News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Trent Lamar Knight, 31, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to traffic marijuana grown in Portland to Texas.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: On Sunday, May 19, Homestead National Monument of America Artist-in-Residence Dr. Jeffrey Lockwood will hold an interactive writing workshop at 2 p.m. in the Homestead National Monument of America Education Center. The workshop is offered free of charge and is open to all ages. During this interactive workshop, Dr. Lockwood will take visitors through a variety of short creative writing exercises.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN - A jury in federal district court in Marquette found Lee Edward Blomquist guilty of manufacturing or aiding and abetting the manufacture of more than 50 marijuana plants and of possessing or aiding and abetting the possession of those plants with the intent to distribute them. A sentencing date has not been scheduled.
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to the New York Times’ reporting on President Trump’s business losses and tax returns...
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said today that he will pursue other means of passing a pair of bills to help Indian Country after they were pulled from consideration by the House of Representatives in the wake of President Trump’s racist tweet and subsequent Republican opposition...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: For Possessing with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl and Possessing One or More Firearms in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.
By State Newswire | May 8, 2019
Release: Contents. Acknowledgements. About the Council. U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking. About the President’s Interagency Task Force. Introduction. What is Human Trafficking?. Underserved Populations Committee. Survivor-Informed Leadership Committee. Conclusion. Appendix A: Relevant Anti-Trafficking Laws. Appendix...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Michael Nana Baako, age 50, a native of Ghana residing in Fulton, Maryland, on the federal charges of passport fraud, falsely claiming U.S. citizenship, and illegal voting by an alien. Baako was a physician who practiced in hospitals in Maryland and maintained his own clinic, Biazo Healthcare. The indictment was returned on May 1, 2019, and was unsealed at his initial appearance today.
By Homeland Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2020 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies bill on a vote of 30 to 23. The legislation includes funding for programs within the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and other related agencies, including the Social Security Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Albert Hessberg III, age 64, an attorney residing in Slingerlands, New York, pled guilty today to stealing at least $2 million in the course of defrauding his former clients and law firm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY -- A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned a six-count indictment Wednesday afternoon charging three individuals in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud investors by inducing them to purchase investments in a fraudulent silver trading program.
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today released the following statement on the news that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to build or extend bollard fencing along the vast majority of the southern boundaries of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Cabeza Prieta National...
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A local woman has been arrested following the return of a federal indictment alleging she filed a false tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Acting Special Agent in Charge Sarah Kull of IRS - Criminal Investigation (CI).
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty pleas of ROBERT ANTHONY COLEMAN, 45, and YOLANDA YVETTE COLEMAN aka YOLANDA YVETTE PITTMAN, 50, for conspiring to defraud multiple government social services programs over the course of several years. The defendants entered their guilty pleas today before Senior Judge David S. Doty in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Ranking Member Bob Gibbs (R-OH) from today’s hearing entitled, “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Maritime Infrastructure Vulnerabilities in the Arctic":
By DOL Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KS ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Spirit Aerosystems Inc. - based in Wichita, Kansas - for exposing employees to carcinogen hazards. The company faces penalties of $193,218 for two repeated and four serious violations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Tea Kaganovich and Ramazi Mitaishvili, the co-owners of diagnostic testing facilities in Brooklyn, each pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to defraud the lawful functions of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The pleas took place before United States Magistrate Judge Steven M. Gold.
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks today at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing entitled, “Ban Asbestos Now: Taking Action to Save Lives and Livelihoods."
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that KELVIN PETERS, 42, of Hartford was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a loaded handgun.
By DOJ Newswire | May 8, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Andre Little, 33, of Columbus, with distribution of fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl.
