News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Six Leaders of the Conservative Vice Lords/Concrete Cartel Street Gang, a nation-wide street gang with its origin and home base in Chicago, Illinois, were recently sentenced for federal Racketeering (RICO), Business and Pharmacy Robberies, Firearms and Drug Trafficking charges. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney, announced the sentences today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in reaction to New York Times’ reporting on Opportunity Zones...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Shea Smith, age 48, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady upon his plea of guilty of receipt of material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin mailing ballots on November 4 to eligible farmers and ranchers across the country for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - With the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series set to return to Houston for game six and possibly game seven, the Houston office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Monday warns the public to beware of purchasing counterfeit sports apparel, tickets, and all-access passes or stadium credentials.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: A Tama man who hit another man with a shovel and who spit on and bit police officers was sentenced today to twelve months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former City of Pittsburgh Police Officer and resident of Allegheny County was sentenced in federal court to one year of probation with 90 days of home detention for his conviction on two counts of making false statements to government agents, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Offers Reward in Case of Zuni Man Whose Body Was Found in Burning Car.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former City of Pittsburgh Police Officer and resident of Allegheny County was sentenced in federal court to one year of probation with 90 days of home detention for his conviction on two counts of making false statements to government agents, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - William Etheridge, 56, pleaded guilty today to 11 counts of bank robbery, carjacking, and escape, U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Zack Jerico, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, has admitted to selling drugs near a school, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Pompeo and Secretary Esper...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, at Department of Homeland Security (DHS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan, El Salvador Foreign Minister Alexandra Hill, and Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Ken Cuccinelli announced the two ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - As of Oct. 28, the Department of Homeland Security has begun processing migrants for return to Mexico under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry, in Eagle Pass, Texas. This brings the total number of ports of entry where MPP returns will be made to six. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Participants in the Trilateral Meeting, from left: Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, President Alejandra Palacios of the Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph J. Simons and Canadian Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Colorado is seeking to join the United States, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma and South Dakota in settling claims relating to the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, the Department of Justice announced today. The settlement requires a substantial divestiture package in order ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson today issued a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two agencies that sets prudential guidance on the appropriate use of the False Claims Act (FCA) for violations by Federal Housing Administration (FHA) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice has announced a pilot program that will allow – for the first time – federally deputized task force officers to use body-worn cameras while serving arrest warrants, or other planned arrest operations, and during the execution of search warrants. The Department of Justice, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that hospital entities Sanford Health, Sanford Medical Center, and Sanford Clinic (collectively, Sanford), of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, have agreed to pay $20.25 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they knowingly submitted false claims to federal ...
