News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has indicted four teenagers on carjacking or weapons offenses in connection with the theft of a vehicle at gunpoint in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project, a Federal Law Enforcement Initiative to Combat Corruption, Fraud, and Abuse in South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Kentucky Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Beating Handcuffed and Compliant Inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to the White House counsel Pat Cipollone in response to the White House counsel’s letter demanding that the House Judiciary Committee end its investigation into obstruction of justice, public corruption and abuses of power.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A registered sex offender in Independence, Mo., has been sentenced in federal court for possessing and exchanging child pornography over the internet.
By US DOT Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) during today’s hearing titled: “The Impacts of State-Owned Enterprises on Public Transit and Freight Rail Sectors."
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA-Libby resident Candace Hessel Cummings, who admitted to not paying income taxes, was sentenced today to five years of probation and ordered to pay $48,516 restitution, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sisseton, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for aggravated sexual abuse by force, threat, or fear, and assault of partner by strangulation or suffocation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shakim Varick, age 37, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on May 14, 2019, by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, to 30 months’ imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: A man whose phone calls and text messages were intercepted by police as he purchased heroin was fined and sentenced on May 14, 2019, to probation and home detention.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALVIN CRAWFORD, also known as “Nardy," 34, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 42 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that five individuals have pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to charges related to their participation in fraudulent marriages so that non-U.S. citizens would receive U.S. immigration benefits. The fifth defendant pleaded guilty this afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shakim Varick, age 37, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on May 14, 2019, by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, to 30 months’ imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release for unlawfully possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By State Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: I am pleased to welcome you to the State Department this morning. It is a pleasure to have you here in Washington with us to focus on security issues, which are critical to all of our countries.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two Washington, D.C. men pleaded guilty this week to conspiring to pass counterfeit currency.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: Pecos, NM: Don’t miss your chance to visit one of northern New Mexico’s most iconic locations-the Forked Lightning Ranch. On Sunday, June 9th, Pecos National Historical Park will open up the Ranch House from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for visitors to explore at their leisure. The Forked Lightning Ranch...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: FBI and San Diego PD Seeking Tips Regarding Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: DETROIT-The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Detroit Tigers continue a long standing tradition of rewarding kids at the annual Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Day at Comerica Park. Today’s baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Oakland Athletics signifies a 25-year partnership.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Nebraska man was arrested today for allegedly selling one of his employer’s databases, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2019
News Release: DURANGO, COLO. - The Bureau of Reclamation, in collaboration with the Palisade Insectary and Colorado Parks and Wildlife, will apply an innovative and environmentally conscious method to control weeds this spring in wetland areas at Navajo State Park in Colorado and Simon Draw Wildlife Area in Montezuma...
