News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Eric R. Weiler, 46, of LaPorte, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after entering a plea of guilty to production of child pornography, possession of child pornography, and making a destructive device, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: The Afterbay ramp is a popular launch site on the Bighorn River. The end of the ramp has significant damage from water erosion. There is a jagged ramp edge and significant drop off to the river.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Eric R. Weiler, 46, of LaPorte, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after entering a plea of guilty to production of child pornography, possession of child pornography, and making a destructive device, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: New Bedford, Mass. - New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park has added a new Park Ranger to its ranks. Lindsay Compton has worked for the National Park Service since 2009 and has served in five other National Park sites across the country, making New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park her...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Before we begin today’s business, it is with a heavy heart and deep sadness that I note the passing of our colleague, Elijah Cummings. His death is a loss to our institution and to our country. Chairman Cummings believed in the work of Congress on behalf all Americans. A proud, life-long resident of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Raylaine Knope, 43, was sentenced to 336 months imprisonment today in the Eastern District of Louisiana for obtaining forced, unpaid household labor and services from D.P., an adult woman with cognitive disabilities, as well as for conspiring to obtain D.P.’s forced labor and misprision...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on Oct. 17, 2019, Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Hannah Pauly to a term of imprisonment of 70 months. Pauly, 24, of Kearney, Nebraska, pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of theft of government funds, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Washington-Last week, Lead Republican Michael McCaul and Chairman Eliot Engel introduced the Partnering and Leveraging Assistance to Stop Trash for Cleaner Seas Act (PLASTICS Act), which aims to reduce marine debris and plastic waste in the ocean. Over eight million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 33-year-old Brenham resident and ex-employee of Wells Fargo bank has admitted to embezzlement, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By State Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representatives Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today issued the following statement on the retirement of NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Zachary Feeterman, 24, of Tonawanda, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 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 legislative hearing on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 9:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building entitled “Reauthorizing Brand USA and the U.S. SAFE WEB Act."
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Boston, MA - On Thursday, October 24 through Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, the National Parks of Boston will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The Battle of Leyte Gulf was long, complex and costly, with fighting in the air, on land and on sea. USS Cassin Young was one of more...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND- Eugene Latrell McNeely, aka Sleepy, aka Slim Sleep da Mac, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for transporting a minor with intent to prostitute, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The Honorable James Donato, U.S. District Judge, handed down the sentence.
By State Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Washington-Today, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) introduced the Support UNFPA Funding Act of 2019, co-led by Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY), Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Carolyn Maloney...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JAMEL JONES, a/k/a “Mel Murda," was sentenced to 135 months in prison in connection with his participation in the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods (“Nine Trey") and the distribution of narcotics, including heroin and fentanyl. JONES pled guilty on April 3, 2019, before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, who imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Omak Man Sentenced in Federal Court.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Full Committee markup of the Lower Drug Costs Now Act and bills to strengthen Medicare coverage for beneficiaries...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) will deliver the following remarks this morning, expressing his concern with the policy and rushed process of Speaker Pelosi’s plan, which is being considered at the full committee markup.
