News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Wilmerding, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court on one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s elimination of tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - DEA’s Los Angeles Division continues to lead the global investigation into Mexico’s most violent and largest drug cartel, the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) and it’s leader Nemesio Oseguera-Cervantes, aka "El Mencho." DEA Los Angeles Division indicted El Mencho on federal drug trafficking charges in 2014 and again in 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A California man was sentenced today to more than one and a half years in prison for threatening to kill the family of Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, will be presenting awards today to 34 officials from federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in Delaware to honor their outstanding investigative work in cases prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: STONE MOUNTAIN, GA-The FBI announces the arrest of Robert Maurice Carlisle (a.k.a. “Different") of Lithonia, Georgia. Carlisle was taken into custody on a federal warrant for Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution (UFAP) as a result of a tip from the public.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Michael Steven Lyvers, 41, of Bardstown, Kentucky, was sentenced today, to 135 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Karen K. Caldwell, for possession with intent to distribute Methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Justin Jamal Williams, 29, of Jackson, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 120 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Williams was also ordered to pay a $1,500.00 fine.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met earlier this week with a delegation of civil society leaders from Hong Kong led by Martin Lee, former member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council and a long-time advocate for freedom and democracy in Hong Kong. He made the following statement in response to issues discussed:
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former Central Intelligence Agency case officer was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for his transmission of national defense information to an agent of the People’s Republic of China.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-Billings resident Keith Alan Rose, who admitted to methamphetamine trafficking crimes, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on May 16, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Child Abuse.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: National Park Service Commemorates. Battle of Cold Harbor. Richmond National Battlefield Park’s annual event features Ranger-led candlelight tours, living history programs. RICHMOND, Va.- On Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2, Richmond National Battlefield Park invites the public to explore the history...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: National Media Campaign: Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Child Abuse.
By USDA Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Contact: Press@oc.usda.gov. Washington, D.C., May 17, 2019 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the United States and Japan have agreed on new terms and conditions that eliminate Japan’s longstanding restrictions on U.S. beef exports, paving the way for expanded sales to...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Agency Village, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for assault with intent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - John Howard Murray, 45, of Erie, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 57 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Allen, South Dakota, man convicted of False Statement was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: MILES CITY, Mont. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Montana State Office today published a draft supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) that augments analysis for the 2015 Miles City Field Office Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP). The BLM is preparing this analysis in response...
