News from October 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Communications and Technology and Consumer Protection and Commerce...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced details today for the Health Subcommittee legislative hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 10:30 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislation to Reverse the Youth Tobacco Epidemic."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man who robbed three stores was sentenced Tuesday to 84 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced details today for the Health Subcommittee legislative hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 10:30 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislation to Reverse the Youth Tobacco Epidemic."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher Johnson, 47, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 121 months in prison and 15 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The defendant was also ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution to victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA -James Torchia has been indicted for running a fraud scheme that caused investors to spend over $40 million on his company’s promissory notes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Michael Joseph Nicholson, 36, of Los Angeles, California, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess, to 10 years in prison, to be followed by a 5-year term of supervised release, for his role in a drug and money laundering conspiracy that distributed cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine in Anchorage, Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 33-count indictment charging Keonna Davis, 32, of Buffalo, NY, with wire fraud, mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Beaver Falls, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Concord - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Sergio Martinez, 29, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to leading a continuing criminal enterprise and participating in a money laundering conspiracy based upon his role in operating a Lawrence-based fentanyl trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/MONROE, La.: Two years ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Branden Ashley Rowell, age 37, of Ada, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 70 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher Johnson, 47, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 121 months in prison and 15 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. The defendant was also ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution to victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Jeffery L. Barnett, 49, of Winchester was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for the possession with the intent to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man was charged today with allegedly receiving images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA -James Torchia has been indicted for running a fraud scheme that caused investors to spend over $40 million on his company’s promissory notes.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced details today for the Health Subcommittee legislative hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 10:30 am in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Legislation to Reverse the Youth Tobacco Epidemic."
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Defense Intelligence Agency Employee Arrested for Leaking Classified Information to Journalists.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that UTC Laboratories, Inc. (RenRX) has agreed to pay $41.6 million, and its three principals, Tarun Jolly, M.D., Patrick Ridgeway, and Barry Griffith, have agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by paying...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: On Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019 at 7:00 pm, Dr. Amy Gusick will provide a lecture on how early people on Santa Cruz Island adapted to a rapidly changing environment at the end of the last glacial period.
