News from September 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 Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Oversight Democrats blocked a Republican motion to subpoena DC Councilmember Jack Evans to testify at today’s hearing on DC statehood. Evans, a long-time DC Councilmember and former Chairman of the Council’s Finance Committee, is accused of using his official position for personal gain.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 32-year-old former La Feria deputy constable has entered a guilty plea to extortion under color of official right, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the impacts of marine debris on ecosystems and species.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - MARK DOUGLAS, age 72, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty on Sept. 17, 2019 to a one-count bill of information for embezzlement of union funds before the Honorable Greg G. Guidry, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 20, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Justin Deger, 28, of Fresno, charging him with credit card fraud and possession of stolen mail, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
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: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that a jury in New Haven has found FAREED AHMED KHAN, 61, of Manchester, guilty of making a false statement during an interview with federal law enforcement. A trial before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer began on September 16 and the jury returned its verdict this morning.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today the Committee on Oversight and Reform held a historic hearing on H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act-the first on DC statehood in over 25 years. H.R. 51 has 220 cosponsors, and both Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer have strongly endorsed the bill.
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: Jeffrey H. Ernisse, 63, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for producing and possessing child pornography in 2015 and engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor in the Philippines between 2014 and 2015. U.S. District Court Judge Lynn S. Adelman of the Eastern District of Wisconsin ordered the sentence to run consecutive to a state sentence on which Ernisse has another three years to serve, and will be followed by ten years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a hearing on policing practices...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
Release: Congressman José E. Serrano (D-NY), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) engagement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Second Degree Murder and Arson was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled The Public Health Consequences and Costs of Gun Violence. The hearing will be held on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building.
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 resident of Freedom, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daryl Sumeriski, 51, of Batavia, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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.
