News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sammy Davis Dewitt Morgan, 38, of Vallejo, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to 12 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Workers have begun processing a powder form of uranium-233 a year ahead of schedule as part of a larger EM project to safely process and dispose of the remaining inventory of the nuclear material stored at DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - This weekend the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will once again conduct one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday October 26 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their expired, unused, and unwanted prescription medications...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A Clearfield County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to the charge of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PATRICK NDAYA KATAMBWA, also known as KASEBA KATAMBWA, 50, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to approximately nine months of imprisonment, time already served, for making a false statement in an immigration document.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: Good morning and welcome. Today, the committee will take bold action to lower drug prices, expand Medicare coverage, and strategically grow our nation’s health workforce. With these bills, Democrats continue to fulfill our promise to the voters who put us here - we are working to ensure all Americans have access to affordable health care and opportunities to climb the economic ladder.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: CENTRAL ISLIP - The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered permanent injunctions against 15 individuals and companies to cease their involvement with fraudulent mailings. According to a complaint filed by the United States in November 2018, the defendants mailed, or...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: SEATTLE - With robust public participation over the course of 17 prior events, the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by family members and visitors, including children and teens.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: ELK GROVE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management, in partnership with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, will offer five trained wild horses for adoption in an auction set for Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Facility, 12500 Bruceville Rd., in Elk Grove.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - Late this afternoon, “Fugitive of the Week", Amanda Lee Tappan, 31 years-of-age, surrendered at the U.S. District Court in Concord, NH. Tappan had been wanted on an outstanding federal arrest warrant issued on Sept. 24, 2019 for bail violations and failing to appear on an original charge of sales of the synthetic narcotic - Fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - This weekend the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will once again conduct one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday October 26 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their expired, unused, and unwanted prescription medications...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: Jeffery Pietrzyk, a former high-level official in the UAW’s General Motors Department, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with other UAW officials to engage in honest services fraud by taking over $123,000 in bribes and kickbacks from UAW vendors and contractors and to conspiring to launder the proceeds of the scheme announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Cleveland, Ohio, was found guilty after a two-day jury trial of offenses related to the burglary of the store of a federally licensed gun dealer and the robbery of a gas station, in Clarion County, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and more than two hundred Members of Congress filed a brief with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in their ongoing legal action to hold President Trump ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DAVID RODRIGUEZ, 25, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine base (“crack").
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Two defendants pleaded guilty today to their participation in a massive fraud scheme involving a solar energy company in Benicia, that defrauded investors of approximately $1 billion, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Those losses resulted from investment transactions in solar energy hardware valued at approximately $2.5 billion.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Montville, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a sophisticated computer hacking scheme that targeted two companies in New Jersey and stole their data, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) reacted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHSTA) announcement that roadway fatalities are down 2.4%, though pedestrian and cyclist deaths are up 3.4 percent and 6.3 percent respectively.
By State Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today convened a full committee hearing on Turkey's offensive in northeast Syria, with witness testimony from the Honorable James F. Jeffrey, special representative for Syria engagement and special ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2019
News Release: Statistics describe largest ever number of violent crime and weapons charges filed in the district.
