News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown announced today that 13 individuals have been arrested in the Republic of Colombia and will be extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction in Manhattan federal court of BRYAN DUNCAN, ROBERT LOCUST, and RYAN RAINFORD. The jury convicted DUNCAN, LOCUST, and RAINFORD today for their participation in a conspiracy to commit mail and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 1 year and 1 day, to be followed by 2 years of supervised release on his conviction on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Lewis Bennett, 42, a dual citizen of Australia and the United Kingdom, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Federico A. Moreno to 96 months in federal prison, after having previously pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter for killing his wife, Isabella Hellman, while on board a sailing vessel on the high seas.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a hearing on health care extenders on Tuesday, June 4 at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Investing in America’s Health Care."
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Nicholas Coia, 31, of Greece, NY, who was convicted of being felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to three years’ probation by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Timpanogos Cave National Monument Issues Request for Proposals for Food and Beverage Vendors.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jason Randazzo, age 46, of Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on May 23, 2019, before Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley, to conspiracy to import into the United States from China alpha-pvp, commonly known as “bath salts.".
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced next steps in a collaborative effort with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) aimed at acquiring 13,000 acres of private lands within the Lower Blackfoot River watershed, near the iconic Montana waterway. The U.S. Department of the...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Andres Santos, age 37, of Hazelton, Pennsylvania, was indicted on May 21, 2019, by a federal grand jury for theft of government property, specifically, theft of welfare benefits to which he was not entitled, as well as for charges of social security fraud, false claim of United States citizenship and aggravated identity theft.
By DOE Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Tuesday, June 4, at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “STELAR Review: Protecting Consumers in an Evolving Media Marketplace."
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Jose Guadalupe Perez-Velasquez, 29, an illegal alien from Mexico, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to unlawful reentry by an alien after removal, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, and Mr. Trey Lund, Acting Field Office Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations in New Orleans.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Dave Williamson has been named as the regional structural fire management officer (RSMO) for the Southeast Region (SER) of the National Park Service. The region consists of nine states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 43-year-old California man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction related to a scheme to embezzle $3.1 from the Beck Group in Houston, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Charles Williams, of Los Angeles, California, pleaded guilty Sept. 7, 2018.
By State Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representatives Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Joe Wilson (R-SC), member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission; and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Co-Chair of the Congressional Hungarian...
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Two sentencings in federal court represent the final defendants from a dismantled major cocaine trafficking conspiracy that spanned the country and transported significant amounts of drugs into the Savannah area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Maria Lyter, age 60, of Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on May 20, 2019, by Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to four months’ imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release for bank embezzlement.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Senior Judge Terry F. Moorer sentenced John Willis Jones on April 18, 2019 to the 57 months in prison for his possession of a firearm as a prior convicted felon.
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: The United States is currently experiencing the greatest number of reported measles cases since 1994. Measles is a highly contagious viral illness that causes fever and rash and spreads through mouth secretions or through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The virus may remain in the air for up to two hours. It can cause serious health complications and is especially dangerous for babies and young children.
By DOJ Newswire | May 28, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Nicholas Coia, 31, of Greece, NY, who was convicted of being felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to three years’ probation by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
