News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Friday, May 3, 2019, Rontel Nijae Mial, age 19, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 96 months in prison after pleading guilty to five counts of robbery, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Mial was ordered to serve a three year period of supervised release to follow his prison term and a $100 special assessment, per count, payable to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOE Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognized the energy productivity achievements of Eastman Chemical, a global advanced materials and specialty additives company headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee. As a partner in DOE’s Better Plants Challenge, Eastman committed to improving its energy performance...
By DOL Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited DDG Construction Services Inc. - based in Charlotte, North Carolina - for failing to provide workers with fall protection at a commercial building site in Springfield, Missouri. The company faces proposed penalties of $98,693.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Antonio Oswaldo Burgos, 48, of Portland, was sentenced today to four months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for attempting to bribe a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Baptist Friendship House Presented with the 2018 FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former Beaver County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of production and distribution of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The leader of a Lawrence-based heroin and fentanyl trafficking organization was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with orchestrating a wide-ranging operation that distributed multiple kilos of fentanyl and cocaine to customers in Lawrence and surrounding areas - including New Hampshire and Maine.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Ordinarily, you won’t encounter a radiation thermometer until somebody puts one in your ear at the doctor’s office or you point one at your forehead when you’re feeling feverish. But more sophisticated and highly calibrated research-grade “non-contact" thermometers-which measure the infrared (heat) radiation given off by objects without touching them-are critically important to many endeavors besides health care.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit against the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service regarding donor-reporting requirements...
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, all 24 Democratic Members of the Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to the White House finally seeking documents regarding the Trump Administration’s abominable response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Defendant Intended to Distribute Over 196 Grams of Powerful Carfentanil.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that LOUIS PINA was sentenced to 39 months in prison for participating in a scheme to defraud drivers of two ride-sharing companies (“Company-1" and “Company-2") by accessing those drivers’ accounts...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: 100 Club of San Antonio President Richard Miller Selected for FBI Director’s 2018 Community Leadership Award.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - The president and sole owner of a Providence jewelry manufacturing company pleaded guilty on Friday to tax evasion, admitting to the Court that in 2015 he diverted business receipts in order to avoid paying taxes on those receipts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Virginia man who previously served as a linguist for the FBI was arrested Saturday night on charges of obstructing a federal investigation and making multiple false statements to FBI officials.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Dear Acting Commissioner Berryhill: We write today to express our strong opposition to the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Removing Inability to Communicate in English as an Education Category" (84 Fed. Reg. 1006, Feb. 1, 2019). In it, SSA makes a harmful...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Opioids Sold by Defendant Linked to Fatal Overdoses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that 12 individuals who previously were arrested have been indicted by a federal grand jury for crimes that primarily involve prescription drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a three-day jury trial, a Memphis man was found guilty for obstruction of mail. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty verdict today.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Virgin Islands National Park Announces New Cinnamon Campground Operator and Immediate Cleanup for Redevelopment.
