News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man has been charged by indictment with kidnapping a 15-year-old girl and transporting her to Ohio, as well as with being in the United States illegally after previously being deported, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As the one-year-anniversary approaches of the historic SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act becoming law to combat the opioid crisis, Energy and Commerce Republicans are launching a new phase into the patient brokering investigation that began last Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Braddock, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of five years (60 months), to be followed by four years of supervised release on charges of possession with intent to distribute 10 grams or more of an analogue of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA) released the following joint statement today following the release of a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which the two lawmakers requested in 2017, finding significant increases in health...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - An Irish national who was extradited to the United States in August pleaded guilty and was sentenced today for his role in trafficking a libation cup made from the horn of a protected rhinoceros.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced recreation area closures and new operating hours at Lake Berryessa beginning October 1. These closures allow Reclamation to perform necessary maintenance tasks and allow for natural resource recovery. All other Reclamation-operated locations at Berryessa remain open year-round, with exceptions and hours listed below...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Nathan Parker, of Martins Ferry, Ohio, was indicted today on a fentanyl distribution charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.VA. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart issued the following statement about the important issues of elections, election security and voter legitimacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Fort Smith, AR - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Jaime Leonel Reinosa-Salguero, of Springdale, Arkansas, has pleaded guilty to one count of Bank Robbery and one count of Use of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence. The Honorable P.K. Holmes III accepted the plea in the United States District Court in Fort Smith on Oct. 1, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) issued the following statement today after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia vacated part of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) 2017 rules that repealed net neutrality protections and opened the door for states to pass net neutrality laws...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Sept. 30, 2019, United States Senior District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo sentenced Al Dunlap, age 29, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to 108 months’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release, for heroin trafficking and firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Cyrus A. Free, an enrolled member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to life imprisonment for sexually abusing a child on the Winnebago Indian Reservation. Free will be required to register as a sex offender for the remainder of his life.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on the net neutrality ruling from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - Fort Pulaski might not have its own ghost story, but our island has certainly witnessed its fair share of the macabre. On October 18th and 19th, join park staff for a special ranger-led lantern tour into the darker history of Cockspur Island.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, Ga: Pharmacists, a pharmacy, and several individuals have been named as defendants in various criminal and civil actions filed in federal court in the Southern District of Georgia as part of continuing efforts by the U.S. Attorney’s Office to combat the opioid epidemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Akron, Ohio, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of drug trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Coahoma County, Mississippi, to Enforce the Rights of a United States Army Reservist.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: The Medicare Fraud Strike Force (“MFSF") is part of a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to reduce and prevent Medicare and Medicaid fraud through enhanced interagency cooperation. Its purpose is to focus on the worst offenders...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As the one-year-anniversary approaches of the historic SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act becoming law to combat the opioid crisis, Energy and Commerce Republicans are launching a new phase into the patient brokering investigation that began last Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Sept. 30, 2019, Ruben Esparza, an inmate formerly of the United States Penitentiary Allenwood, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Mathew W. Brann for possession of contraband.
