News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Ricky T. Wolfe, 19, of Winnebago, was sentenced today in federal court of sexual abuse of a minor. Senior United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Wolfe to 18 months in prison. Wolfe will begin a five-year term of supervised release following his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FRANKIE VEGA, also known as “Lips," 35, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Seven Nigerian nationals were charged in indictments unsealed today in connection with their roles in expansive online fraud schemes targeting individuals and businesses in the United States, including phishing schemes, romance scams, business email compromise schemes, work-at-home scams, identity theft schemes, theft of personally identifiable information (PII) and credit card theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA-A former resident of Van Buren, Arkansas, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 12 years and seven months (151 months) and 27 years of supervised release on his conviction of coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Juan A. Torres, age 36, of Albany, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: FBI Seattle Division to Hold Diversity Agent Recruiting Event.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Celebration to Include Sunset Ceremony at the Pinnacle Overlook.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A Laredo federal grand jury has returned several unrelated indictments, four of which involved a methamphetamine conversion lab, illegal firearms purchases and two habitual illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks for the markup of H.R. 4018, a criminal justice reform bill regarding elderly offenders...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The mission of EM’s Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP) is coming to an end as workers are set to finish transuranic (TRU) waste treatment there this fall.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Joe Lamont Gholar, 46, formerly of Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 48 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 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 oversight hearing on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Community Relations Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Jonathan Chang misappropriated religious donations and church funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Ameade Williams, 24, of St. Croix, was sentenced to 41 months of incarceration for possession of a firearm while under indictment by District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis on September 9, 2019. Judge Lewis also ordered Williams to pay a fine in the amount of $1,000.00, to supervised release for three years, and to pay a special assessment of $100.00.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Staten Island, NY -We are proud to announce that the National Park Service (NPS) has selected Moonbeam Leasing & Management LLC as the new operator of the Great Kills Marina, located at Great Kills Park in the Staten Island Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - An inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Loretto, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of possession of a prohibited object in prison, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: The Savannah Police Department is receiving a federal grant to improve safety in the community under the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods program.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), chair of the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, wrote to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross today requesting a series of documents on his reported threats against long-time National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: The results are in, and DOE employees donated a total of 50,744 pounds of food to people in need through the 2019 Feds Feed Families Food Drive this summer. “I feel the agency did a tremendous job - in a very short window - to come together and help fight food insecurity across this nation," said Melody...
