News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Larry D. Brodie, Jr., 38, of Lackawanna, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession with intent to distribute butyryl fentanyl. The charge carries...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: $150,000 in Bribes Demanded from an Employer in Exchange for Not Representing Union Members’ Interests.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Michael A. Deshong (619) 546-9290.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has found Nicholas Allen responsibly connected to Allens Inc., Siloam Springs, Ark. Allens Inc., failed to pay $9,759,843 to 40 produce sellers for 2,312 lots of produce. This is in violation of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: In the Washington, D.C.-metropolitan area, the operation has led to the execution of five search warrants and eight arrests of individuals who both conspired with the administrator of the site and were themselves, users of the website. Two users of the Darknet market committed suicide subsequent to the execution of search warrants.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Illinois Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Commit Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent letters to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) referring public reports of alleged financial wrongdoing by the National Rifle Association (NRA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Brookings, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Distribution and Receipt of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - The owner of a Springfield gun store whose falsified records showed he was selling guns to a deceased individual was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 18 months in prison.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 16, 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 opening remarks as delivered from Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) during today’s hearing titled “Examining the Future of Transportation Network Companies: Challenges and Opportunities."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced today that Kayla Pagano, age 24, of Westminster, Colorado, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to serve 77 months (6 years and 5 months) in federal prison for distribution of heroin and methamphetamine. Following...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Jose Catarino Feregrino-Resendez, a citizen of Mexico, was indicted by a federal grand jury today for an immigration violation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Joseph S. Gable, 63, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison on Wednesday, by United States District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, for knowingly receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a markup of H.R. 835, the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act of 2019...
By State Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today convened a full committee hearing on U.S.-Iran policy, with witness testimony from the Honorable Brian Hook, special representative for Iran at the Department of State.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. -Adlie Penman, 40, of Lexington, Kentucky, was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison on Wednesday, by United States District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, after pleading guilty to one count of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Ely District, Bristlecone Field Office is soliciting public review and comment on the Western Oil Exploration APD Scott Federal #25-1 Oil Well Preliminary Environmental Assessment (EA). The 30-day public comment period concludes Friday, Nov. 15, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: One Member Remains At Large. BOSTON - Three members of a violent Brockton drug crew were arrested and charged in connection with operating a fentanyl delivery service. One member of the drug crew remains at large. Placido Armando Pereira, 33; Natalio Miranda, 28; andDjoy Defrancesco, 23, all of Brockton...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Luis M. Quesada Named Special Agent in Charge of the El Paso Field Office.
By State Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.- Today, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the following statement after the House passed four pieces of legislation that support the fight for democracy in Hong Kong and push back on China’s aggression, including his resolution to condemn the Chinese Communist Party’s unacceptable behavior on the global stage...
