News from November 2019
By EPA Newswire | Nov 27, 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 a hearing on oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: Beware of Holiday Scams. With the holidays coming up and seasonal shopping in full swing, criminals are also gearing up for a busy season. Shoppers should be more vigilant than ever for scams designed to steal their money and personal information. Though scam artists can be aggressive and creative...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 27, 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 legislative hearing on Wednesday, December 4, at 10 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Building Consumer Confidence by Empowering FDA to Improve Cosmetic Safety."
By DOE Newswire | Nov 27, 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 a hearing on oversight of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Over the course of a week from Nov. 12 to 20, officers with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) targeted and arrested 23 individuals on criminal and civil violations in central Virginia, including those with convictions for indecent...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of LA VANG, 27, to 18 months in prison for stealing prescription pain medication from his patient.VANG, who pleaded guilty on May 28, 2019, was sentenced on Nov. 26, 2019, before Judge Nancy E. Brasel in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Marty, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon was sentenced on Nov. 25, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By State Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statements after President Trump signed the Hong Kong Human ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman convicted of Theft of Government Funds was sentenced on Nov. 26, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - This week, Jerracy Gilmore, of Chilchinbeto, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to six years of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. Gilmore had previously pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: Former security guard admits knowing he should not have had guns.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - A coyote that habitually approached cars died after being struck by a vehicle on Artists Drive in Death Valley National Park on November 26. This adult female coyote was just the most recent casualty of human-coyote interactions in the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging antiquities dealer DOUGLAS LATCHFORD...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 27, 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 legislative hearing on Wednesday, December 4, at 10 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled “Building Consumer Confidence by Empowering FDA to Improve Cosmetic Safety."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeffrey Allen Johnson, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was arrested today and had an initial appearance after being indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in Martinsburg on Nov. 16, 2019, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Paul Erickson, age 58, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, appeared before District Judge Karen E. Schreier on Nov. 26, 2019, and pled guilty to an Indictment that charged him with one Count of Wire Fraud and one Count of Money Laundering.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today substantial progress by the BLM’s Fire and Aviation Program in reducing the risk of wildfire across western landscapes in fiscal year 2019. This includes significant work in reducing fuel loads in fire-prone areas, providing resources to local communities, and improving firefighter safety and efficiency.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Yesenia Flores-Ortega, 27, an illegal alien from Mexico, pled guilty yesterday before Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to unlawful reentry by an alien after removal, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Special Agent in Charge Jere T. Miles with Immigration & Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans, and Gregory K. Bovino, Chief Patrol Agent of the Border Patrol’s New Orleans Sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Bedford man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston in connection with a kidnapping that began in Concord, Mass., and ended in Connecticut.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 26, 2019
News Release: SANTA FE, N.M. - Beginning Nov. 25, the Bureau of Land Management offices in Albuquerque, Socorro, Taos, Farmington and Santa Fe began personal Christmas tree permits sales for harvest on BLM lands. The permits will be sold through Dec. 24 and cost $5. Maps may be obtained when purchasing the permits...
