News from November 2019
By DOL Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.-Today, Senator Murray, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to the announcement that President Trump will nominate Dr. Stephen Hahn as Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner. The Trump Administration has also announced that Dr. Brett Giroir will be replacing Ned Sharpless as Acting FDA Commissioner during the confirmation process for Dr. Hahn.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that two previously deported aliens were indicted separately on Oct. 30, 2019, by a federal grand jury with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously deported alien. These matters arose in Dauphin and Luzerne Counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Omar Afzali, 29, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was sentenced today to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman in July, 2016, and aiding his cousin in doing the same thing, at a hotel in Northwest Washington, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: SEATTLE - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Seattle office graduated the first HSI Citizens Academy, Oct. 30.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Navy Officer, His Wife, and Two Chinese Nationals Charged with Conspiring to Smuggle Military Style Inflatable Boats and Evinrude Military Outboard Motors to China.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Albert Hessberg III, age 64, a disbarred attorney residing in Slingerlands, New York, was sentenced today to 68 months in prison for stealing at least $2 million in the course of defrauding his former clients and law firm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of Child Pornography was sentenced on Oct. 25, 2019, by Karen E. Schreier, U.S. District Court Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: RENO, Nev. -- The Bureau of Land Management and Friends of Black Rock High Rock would like to invite the public to a reception on November 7 for the 2019 Artist-in-Residence program featuring the work of Mary Kenny and Jack Hulbert. The event will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the McKinley Arts & Culture Center Gallery East at 925 Riverside Drive in Reno. Their work will also be displayed at the gallery though December 6.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced Crystal Mebane McGinty, age 59, of Silver Spring, Maryland, to two years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for mail fraud and for theft of government property in connection with a scheme to obtain over $517,000...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Scott Patterson, 43, of Lily, Kentucky, was sentenced Friday to 140 months in federal prison, by United States District Court Judge Robert E. Wier, for conspiracy to traffic drugs and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of DuBois, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges violating child pornography laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore has completed a fifteen-month rehabilitation project at the historic Point Reyes Lighthouse and will reopen the site to visitors on Friday, November 8, 2019. The $5.7 million dollar rehabilitation project is the most extensive rehabilitation done on this historic structure since it was commissioned in 1870.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Keith M. Corlett, Superintendent of the New York State Police (“NYSP"), and William Worden...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EFRAIN GRANADOS-CORONA, a/k/a “Chavito," a/k/a “Cepillo," pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter to sex trafficking by use of force, fraud, or coercion. Five additional defendants...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A Fresno man was arrested today at his home following an eight-count indictment by a federal grand jury for wire fraud, bank fraud, and evading payment of taxes, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Juan Carlos Sandoval-Rodriguez, a/k/a “Picaro," “El Pastor," and “Gasper," age 21, of Annapolis, Maryland, of murder in aid of racketeering, and conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, in connection with his participation in the activities of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. The verdict was returned late on Oct. 31, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Montgomery County physician Spiro Y. Kassis, M.D., of Plymouth Township, PA, has agreed to pay $1.4 million, has committed to never obtaining a controlled substance registration, and has consented to a 15-year exclusion from Medicare and...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Used identities of friend and family members to obtain credit cards and access to bank accounts.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Humboldt River Field Office is seeking public input during the development of the Winnemucca Sand Dunes Recreation Area Management Plan. The RAMP will address items like recreation, visitor services, long-term goals and maintenance. BLM recreation planners will be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 9, 2019 at the entrance of WSD to collect input from the public to consider in the plan.
