News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Defendant possessed videos of three-to-five-year-old girls being sexually abused by men.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Peter DeFazio (D-OR) released the following statement on the passing of Chairman Elijah Cummings. In addition to serving as Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Cummings was a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
By State Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.-House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY) today introduced the Protect Against Conflict with Turkey (PACT) Act, legislation to impose sanctions and other consequences against Turkey for its invasion of northern Syria.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A member of the Greenway Boy Killas (GBK) gang has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Randy Carl Sharp, age 40, of Henderson, Nevada, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on July 17, 2019, to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security hearing on oversight of the Bureau of Prisons and implementation of the First Step Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Vashaurid Gibbs, age 24, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Oct. 16, 2019, by a federal grand jury for theft of mail by a postal employee.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: I come to the floor today to speak about lowering the cost of prescription drugs for America’s seniors.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Nevada business owner and operator was arraigned in federal court today on charges related to a fraud scheme that allegedly defrauded from investors over $5 million, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Waco, TX - The U.S. Marshals and Navasota Police Department arrested a 17-year fugitive in Navasota on Tuesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Third Defendant Pleaded Guilty to Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Oct. 17, 2019 - Angel Daniel-Garcia, 35, of Mexico, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on charges of being an aggravated felon who illegally re-entered the United States after having been previously deported; being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm; and being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Chief Judge Miranda Du to a total of 17 ½ years in federal prison for sexually exploiting children and possessing more than 200 images and videos of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Ranking Member Bob Gibbs (R-OH) from today’s hearing entitled, “China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative: Implications for the Global Maritime Supply Chain":
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia has entered into an agreement with the Fox Theatre, Inc. (“the Fox") to improve the quality and availability of auxiliary aids and services for customers who are deaf or hard of hearing. The agreement with the Fox is the culmination of negotiations that led to greater accessibility for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Aaron Johnson, age 29, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Oct. 16, 2019, by a federal grand jury on four counts of armed bank robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - Months after a human-caused fire swept through the North Hills near Helena, the area remains closed to the public as work crews from the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service clean up and rehabilitate the scarred land.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Hector Absi, 51, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and securities fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD")...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kassidy D. Atherton, age 24, of McVeytown, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Oct. 16, 2019, by a federal grand jury on embezzlement charges.
