs and trade: It is long past time to fix what’s wrong with the World Trade Organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Jose Rafael Soriano, 28, of Lynn, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for aiding another in an illegal effort to purchase firearms, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Defendant Richard Castro Sold Carfentanil and Fentanyl over the Dark Web, and Defendant Luis Fernandez Shipped these Drugs from New York to their Customers across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Justice Department Reaches Agreement with Harris County, Texas, to Ensure Polling Place Accessibility for Voters with Disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Steven Verren Baker, 38, of Holly Hill, South Carolina, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to participating in a Conspiracy to Smuggle Wildlife. Senior United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., of Columbia, imposed the sentence and ordered Baker to forfeit $263,225.00 in proceeds.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled: "Looking Forward: Aviation 2050."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - 35 individuals are facing criminal charges as part of a joint federal and state investigation into heroin and fentanyl trafficking in Chicago.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding an event this Saturday to recruit and hire Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Nashville International Airport (BNA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Raymond Jackson, 52, Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 30 months in federal prison for possessing two firearms and ammunition as a felon. Jackson pleaded guilty to the charge on Dec. 17, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Roselle Fitzgerald to 21 months in federal prison for theft of government funds and counterfeit or forged securities. As part of her sentence, the court entered a money judgment of $185,731.71, the proceeds of the theft of criminal conduct, and ordered Fitzgerald to pay restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former City of Pittsburgh Police Officer and resident of Allegheny County pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of making false statements to government agents, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) was the featured U.S. site at this year’s Waste Management Symposia, a nod to the lab celebrating its 70th anniversary and its cleanup program celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Ira Flowers, 36, of Claremont, New Hampshire was arrested yesterday after having been indicted by a Vermont grand jury for possessing a 9mm semi-automatic pistol after having been convicted of multiple felonies. Flowers appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Andrea K. Johnston, in Concord, New Hampshire, and consented to his detention pending transfer to the District of
By DOE Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today commended President Donald J. Trump for signing S. 47, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, formerly known as the Natural Resources Management Act , into law. The bipartisan legislation contains more than 120 public lands, resources, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Las Vegas, Nevada man who led the “Palm Tree Bandits" armed robbery crew that victimized a series of bank branches in Los Angeles and Kern counties in 2016, netting more than $85,000 in stolen money, has been sentenced to 387 months in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing "Oversight of For-Profit Colleges: Protecting Students and Taxpayer Dollars from Predatory Practices".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: Twenty-six people, including associates of a violent criminal street gang, have been indicted on drugs and firearms charges after a series of investigations in Georgia and South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Shawn Thomas, a/k/a Bucky, age 38, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 35 years in federal prison for participating in a racketeering conspiracy, as a leader in the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) gang.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing on “The Fiscal Year 2020 HHS Budget:"
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA - Former high school athletic trainer James E. “Doc" Jensen, Jr., of Miles City, today admitted charges that he coerced or enticed multiple minors into sexual activity, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme announced.
