News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LILIBETH PEREZ, 20, of New Britain, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to a conspiracy charge related to her role in a counterfeit check bank fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Adonnis Carswell, age 34, of New Haven, Indiana was found guilty by a jury on 4 counts as charged in a Superseding Indictment; maintaining a drug involved premises, possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
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: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury returned a 10-count superseding indictment Wednesday afternoon charging eight individuals in connection with a fraud scheme primarily targeting widowed women over 65 years old. The indictment alleges that over approximately two years, the defendants defrauded dozens of victims out of more than $6 million, which they laundered through accounts they controlled.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Jakey P. Sepulvado, 26, of Shreveport, was sentenced Wednesday by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. to 130 months in prison for illegally possessing drugs and a firearm.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) today slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s closely guarded, secretly negotiated bill that has yet to be shared with Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee, even as the committee has a markup of the bill scheduled for next Wednesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of McKeesport, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity and possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters to 16 states today asking how the states are using federal funds to assist treatment and recovery efforts in response to the opioid crisis. The letters were signed by full Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), full Committee Ranking...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert-FBI Offers $5,000 Reward for Information in Taos Pueblo Homicides.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced that Dr. David Edward Nowak, 42, of Delray Beach, Florida, was sentenced to prison on federal child pornography charges.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C. – “The DOE applauds and supports FERC’s action today on proposed regulatory reforms. Given the changes in U.S. energy production capabilities, regulatory revisions have been long overdue. Today, the Commission is proposing much needed, commonsense reforms that better reflect today’s competitive wholesale markets and availability of plentiful, affordable energy supplies from a diversity of sources.” – Assistant Secretary Bruce J. Walker, Office of Electricity.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Shenandoah National Park will celebrate the 86th Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Reunion and host a volunteer event on National Public Lands Day, Sept. 28, 2019. Entrance fees to the park will be waived on this special day.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters to 16 states today asking how the states are using federal funds to assist treatment and recovery efforts in response to the opioid crisis. The letters were signed by full Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), full...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) today slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s closely guarded, secretly negotiated bill that has yet to be shared with Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee, even as the committee has a markup of the bill scheduled for next Wednesday.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of H.R. 4378, a continuing resolution to extend federal government funding through Nov. 21 and avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Ranking Member Doug Collins (R-GA) sent a letter to United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer expressing their concerns regarding the use of language mirroring Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in trade agreements.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of failure to register as a sex offender was sentenced on September 9, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters to 16 states today asking how the states are using federal funds to assist treatment and recovery efforts in response to the opioid crisis. The letters were signed by full Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), full...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Michael Bruce McDonald, 79, of Huntington Beach, CA, was sentenced to 174 months in federal prison for engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places. McDonald appeared before United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Russell White III, 38, of San Jose, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to four years and three months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the state of California by filing false unemployment insurance claims, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
