News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal grand jury today indicted a Hamilton resident for failure to register as a sex offender, failure to appear, aggravated identity theft, and bank fraud, all while on release from federal custody, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and the U.S. Marshal Martin Keely.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: In Midland today, U.S. District Judge David Counts sentenced 28-year-old Christopher Chase Mojica to 57 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for stealing firearms from a pawn shop in Odessa and for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, stated U.S. Attorney...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to President Trump today urging the President to fulfill a promise he made last month in an Oval Office press conference that his Administration would ban all harmful flavored e-cigarette products, including those with mint and menthol.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) held a hearing on the nomination of Sean O'Donnell to be Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Health hearing to examine safety and national security concerns over growing reliance of drugs manufactured abroad.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sandra Aramburo, of Ranson, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a drug distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) from today’s hearing entitled, “The Boeing 737 MAX: Examining the Design, Development, and Marketing of the Aircraft":
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: MADISON, Wis. - DEA Chicago Division Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell and United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that Sylvia Erickson, 41, of Eau Claire, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to seven and a half years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine in the Eau Claire area. On Aug. 16, 2019, Erickson pleaded guilty to distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Defendants admit trying to extract bounties from Uber and LinkedIn in exchange for promise to delete stolen confidential data.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) remarks at a Subcommittee on Health hearing to examine safety and national security concerns over growing reliance of drugs manufactured abroad.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - Michael J. Blair, 21, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 51 months in prison for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Lynchburg, VIRGINIA - Gary Hassler, the former head nurse at Rockbridge Regional Jail, was sentenced yesterday to 12 months and one-day in prison for falsifying documents in order to impede a federal investigation into civil rights abuses at the facility, First Assistant United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel today sentenced Josue Balbino Ruiz-Reyes, age 25, of Adelphi, Maryland, to 15 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamines and for using, carrying, brandishing, and discharging a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte has indicted Erice Lemond Blyther, 46, of Hoffman, N.C., for smuggling a controlled substance at Lanesboro Correctional Institution while employed as a correctional officer. The indictment was unsealed today in federal court, following Blyther’s arrest by the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The former office manager of a Virginia law firm has been charged in an indictment unsealed today for her role in a scheme to have money sent to her personal bank accounts from the Law Firm’s bank account.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - A Pelham, Georgia man has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Michael S. King, 41, of Pelham, entered a guilty plea today to count one of his indictment charging him with distribution of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida and Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office announced that Port Everglades employees, William Woessner, 68, of Margate, Florida, David Moore, 43, of Pompano Beach, Florida, and Rajindra Lallharry...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: State and federal agencies responsible for the Headwaters Forest Reserve on California’s north coast have agreed on a plan to broaden management options for restoration in forest stands that have been previously harvested.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Encompass Health Corp. (EHC), formerly known as HealthSouth Corporation, has agreed to pay the United States $4 million to settle allegations that an inpatient rehabilitation facility the company owned and operated in Nevada was improperly billing Medicare.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Rhiannon Rader, 34, of Fern Park, Fla., has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, hydrocodone and alprazolam, also known as Xanax. She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
