News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Daryl Pierce, age 34, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Oct. 23, 2019, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Demetrius Lowry, a/k/a Little D, 24, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to obstructing an official proceeding. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: The lead defendant in the Han Gil Hotel criminal case has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on drug and gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Two Reagor Dykes Auto Group employees pleaded guilty today for their role in the auto group’s floor plan fraud scheme, following an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Dallas Field Office, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Dear Inspector General Atkinson: On Aug. 12, 2019, your office received a disclosure from a whistleblower in the Intelligence Community. In accordance with legal requirements, you performed a preliminary review and determined that the disclosure appeared credible and met the definition of an “urgent...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Daniel Butler (30, Miami) to 54 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Dear Member Kaplan: I am writing to express my concern regarding your participation in the recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to engage in rulemaking regarding the statutory employee status of students performing services at private colleges or universities (“Jurisdiction NPRM").[15] ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - New River Gorge National River Superintendent Lizzie Watts has announced that winter operating hours for park facilities will be in effect from Nov. 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020. “Winter is a fantastic time to experience the peace and solitude of the park," said Superintendent Watts.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a Charlotte, North Carolina, man Tuesday to Bosnia after he was released from U.S. prison upon completion of his sentence for lying to obtain lawful permanent resident status by concealing...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette is in Birmingham, Alabama to participate in a panel discussion with U.S. Ambassador to Germany Ric Grenell at the Alabama Economic Growth Summit. They will discuss how America’s energy renaissance has provided jobs and opportunity ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis sentenced the defendant Elozer Porges to 24 months’ imprisonment and 1,000 hours of community service for his leadership role in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme. The Court also ordered Porges to...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and John Cornyn (R-TX) to address the shortage of agricultural inspectors who protect the nation’s food supply and agricultural...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Mobolaji Tina Stewart, 58, of Laurel, Maryland, was sentenced yesterday to 13 months in prison for engaging in a scheme to defraud the District of Columbia’s Medicaid program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing the firearm he allegedly used to shoot and kill another person.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Oct. 15, 2019, District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps sentenced Lawrence Halamek, 36, to 35 years’ imprisonment followed by lifetime supervised release. Halamek is also required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and John Cornyn (R-TX) to address the shortage of agricultural inspectors who protect the nation’s food supply and agricultural ...
By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressmen Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Eliot Engel (D-NY), Lead Republican and Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, received three significant endorsements for their bipartisan legislation to reduce plastic waste in our oceans. The Partnering and Leveraging Assistance to Stop Trash for Cleaner Seas Act, or PLASTICS act, aims to reduce plastic waste in the ocean by supporting integrated waste management systems in developing countries.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on Oct. 24, 2019, following a four-day jury trial in federal court in Omaha, Jack Eugene Knight, age 53, was convicted of two counts of receipt of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography. Knight is being held in federal custody pending sentencing.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Highway signs with information for visiting Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument will be installed along the Interstate 95 and Route 11 corridors between Medway and Island Falls, Maine beginning the week of October 21.
