News from May 2019
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has chosen two Delaware applicants to receive funding to replace older diesel school bus engines with cleaner technology through a grant administered by EPA's Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: A federal jury convicted a Dallas man on multiple terror charges, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Ariel Boiteux, a 31-year-old Argentine national who masterminded an international extortion scheme against hundreds of people seeking romance through witchcraft and magic spells, was sentenced in federal court Monday to the maximum sentence - two years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - North Carolinians participating in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative held on Saturday, April 27, 2019, turned in 8,968 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout...
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management wildland fire crews plan to burn piles of tree limbs and brush starting this week on roughly 350 acres in the Inimim Forest, east of North Columbia in Nevada County, depending on weather and air quality conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Cameron Carlucci, 27, of Philadelphia was sentenced by the Honorable Berle M. Schiller to 151 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years supervised release. Carlucci was convicted of distributing and possessing child pornography from...
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways & Means Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin informed him that the IRS would not furnish the requested six years of President Trump’s personal and business tax returns...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Nadler has asked for a meeting with DOJ five times over the past six weeks
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Derek Wayne Blanken, Jr., of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was sentenced today to two months incarceration for destroying a mailbox, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Brenda Rodgers, age 57, of Saluda, pleaded guilty to Filing a False Tax Return. United States District Court Judge Timothy Cain, of Anderson, accepted the plea and will sentence Rodgers after receiving and reviewing a presentence report prepared by the United States Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Roger Ng, a Malaysian National, to be Arraigned on FCPA and Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges in Relation to Three Bonds for 1Malaysian Development Berhad.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: GRAND COULEE, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation proposes making changes to the recreational use of a portion of the Lake Roosevelt shoreline, including the area locally known as Geezer Beach. The purpose is to address safety concerns related to driving or parking vehicles on the shoreline or the reservoir within the Reclamation Zone adjacent to Grand Coulee Dam.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - An Indian national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the La Paz County Jail (LPCJ) passed away Friday morning after efforts by medical staff to revive him were unsuccessful. An autopsy is pending to determine the official cause of death.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Caesar A. Torres-Rodriguez, age 23, of Harrisburg, was sentenced on May 2, 2019, by Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to 100 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for drug trafficking and firearm charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago man was sentenced today to 16 years in federal prison for attempting to detonate an explosive device at a bar in downtown Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO and IMPERIAL, Calif. - With enthusiastic participation nationwide, DEA and its law enforcement partners have now collected nearly 12 million pounds of unused or expired prescription medications over the course of 17 successful DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back events. During the 17th...
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Ranking Member Rob Bishop (R-Utah) today sent a joint letter requesting a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of whether federal funding of anti-poaching efforts has supported human rights abuses. The request comes in the wake of reports that anti-poaching and anti-wildlife organizations have allegedly engaged in severe human rights abuses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Former FBI Linguist Arrested on False Statement and Obstruction Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Caesar A. Torres-Rodriguez, age 23, of Harrisburg, was sentenced on May 2, 2019, by Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to 100 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for drug trafficking and firearm charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A California trucker working for a Kansas freight brokerage pleaded guilty Monday to stealing a load of meat valued at more than $160,000, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
