News published on Federal Newswire in September 2019

News from September 2019


Raleigh County Woman Indicted on Multiple Counts of Wire Fraud, Bank Fraud, Bankruptcy Fraud and Money Laundering

News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging a Beckley woman with multiple counts of fraud, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Natalie P. Cochran, 38, owner of Technology Management Solutions (TMS) and Tactical Solutions Group (TSG), was charged in a 26-count indictment with wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft and bankruptcy fraud.


Walden Opening Remarks at Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Markup of 15 Bills

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered the following remarks at an Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee markup today of 15 bills to address key environmental problems of the past, present, and future.


News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Jerald Esther Williams, 22, of Fresno, charging him with being a felon in possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


News Release: MISSOULA-An investigation into Bozeman area pill overdoses in 2017 resulted in the sentencing today of three men convicted of drug trafficking and other charges, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.


News Release: Today, Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at the subcommittee's hearing on employee misclassification...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Communications and Technology and Consumer...


Gibson County Man Receives 90 Month Sentence for Being a Convicted Felon in Possession of Multiple Firearms

News Release: Jackson, TN - Matthew J. Pate, 34, of Humboldt, Tennessee was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of firearms. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.


News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Ronald Clark Roddenberry, 52, of Little River, Alabama, was sentenced today in federal court on charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm. Roddenberry pled guilty to the charges in December of 2018.


News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Earl T. Cook, Jr., age 55, of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Sept. 25, 2019, by United States District Court Judge John E. Jones III, to five years’ imprisonment followed by five years’ on supervised release, for receipt of child pornography. Judge Jones also ordered Cook to pay an assessment of $5,000 under the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.



Former Mexican State Attorney General Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Participation in International Narcotics Distribution Conspiracy

News Release: Edgar Veytia, a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico, and the former State Attorney General for the State of Nayarit, Mexico, was sentenced today to 20 years’ imprisonment and ordered to pay $1 million in forfeiture following his guilty plea to participating in an international heroin, cocaine...


News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Dezmaighne McClain, 28, of Sacramento, charging him with two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.


News Release: The nation’s power grid is becoming much more complex as more distributed energy resources (DERs) - solar, wind, energy storage, controllable loads - connect to the grid. Enabling this growing ecosystem of resources and devices to work together in a coordinated manner is vital to the Nation’s grid modernization efforts.


News Release: BOSTON - Three men and one woman were indicted yesterday in federal court in Boston with fentanyl and carfentanil conspiracy.


News Release: Washington-Today, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s attacks on the intelligence community whistleblower and other witnesses...


News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal criminal complaint against SEQUANA CIGOLO, 38, and JASON LYNNDROTTI WINSTON, 48, for their roles in illegally supplying a firearm that was used in multiple shootings in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Chicago, Illinois1. CIGOLO and WINSTON ...


Federal Health Care Fraud Takedown in Northeastern U.S. Results in Charges Against 48 Individuals

News Release: The Justice Department today announced a coordinated health care fraud enforcement action across seven federal districts in the Northeastern United States, involving more than $800 million in loss and the distribution of over 3.25 million pills of opioids in “pill mill" clinics. The takedown includes...


Neal Opening Statement at Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on the Public Health Consequences and Costs of Gun Violence

News Release: Building off last week’s hearing concerning the spread of hatred and violence, today’s hearing addresses the need to better understand how gun violence affects our nation’s public health.


Walden and Shimkus Statement on Nuclear Waste, PFAS Legislation Following Subcommittee Markup

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL) released the following statement applauding the passage of the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act (H.R. 2699) during a subcommittee markup today of 15 environment bills.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced a coordinated health care fraud enforcement action across seven federal districts in the Northeastern United States, involving more than $800 million in loss and the distribution of over 3.25 million pills of opioids in “pill mill" clinics. The takedown...