News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 58-year-old Wills Point, Texas man has pleaded guilty to child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - Gabriel Newman, 36, of Dayton was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 84 months in prison for possessing an AR-15 assault-style rifle at a home where he was dealing illegal drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp today sentenced Dondi Kentrail Freeney (34, Sanford) to seven years and six months in federal prison, and Telvin Javon Williams (25, Sanford) to five years in federal prison, for their roles in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Freeney and Williams had pleaded guilty on June 25, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months imprisonment and six years supervised release on his conviction of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. Bryant was also sentenced today in federal court to an additional 15 months’ imprisonment for violating the conditions of his supervised release by, among other ways, selling illegal narcotics.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on H.R. 3, the Democrats’ socialized prescription drug pricing scheme...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) sent a letter to Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine Chao, urging her to comply with congressional requirements and promptly convene the Air...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - In line with the National Park Service’s new electric bicycle (e-bike) policy and a, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Glacier national parks, along with the National Elk Refuge, will expand recreational opportunities and accessibility.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: DALLAS - An Indian management consulting firm based in Chicago agreed in August to a $2.5 million global settlement for visa fraud and inducing aliens to enter and remain in the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Darrius Weekly, 25, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to distributing cocaine base, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Cleveland, Ohio, has pleaded guilty to charges of violating federal robbery and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District is seeking volunteers for its upcoming National Public Lands Day event on Sept. 21, from 8 a.m. to noon. In recognition of this annual observance, the BLM will be accomplishing on-the-ground projects to enhance the Aguirre Spring Recreation Area and Campground.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Brady Statement on USMCA Meetings in Mexico City with Senior Mexican Officials.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of BARTON GEORGE SCOTT, 36, a registered sex offender, to 25 years in prison for producing child pornography. SCOTT, who pleaded guilty on February 6, 2019, was sentenced today before Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - After a three-day trial, James Randolph Sherman, 55, of Stockton, was found guilty today of eight counts related to his heroin and crack cocaine trafficking operation, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Andre L. Johnson, 36, of Shreveport, was sentenced Wednesday by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. to 10 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Marcus Antoine Bivins, 30, of Monroeville, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court on two charges-carjacking and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Bivins pled guilty to the charges in May of 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Randolph Bourgoin, III, 32, of Millinocket, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Lance E. Walker to two years in prison and three years of supervised release for theft of a firearm from a federally licensed dealer. He was also ordered to pay $430 in restitution. Bourgoin pleaded guilty on April 3, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Troy, Michigan, alleging that the City violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA) by treating places of worship worse than equivalent nonreligious assemblies in its zoning code and denying zoning approval to a Muslim group seeking to establish a place of worship.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House today passed, on a bipartisan 301 to 123 vote, a continuing resolution with limited anomalies to extend federal government funding through Nov. 21 and avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month.
