News from November 2019

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Law enforcement this morning arrested a Los Angeles man on child sexual exploitation charges alleging that he met at least eight teenage girls on the internet and pressured them - sometimes by threatening suicide - into sending him sexually explicit images of themselves.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - A felon with a conviction from the Middle District of Pennsylvania entered a guilty plea to an illegal firearms charge this week after being found with a stolen gun and other firearms in the Middle District of Georgia, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Man defrauded his neighbors for nearly five years and for $124,524.57.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Dear Dr. Dillingham: I write to express concerns with aspects of the Census Bureau’s hiring for the 2020 Census. A report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), published on Oct. 31, 2019, found that the Census Bureau is experiencing particular delays in hiring and onboarding staff. To ensure...

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement regarding the Trump administration’s guidance on the Affordable Care Act’s 1332 waivers.

By DOE Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on President Trump’s nomination of Dr. Stephen M. Hahn to serve as Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner...

By Homeland Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
Release: CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia residents who want to board an airplane will soon need a gold star on their driver’s license, indicating that it is REAL ID-compliant or they will need another form of approved identification to board their flight or enter a secure federal facility. have a small gold star in the upper right corner to indicate that it meets federal regulations that establish minimum security standards.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced MURRAY MCNEILL TODD, age 47, of Bladenboro, North Carolina to 87 months imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. The Court also ordered TODD to pay restitution totaling $517,379.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - An illegal alien from El Salvador - who is wanted in his home country for aggravated homicide and involvement in a terrorist organization - was removed Tuesday by deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for his role in a large-scale heroin trafficking organization.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: A man pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to robbing five Tulsa area businesses, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Trent Shores Reminds the Public to “Help Save a Life" in a Public Service Announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Steve Torres, 43, and Uriel Delgado, 37, both of Las Vegas, were sentenced today for selling large quantities of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Woodbridge couple has pleaded guilty to illegally trafficking at least 26 firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - David M. DeVillers was sworn in today as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. Chief U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley administered the oath of office. President Trump nominated DeVillers for U.S. Attorney on Sept. 9, and the United States Senate approved his confirmation on Oct. 28.