News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Erica File, 34, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for theft by a bank employee. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp sentenced File to twelve months and one day of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After her release from prison, File will serve a five-year term of supervised release. File was also ordered to pay $12,143 in restitution to the bank, who reimbursed the unauthorized withdrawals.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, and Representative Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-3), Chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources, today requested a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Inspector General investigation ...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the team from University of Maryland, Baltimore County as the national winner of DOE’s 2019 CyberForce Competition™. CyberForce 2019 is DOE’s fifth iteration of its cyber defense competition, designed to inspire and develop the next generation of energy sector cybersecurity professionals.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: The Defendant Committed the New Offenses While on Federal Supervised Release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A member of the Pueblo Bishop Bloods street gang was sentenced today to life -- plus an additional 10 years -- in federal prison for racketeering offenses that included the murder of a man in front of the victim’s 2-year-old son.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: SAINT JOHNSBURY, Vt.-Sixteen individuals were arrested on federal and state drug charges in a multiagency investigation focused on drug trafficking probe that included U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on Thursday, December 5, of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: On Nov. 14, Operation Limelight was honored at the World Class Policing Awards in London for its collaborative international initiative to fight female genital mutilation (FGM). The United Kingdom (U.K.) Border Force and Metropolitan Police, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the world’s TOP500 Supercomputers were unveiled, and once again asserted U.S. supremacy in supercomputing. The Summit machine at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory again ranked first in the world, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Sierra machine ranked second. In ...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Dan Lipinski (D-IL), and Chairman...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Awards ceremony held Friday at the Lexington Two Innovation Center.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee leaders wrote to the CEOs of Ascension and Google today requesting briefings from the companies following reports that the health information of tens of millions of Ascension’s patients has been shared with Google as part of an initiative called “Project Nightingale."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Vasiliy V. Barbiyeru, Jr., 25, of Newberg, Oregon, was sentenced today to nine months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for transmitting threatening interstate communications.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Jeffery Scott West Jr., 39, of Frankfort, was sentenced on Friday, to 108 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove. West had previously plead guilty to one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee leaders wrote to the CEOs of Ascension and Google today requesting briefings from the companies following reports that the health information of tens of millions of Ascension’s patients has been shared with Google as part of an initiative called “Project Nightingale."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA -United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office’s Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee, along with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers’ Association (SCLEOA) and the Strom Thurmond Foundation, hosted the 36th annual Strom...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on Thursday, December 5, of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: FBI and Eugene Police Search for Female Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Two former residents of Southwestern Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking in connection with a large-scale investigation conducted by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 18, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a Springville couple involved in a St. Clair County pill mill scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brad Byerley and IRS-Criminal Investigations Atlanta Field Office Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Holloman.
