News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: For Illegal Reentry Of A Removed Alien.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Reps. Doris Matsui (D-CA), and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) introduced the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act (HR 4459), a bipartisan bill to help secure America’s telecommunications supply chain.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Robert Thorn, 50, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today in United States District Court in Rutland, Vermont for possessing with intent to distribute heroin and 28 grams or more of cocaine base. Chief U.S. District Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford sentenced Thorn to five years in prison, to be followed by a five-year period of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: Denali National Park and Preserve is taking a close look at the condition of the Park Road, particularly the Pretty Rocks portion of Polychrome Pass, an area known for its increasing geologic activity. Movement of the Pretty Rocks landslide at mile 45.4 of the Park Road is multiplying, creating need for intensified monitoring, maintenance, and planning. The park expects an increased demand for resources during next year’s maintenance.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: For Possession of Child Pornography. SOUTH BEND - Mark Peppers, age 35, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. for possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Mr. Peppers was sentenced to 120 months in prison, 10 years of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Fady Esho, was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 30 years in prison for his aggravated role in a drug distribution conspiracy as well as his participation in an attempted armed robbery ordered by the Mexican Mafia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: Today, a jury in Brooklyn returned a verdict finding Dilkhayot Kasimov, a citizen of Uzbekistan and resident of Brooklyn, guilty of conspiracy and of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). The verdict followed a one-week trial before United States District Judge William F. Kuntz, II. When sentenced, Kasimov faces up to 30 years’ imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The 52nd defendant charged in the college admissions case, Xiaoning Sui, was charged in a superseding indictment today with international money laundering and conspiring to commit fraud and federal programs bribery in connection with a scheme to facilitate her son’s admission to the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) as a purported soccer recruit.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A California businessman became the second parent to be sentenced to prison today in connection with his involvement in the college admissions case.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: For Drug Trafficking. FORT WAYNE - Ivan Jaimes-Molina, age 25, of Fort Meade, Florida was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly Brady for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Ivan Jaimes-Molina was sentenced to 120 months inmprisonment followed...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) today announced that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The subcommittee will markup 15 bills pertaining to asbestos, PFAS and spent nuclear fuel.
By State Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the following statement after Speaker Pelosi announced the Democrats’ intention to impeach President Donald Trump over details of a phone call with the Ukrainian President that have yet to be released...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: A Tulsa resident pleaded guilty today to making a false statement in a bankruptcy proceeding, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney R. Trent Shores.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., Sept. 23, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared and is accepting comments on a commodity import evaluation document (CIED) regarding fresh Unshu orange imports from Japan. Based on our findings, we are proposing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: DENVER - U.S. Attorney Jason R. Dunn announces that former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs official Dwane Nevins, age 55, pleaded guilty last week to an indictment charging him with corruption related crimes, arising from a scheme to take payments from an undercover FBI agent. Earlier this week...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) today announced that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The subcommittee will markup 15 bills pertaining to asbestos, PFAS and spent nuclear fuel.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the follow statement following Speaker Pelosi’s announcement expressing her support for impeachment...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) today announced that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The subcommittee will markup 15 bills pertaining to asbestos, PFAS and spent nuclear fuel.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged 18 individuals in conspiracies to distribute kilogram quantities of heroin, launder money back to Mexico and run a fake immigration identification business. The charges follow a multiagency investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Delaware County Drug Task Force.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement applauding the announcement of major pipeline safety rules from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA):
