News from November 2019
By USDA Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A group of Senate Democrats, led by U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), released a new report detailing how the Trump Administration is picking winners and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: James A. Dawson Named Special Agent in Charge of the Mission Services Division of the Washington Field Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $159,040 to Learning Machine Technologies, Inc. based in New York, to develop blockchain security technology to prevent credential fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: George Alberto Barragan, 45 of Cibolo, TX, faces federal charges in connection with an alleged scheme to steal money from high school students who paid for group travel opportunities to celebrate their graduations, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A West Hollywood man has been sentenced to 110 months in federal prison for defrauding investors, lenders, friends and family members out of approximately $6.7 million, including via a series of scams he ran while out on bond after pleading guilty in a prior federal case.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - Nineteen individuals are facing 38 criminal charges as part of federal gun, robbery and drug investigations announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Sixteen Indictments by a Federal Grand Jury were filed in the last eight weeks in United States District Court in Davenport, Iowa. This is in addition to the 25 individuals charged for federal violations of gun crimes announced in August 2019 by United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count each of conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Alexis Fernando Lopez, age 23, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment and 4 years of supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 12, 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 markup on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 11:30 am, in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: TYLER, Texas - An East Texas man was sentenced Tuesday to nine years in federal prison for drug trafficking.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: SPOKANE, Wash.-The dismantling of a regional drug trafficking organization that operated in Washington, Idaho and Montana led to the award last week of $163,500 in asset forfeiture equitable sharing funds to the City of Yakima Police Department and the Law Enforcement Against Drugs Task Force (LEAD), William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced Nov. 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to 22 years in prison for brandishing a firearm and carjacking the vehicle of a 73-year-old man in Richmond.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C.)-Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, along with Representatives Chris Pappas (D-NH) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), introduced the Put Patients First Act, following the Southern District of New York’s decision to block...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 9:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Senate unanimously approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Ron Johnson (R-WI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to address cybersecurity while purchasing information technology...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) announced that he was inviting Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon to testify on Nov. 19, 2019 at a hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee on improving Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. Reform is necessary because certain states have abused the Section 401 process to block energy and infrastructure projects.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Fire Management staff at Point Reyes National Seashore, in collaboration with Marin County Fire Department and Bolinas Fire Protection District are planning up to five days of prescribed burning along Highway One in the Olema Valley this fall. Burning is tentatively scheduled for November 13-15, but...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - An inmate at the McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Bradford, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of possession of contraband in prison, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Elmhurst, New York and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating Federal counterfeiting laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Leff, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office, announced the arrest of Richard Brian Biemuller.
