News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: Initiative emphasizes enforcing gun prohibitions based on domestic violence convictions and mental health denials.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Anthony James “AJ" Edward Hunt, 24, of Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced to over 24 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to the distribution of oxycodone resulting in death.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement applauding passage of bipartisan bills to improve maternal health at an Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee markup today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: SAN JOSE- A federal grand jury has indicted Monterey County doctor Deane Leo Crow, as well as Diane Lynn Crow, Erik Samuel Gonzales, Brittney Lynn Cardona, and Joe Anthony Bernal, for their respective roles in conspiracies to acquire and distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone, Schedule II opioids, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The former police chief of Greenwood, Missouri, was indicted by a federal grand jury today for violating the civil rights of a person he assaulted while handcuffed and restrained.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Six Passaic County, New Jersey, residents were charged today for their roles in a large-scale money laundering and illegal money transmitting scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By State Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Representatives Levin, Lee, Shalala, Meeks, Clarke, Espaillat, Sires, Omar, Jeffries, and Wilson today issued the following joint statement on the one-year anniversary of the La Saline Massacre in Haiti...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
Release: Tribes can apply for technology- and fuel-neutral funding to develop their energy resources how they see fit
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant JIMMY LAW, age 61, from Turlock, California, was sentenced in the United States District Court of Guam to 120 months imprisonment for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: DETROIT - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has reached an agreement with William Beaumont Hospital, a component of Beaumont Health -- the largest health care system in Michigan, to resolve allegations that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it failed to provide effective communication for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that RALPH MANCINI, the owner and operator of County Waste Management, a waste disposal business based in Harrison, New York, pled guilty today to mail fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa Margaret Smith. MANCINI admitted as part of his plea that he had defrauded numerous commercial customers by overbilling them for the waste collected and dumped on their behalf.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Leon R. Williams, 40, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute heroin, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking activity, was sentenced to serve 69 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS - After a two-day trial, a jury convicted a Pryor man of assaulting a man, causing facial injuries, on the Crow Reservation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - An Akron, Ohio man was sentenced to federal prison for drug and gun crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Eugene Calvin Wells, 46, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of ICE methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute heroin, and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Richard Lucas, 34, of Williamsville, NY, was convicted following a jury trial of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement applauding passage of bipartisan bills to improve maternal health at an Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee markup today.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tomorrow, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will recognize nine accomplished women for their achievements and leadership in clean energy as part of the U.S Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) Initiative.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Ranking Member Rick Crawford (R-AR) from today’s hearing entitled," Amtrak Now and Into the Future":
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A New York man pled guilty to a federal firearm charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. John Maurice James, 42, pled guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced MIKKEL MCKINNIE, 31, of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina to 120 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
