News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted by a federal trial jury today of illegally possessing firearms, including purchasing firearms advertised on the internet, and of stalking two female victims associated with massage parlors in Kansas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A 25-year-old Tyler, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALAA HASAN QALB ALLOUZ, 34, a citizen of Syria last residing in New Haven, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of stalking in violation of a protective order.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2019
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By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, has made the following statement, recognizing the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement on the occasion of National Peace Officers Memorial Day and during National Police Week.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Amir Golestan, 36, of Charleston, South Carolina, and Micfo, LLC, were charged in federal court in a twenty-count indictment. The indictment charges twenty counts of wire fraud, with each count punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment.
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: FREMONT, NE - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Daubert Construction - based in Fremont, Nebraska - for failing to protect employees from fall hazards.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal jury in Portland returned guilty verdicts today against a Beaverton, Oregon man who detonated an improvised explosive device containing triacetone triperoxide (TATP), assaulting two members of the Portland Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) on Oct. 11, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Ike Joel Mitchell, age 33, of Kershaw County, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to two counts of possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, ...
By Homeland Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Three companies and five executives have agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges alleging that they purchased and resold millions of dollars’ worth of pharmaceutical-grade erectile dysfunction pills that were falsely labeled as male herbal remedies.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Washington, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of aiding and abetting the unlawful distribution of controlled substances and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), who chairs the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, today strongly condemned the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) decision to renew two mining leases for a possible copper sulfide mine on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness (BWCAW) in Minnesota, despite scientific evidence, economic data, ongoing litigation and a public record of opposition dating back 50 years.
By Homeland Newswire | May 15, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee's markup of its fiscal year 2020 bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: New Mexico Officer Included in Eight Cases Highlighted in FBI Police Week Campaign.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Daryon D. Kelley, 23, of Monroe, Louisiana, was sentenced to 68 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty for possessing a pistol and ammunition. He was also sentenced to three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - An Indiana man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for threatening to commit violence at women’s reproductive health services clinics in Chicago and northwest Indiana.
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary Shanahan: The purpose of this letter is bring to your attention a report from the Department of Defense Inspector General (DoD IG) about egregious price-gouging of the Department of Defense (Department), to insist that the Department take corrective action on recommendations DoD...
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury has found Vorarut Vorasiangsuk (36, Orlando) guilty of two counts of receipt of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. For each count of receipt of child pornography, Vorasiangsuk faces a minimum mandatory penalty of five years, and up to 20 years in federal prison. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years for the possession count. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 31, 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies today approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2020 bill. In total, the legislation invests $46.4 billion in Energy and Water Development programs, an increase of $1.8 billion from fiscal year 2019. The bill next heads to the full Committee for markup.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Amir Golestan, 36, of Charleston, South Carolina, and Micfo, LLC, were charged in federal court in a twenty-count indictment. The indictment charges twenty counts of wire fraud, with each count punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment.
