News from May 2019
By Homeland Newswire | May 9, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2020 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Member of Sophisticated China-Based Hacking Group Indicted for Series of Computer Intrusions, Including 2015 Data Breach of Health Insurer Anthem Inc. Affecting Over 78 Million People.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Hudson County Woman Convicted at Trial of Compelled Labor of Sri Lankan Woman for Over Nine Years.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Former Intelligence Analyst Charged with Disclosing Classified Information.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A supervisor at a group home contracted by DCYF who repeatedly sex trafficked a missing 17-year-old girl was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations Peter C. Fitzhugh, and Cranston Police Chief Colonel Michael J. Winquist.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national residing in Lynn pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to Social Security fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - David Alhaqq, 56, of Stockton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to five years in prison for distributing cocaine base, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 9, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2020 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs bill.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND -Marcell Spencer, age 23, of Goshen, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Jon E DeGuilio, upon his plea of guilty to possessing with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U. S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Homeland Newswire | May 9, 2019
Release: ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The number of passengers expected to fly this summer is expected to be the highest in years with more than 2.2 million passengers per day expected to pass through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints, likely surpassing the record-breaking numbers from last summer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Law enforcement seized more than 67 pounds of methamphetamine, $30,000 in cash.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury returned an indictment unsealed today in Indianapolis, Indiana, charging a Chinese national as part of an extremely sophisticated hacking group operating in China and targeting large businesses in the United States, including a computer intrusion and data breach of Indianapolis-based health insurer Anthem Inc. (Anthem).
By Homeland Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2020 Legislative Branch bill on a vote of 28 to 22. The legislation funds the Legislative Branch of the U.S. government, including the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressional Budget Office, and Capitol Police.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Blanca Quintero (619) 546-7118.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - We all owe a debt of gratitude to three Kansas law enforcement officers who sacrificed their lives for the safety and protection of others, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said in recognition of National Police Week, May 12 to May 18.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury has returned a forty-seven count superseding indictment, unsealed today, against suspended Tallahassee City Commissioner Scott Charles Maddox, 51, Tallahassee political consultant Janice Paige Carter-Smith, 54, and John Thomas Burnette, 42, all of Tallahassee, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Edgar Dekay, 38, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of RICO conspiracy and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, was sentenced to serve 123 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The 2019 Water Marketing Strategy Grants funding opportunity is now available from the Bureau of Reclamation. This funding opportunity is available to water entities to establish or expand water markets or water marketing activities. Reclamation will make available up to $200,000 for simple...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - An effort focused on reducing violent crime in North Alabama resulted in federal charges against 29 defendants, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
By USDA Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Chairman Filemon Vela of Texas delivered the following opening statement during Thursday’s subcommittee hearing on the state of the farm economy. These remarks are Chairman Vela’s as prepared for delivery.
