News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Darryl De’Monte Thompson, 30, of Jackson, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves to armed robbery of a Dollar General store in Jackson and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that James Smalley, 41, of Penn Yan, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with falsifying inspection reports for space parts. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2019
Release: Congressman José E. Serrano (D-NY), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2020 Commerce-Justice-Science bill.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Chairman Elijah E. Cummings convened a hearing on “Facial Recognition Technology (Part 1): Its Impact on our Civil Rights and Liberties."
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Dear Ambassador Lighthizer: I write to express my concerns and raise questions regarding the provisions for the enforcement of the renegotiated trade agreement with Canada and Mexico (“the new Agreement"). The new Agreement contains many modernized provisions, on topics such as digital trade, subsidies,...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has indicted a San Fernando Valley man for his role in planning to bomb a rally in Long Beach last month for the purpose of causing mass casualties.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2019
Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the Bay Area predicts summer 2019 will be the busiest on record with a 4% year-over-year increase in the number of departing travelers screened at the three local airports. The 4% increase locally mirrors what TSA is projecting nationwide between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - Eleven individuals, including a woman and two of her sons, are facing criminal charges as part of a federal drug and gun investigation in Chicago.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: During a special lecture on Monday, June 3, 2019 at 7:00 pm, Dr. Todd Braje will discuss how his latest research at Santa Rosa Island, both on land and undersea, informs us of the earliest human migrations into the New World.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: An Elyria man was indicted on charges of trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Xavier C. Coyle, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On May 15, 2019, a federal grand jury returned an Indictment charging five defendants with sex trafficking announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. All five defendants have been arrested and appeared in federal court in Des Moines, Iowa. Trial is expected to be scheduled for a date later this year, before United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose. The defendants are currently in federal custody.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: A former Canton resident was extradited from Vietnam to face child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Altavious Demon Jackson, 34, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced in federal court to a term of 87 months imprisonment for his illegal possession of ammunition. Jackson, a previously convicted felon, may not legally...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ryan Franklin, 30, of Shiprock, N.M., pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to a charge of assaulting a woman in Indian Country resulting in serious bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging PHELIXIS FITZGERALD MAR ROBINSON, a/k/a “Storm," 44, with possession and distribution of heroin and firearms violations. ROBINSON was arrested and made an initial appearance today before Magistrate Judge Steven E. Rau in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 114-count superseding indictment charging Robert Morgan, Frank Giacobbe, Todd Morgan, and Michael Tremiti, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud for their roles in a half billion...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was charged today in federal court in Boston in connection with trafficking fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: A former Canton resident was extradited from Vietnam to face child pornography charges.
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: GULF SHORES, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited R Coast Construction LLC for exposing employees to fall hazards at a Gulf Shores, Alabama, worksite. The framing contractor faces $79,181 in penalties.
