News from November 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on the Department of Homeland Security to resolve the shortfall in funding to the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) and the Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EI-ISAC).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: Darrion Powers, 23, was sentenced for a series of eight robberies committed between December 2018 and February 2019. Judge Sara Lioi sentenced Powers to 70 months in prison and ordered him to pay $4,279 in restitution. After his release from prison, Powers will serve three years of supervised release. Powers had previously pled guilty to each of the robberies.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that Lisa McInnis has been selected to oversee the park’s diverse natural and cultural resources as the Chief of Resource Management and Science. McInnis will lead efforts to protect and preserve the park’s remarkable biodiversity, forest health, and rich cultural connections that represent thousands of years of history.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: For Distribution of Heroin. FORT WAYNE - Shawn Norman, age 60, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady upon his plea of guilty to distribution of 100 grams or more of heroin, a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Norman was sentenced to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former Warren County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 168 months of prison for receiving and possessing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - From a pool of more than 300 nominees, Ashley Ward, with EM Richland Operations Office contractor Mission Support Alliance (MSA), was recently selected for the Innovator of the Year Award at an event highlighting achievements by women in the information technology (IT) field.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Jawanza Kevin Carter, age 22, of Laurel, Maryland, to 272 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for robbery involving controlled substances, and for carrying and brandishing of a firearm during...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - U.S. Attorney Bill Powell is applauding the work of the Martinsburg Police Department and other law enforcement partners on the success of the city’s Drug House Ordinance.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Matthew Oliver, 38, formerly of Everett, Massachusetts, was found guilty of two counts of mailing threatening communications, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), with funding from the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Wind Energy Technologies Office, works with dozens of small business across the United States to enable wind technology as a distributed energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: An illegal user of controlled substances who unlawfully possessed a handgun was sentenced today to nearly two years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALVIN ROBERTSON, 56, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for committing three bank robberies and two Subway store robberies in Connecticut last year.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Thirteen individuals have been charged, eleven of which are in custody, and eight federal court-authorized search warrants were executed today in a series of FBI Safe Streets Task Force led pre-dawn law enforcement actions, culminating a six-month Project Safe Neighborhoods Investigation into the trafficking of significant quantities of fentanyl and other drugs in Providence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that HECTOR SANTIAGO, also known as “Bebo," 25, of Hartford, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 69 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. -Two New Jersey men today admitted their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed significant quantities of heroin and cocaine in the Bayshore area of Monmouth and Middlesex counties, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former Warren County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 168 months of prison for receiving and possessing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced today to nine years in federal prison for cyberstalking and distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) during today’s hearing titled: “Concepts for the Next Water Resources Development Act: Promoting Resiliency of our Nation’s Water Resources Infrastructure."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 19, 2019
News Release: SENTENCING - Michael Webb. On Nov. 14, Michael Webb, 51, was sentenced to life in federal prison for the kidnapping of an 8 year old girl in Fort Worth. Webb took the child from her mother’s arms in May of 2018 and held her captive for hours in a hotel room. This case was investigated by the Federal...
