News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that FELIX ANTONIO SANCHEZ-GOMEZ, age 54, a citizen of the Republic of Panama, was sentenced on Nov. 12, 2019 for possession of fraudulent immigration documents.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) introduced the “Safe, Accountable, Fair, and Environmentally Responsible (SAFER) Pipelines Act of 2019." ...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) introduced the “Safe, Accountable, Fair, and Environmentally Responsible (SAFER) Pipelines Act of 2019." ...

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Federal officials and Tribal Leaders of the Pueblo of Acoma will hold a press conference at 10:00 a.m., on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, at the offices of the Bureau of the Indian Affairs in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to make a significant announcement regarding an important item of cultural patrimony.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcement of the second tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program payments to assist American farmers affected by the Trump Administration’s trade policies...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: DOVER, Del. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), co-founder of the Senate Recycling Caucus and top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, visited Dover High School to learn more about the school's recycling program on America Recycles Day 2019. Yesterday, a resolution led by Senators Carper and Recycling Caucus co-chair John Boozman (R-Ark.) recognizing America Recycles Day was approved unanimously by the Senate.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Two Buna, Texas men and a Houston woman have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: STATESVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Tevin Jerome Gaither, 29, of Hickory, N.C., was sentenced to 123 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release on drug trafficking and firearms offenses, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Andrew Murray. U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell presided over the sentencing hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Thirty-two individuals have been charged with federal and state drug and gun charges. Seventy-nine guns, including assault weapons, have been removed from streets in the Greater Lawrence area.

By DOE Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) announced today the appointment of Jack Zimmerman as Director of the Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC), in Cincinnati, Ohio.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - Brendan J. Eardly, 48, of Troy, Ohio pleaded guilty to producing child pornography by enticing at least seven juvenile males in Ohio and elsewhere to engage in explicit sexual conduct for the purpose of producing pornographic videos.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Former Harrison County Sheriff’s Deputy Timothy Rock, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was convicted this week of drug charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former Fairfax County elementary school teacher’s assistant was sentenced today to 12 1/2 years in prison and 20 years of supervised release for the attempted coercion and enticement of a minor and distribution of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man is awaiting sentencing in federal court after admitting to the court he trafficked more than eight kilograms of fentanyl, more than two kilograms of cocaine and nearly two kilograms of heroin.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced Omar Anabo, 57, of Vallejo, to three years in prison for conspiracy to make false statements on loan applications, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Judge Burrell also ordered Anabo to pay $379,068 in restitution to victims of the conspiracy.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: Investigation Began with Tips from Concerned Citizens.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Additional charges have been filed against a former Kansas City Chiefs football player and eight co-defendants for their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that operated primarily in Eastern Jackson County.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2019
News Release: Orlando, FL - Jesus Bolanos Rodriguez (26, Orlando) today pleaded guilty to illegal reentry after deportation. He faces a maximum penalty of two years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.