News from May 2019
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -This week, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing on “Protecting the Right to Vote: Best and Worst Practices."
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Fatai Gafari, a/k/a Freak Dawg, age 28, of Temple Hills, Maryland, today to 151 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute phencyclidine (“PCP"), and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Max Rose (D-NY), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism, released the below statement on the status of a letter the subcommittee sent to members of the Global Internet...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - SCOTT BREAUX (“BREAUX"), age 39, of Marrero, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty yesterday to bank theft, announced United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 27-year-old man residing in Donna has been taken into custody on charges of receipt of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOL Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: BRAINTREE, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety (DOS), YouthBuild Boston, Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, and New England Carpenters Training Fund are partnering to promote the 2019 National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction. The Stand-Down event will be held at the site of an affordable housing construction project in Hyde Park, Massachusetts.
By Homeland Newswire | May 2, 2019
Release: ST. THOMAS - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today highlighted security procedures ahead of the busy Carnival travel period and reminded travelers to keep in mind the following advice to help make their trip through the airport as efficient and comfortable as possible.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that a Mississippi couple, KIMBERLY HOMRIGHAUSEN, age 42, and RICHARD HOMRIGHAUSEN, age 36, pleaded guilty on May 2, 2019, to conspiracy to pay and receive kickbacks related to compounded medications paid for by TRICARE, a federally funded health care benefit program that serves United States military personnel and their families.
By Homeland Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: MCALLEN, Texas - A Mexican man residing in South Texas was charged Thursday with receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that CALVIN VAUGHN, also known as “Squeaks," 35, of New Britain was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 34 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for drug trafficking and firearm possession offenses.
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: As part the Energy Department's (DOE) recent announcement of project selections for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) research program, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced 11 projects will receive Phase II (9 SBIR...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDNRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Otavia L. Lewis, 38, of Crowley, pleaded guilty Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell for stealing more than $148,000 from a Crowley company.
By DOL Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Today, four Democrats and four Republicans on the Committee on Education and Labor introduced legislation to strengthen federal efforts to prevent and treat child abuse. The Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (Stronger CAPTA) is a bold, bipartisan response to combat the rising rates of child maltreatment experienced as the opioid crisis has devastated families and communities across the country.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Imagine being able to shape a pulse of light in any conceivable manner-compressing it, stretching it, splitting it in two, changing its intensity or altering the direction of its electric field.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 46-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By USDA Newswire | May 2, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., [May 2, 2019] - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with the importation of fresh sapodilla fruit (Manilkara zapota van Royen) from Mexico into the continental United ...
By DOL Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: BRAINTREE, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Consigli Construction are partnering to promote the 2019 National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction. The Stand-Down event will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, May 6, 2019, at Blue Hills Regional High School construction renovation and upgrade project, 800 Randolph Street, in Canton, Massachusetts.
By USDA Newswire | May 2, 2019
Release: Summary: The National Poultry Improvement Plan’s (NPIP) General Conference Committee will hold their annual meeting on June 13, 2019. Details about the meeting location and agenda are available here. The NPIP is a cooperative Federal-State-industry mechanism for controlling certain poultry diseases.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSEPH OLIVIERI, a physician who practiced in Manhattan, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty to participating in a conspiracy to illegally distribute oxycodone and other controlled substances. OLIVIERI’s co-defendant MATTHEW BRADY pled guilty on April 30, 2019, to his role in the conspiracy.
