News from September 2019
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: AMARILLO, T.X. - The Bureau of Land Management Oklahoma Field Office is seeking volunteers for its upcoming National Public Lands Day event on Sept. 28. In recognition of this annual observance, the BLM will conduct on-the-ground projects to enhance recreation opportunities on the Cross Bar Management Area, located approximately 15 miles north of downtown Amarillo.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Kevin Robert Lee, 35, of Tallahassee, was sentenced yesterdayto 66 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to 20 counts of bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and theft from a lending institution, as well as three counts of filing a false tax return. The crimes involved more than $800,000 in theft. The sentence was announced by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOE 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 DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Republican Workforce Leaders on the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), sent a letter to Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee Chairwoman Frederica Wilson (D-FL) requesting a public hearing by the Committee to examine the widening corruption scandal within the United Auto Workers (UAW) union.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Liam Heim, 23, of St. Petersburg, Florida, was sentenced to 180 months’ imprisonment, and lifetime supervised release by United States District Judge Petrese B. Tucker for child exploitation offenses which occurred in Philadelphia.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - In honor of tomorrow’s nationwide climate strikes, the press conference previously scheduled by Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) has been postponed. New details will be made available at a later date.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) calls for solutions for the nation’s border crisis and shares experience from firsthand visits to the border at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing. Walden also reaffirms he does not support children being separated from their parents at the border.
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 DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man pleaded guilty today to charges of mail fraud and acting as an unregistered commodity pool operator, both stemming from his execution of an investment fraud scheme he operated for nearly a decade.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gary Coca, 46, of Las Vegas, N.M., appeared in federal court in Albuquerque today on a federal complaint charging him with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and robbery by interference with commerce by threats or violence.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
Release: WORCESTER, Mass. - A Winchendon, Massachusetts woman was stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers on Wednesday, Sept. 18, with a loaded firearm in her carry-on bag at Worcester Regional Airport (ORH).
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing entitled “Protecting Consumers from Pharmaceutical Market Gaming Tactics:"
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Maria Chapa Lopez announces that, on Sept. 17, 2019, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the 120-year federal-prison sentence of Kyle Adam Kirby (39, Live Oak), who was convicted of producing, attempting to produce, possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department announced today a coordinated health care fraud enforcement operation across the state of Texas, involving charges against a total of 58 individuals across all four federal districts in Texas for their alleged involvement in Medicare fraud schemes and networks of “pill mill" clinics resulting in $66 million in loss and 6.2 million pills. Of those charged, 16 were doctors or medical professionals, and 20 were charged for their role in diverting opioids.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARTIN NUNEZ, 41, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 21 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Maria Chapa Lopez announces that, on Sept. 17, 2019, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the 120-year federal-prison sentence of Kyle Adam Kirby (39, Live Oak), who was convicted of producing, attempting to produce, possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Norfolk FBI and Newport News Police Partner to Host Diversity and Inclusion Event.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - Two Kansas men with prior felony convictions were charged in separate cases today with unlawfully possessing firearms, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2019 – USDA Rural Housing Service Administrator Bruce W. Lammers today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing almost $12 million in 41 community facilities projects that will benefit 214,000 Americans in rural communities in 17 states.
