News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - John Ontko, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day for a child pornography charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., yesterday introduced bipartisan legislation to accelerate geothermal energy development in the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: MARINA, Calif. - Come pick native seeds, pitch straw into the air and pull weeds during a National Public Lands Day event at the Fort Ord National Monument this Saturday, Oct. 26, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Six men have been arrested on federal charges alleging they committed a spree of armed robberies this year at Southern California cellphone stores, holding store employees at gunpoint, sometimes zip-tying them, then stealing a total of nearly $200,000 worth of electronic devices and cellular telephones.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Good afternoon and welcome. Today, the committee will continue its work to improve health care for all Americans.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the Acting Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan regarding the Department’s failure to comply with a duly authorized congressional subpoena.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Two Everett men were indicted yesterday in connection with their role in a money laundering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Spokane, Washington Man Pleads Guilty in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: CONTACT: Barbara Burns. PHONE: (716) 843-5817. FAX #: (716) 551-3051. ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Angel Fernando, 29, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Attorney General William P. Barr today awarded the District of North Dakota with The Attorney General’s Award for Fraud Prevention for Exceptional Work in Operation Hard Copy to Combat Fraud against the Elderly and Most Vulnerable at the 67th Annual Attorney General’s Awards Ceremony...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Fort Smith, AR - On Monday evening, Oct. 21, 2019, Shamale Guy and Latrice Ford were arrested near Towson Avenue and Fresno Street in Fort Smith. Both Ford and Guy were wanted on the charge of Armed Robbery with a knife in Clive, Iowa for an incident that occurred approximately a month prior to the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for selling counterfeit bills.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: South Dakota awarded more than $2.7 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Former Kansas City Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for Tax Crime.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) responded to the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) announcement of a “Customs Bulletin Notice" that will modify and revoke certain rulings that affect the application of the Jones Act to offshore oil and gas production.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: MCALLEN, Texas - Five North Texas residents were sentenced Wednesday for their roles in a methamphetamine smuggling conspiracy that resulted in seven loads seized with a combined weight of more than 150 kilograms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: MACON, Ga.- A Monroe County, Georgia man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced Tuesday to 212 months in federal prison after admitting he possessed methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it while serving both a federal supervised release sentence and a state parole sentence for drug related...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A former Woonsocket man arrested by members of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force during a Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation into the trafficking of crack cocaine pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence to conspiracy and drug distribution charges.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) from today’s hearing entitled, “The Pebble Mine Project: Process and Potential Impacts":
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 23, 2019
News Release: Mr. President, the Senate today has an opportunity to overturn the Treasury Department’s terrible State and Local Tax or SALT regulations. These regulations illustrate everything that was wrong about Republicans’ 2017 tax law.
