News from March 2019
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 DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: District of New Jersey sees Increase in Prosecutions of both Violent and White Collar Crime.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Legislating to Safeguard the Free and Open Internet:"
By EPA Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on “Legislating to Safeguard the Free and Open Internet:"
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Tabatha Case, 32, Stone Lake, Wisconsin, was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge William Conley to four years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Case pleaded guilty to this charge on Jan. 3, 2019, and was sentenced on March 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Joshua Banks, age 31, of South Bend, Indiana was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities this morning arrested five defendants linked to a scheme that helped Chinese nationals obtain student visas by hiring individuals who used fake Chinese passports to take an English proficiency test for the foreign students.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Led Officers in 100 MPH-Pursuit from Lee's Summit to Grandview.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on March 7, 2019, Andrew Joseph Nielsen, age 30, was sentenced by United States Senior District Court Judge Robert W. Pratt for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm During a Drug Trafficking Crime. Nielsen was sentenced to 180 months in prison to be followed by a term of supervised release for five years.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- Preliminary findings of an interagency safety review conducted last week at Grand Canyon National Park indicate no current exposure concerns for park employees and visitors from uranium ore samples previously stored in buckets at the park's Museum Collection building. The Department of the Interior and National Park Service coordinated the review. The final report will be available in approximately 90 days.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced the sentencing of Kevin Ingram, 29, following his conviction in federal court for four armed robberies of Indianapolis area businesses. U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt sentenced Ingram to 496 months (40½ years) in federal prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Chair of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on recovery efforts for 2017 and 2018 disasters.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: MOOSE, WY - Grand Teton National Park encourages public comment on an environmental assessment regarding improved telecommunications infrastructure in developed areas of the park. The purpose of the assessment is to consider a right-of-way permit request for updating and expanding telecommunication capabilities in developed areas of Grand Teton National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, and connecting to Yellowstone National Park’s south entrance.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: Lassen Volcanic National Park and its partner Lassen Park Foundation invite youth groups to plan their night under the stars at the Volcano Adventure Camp this summer. Lassen Park Foundation will accept applications for grants to cover the cost of a trip to the youth camping facility in Lassen Volcanic through April 2.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
Release: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Chair of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request for the United States Capitol Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -Brittany Miles, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a methamphetamine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court for violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of New York, NY, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
Release: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Chair of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request for the House of Representatives.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Michael Llorca, 48, of Providence, a registered sex offender previously convicted of rape of a child in Massachusetts in 1997, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman, Rhode Island State Police Colonel James M. Manni, and Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Peter C. Fitzhugh.
