News from January 2020
By DOE Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA) and Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today requesting a review of the impact the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) aging infrastructure has on patient access to quality health care and positive health outcomes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Bernita Willette Carswell (36, Jacksonville) with disaster assistance fraud related to Hurricane Irma. If convicted, Carswell faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison, plus payment of restitution to the United States. Carswell made her initial appearance in federal court on Jan. 15, 2020. Her arraignment is set for Jan. 22, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Jan. 13, 2020, Ey Lao (age: 34) of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. Lao was found guilty following a jury trial last October of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Boulder, C.O. - TODAY, January 17th at 10 AM, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law will hold a field hearing in Boulder, CO to examine the state of competition in the digital marketplace. The hearing, entitled Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 5: Competitors ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C.- This week, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Sam Graves (R-MO), Chair of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA), and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: A woman who operated a Tulsa spa was indicted this week on charges related to the use of prescription drugs purchased from unauthorized sources from November 2012 to April 2018, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- Acting United States Attorney A. Lance Crick announced today that 19 defendants from Lexington County and surrounding areas have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in related methamphetamine distribution conspiracies, which involved the possession and use of dozens of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), sent a letter to Attorney General Barr and FBI Director Wray to request documents. The documents requested are necessary to facilitate the Committee's consideration of potential reforms to underlying authorities within the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today the results of the January Federal Grand Jury A.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR), Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA) and Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) today requesting a review of the impact the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) aging infrastructure has on patient access to quality health care and positive health outcomes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - On Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, following a three-day trial in Greensboro, a jury in federal court found a High Point resident guilty on four felony charges, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: GREENVILLE, Miss. - A man hired as the City Clerk for the Town of Coldwater was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison on Wednesday for Wire Fraud. U.S. District Judge Debra M. Brown sentenced George Nangah to serve the 21-month prison term consecutive to any state court term of imprisonment imposed in the Tate County Circuit Court and to pay $216,401.28 in restitution to the Town of Coldwater.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, woman and a Canadian man were indicted today for their roles in a securities fraud scheme that induced victims to invest $30 million worth of cash and cryptocurrency based on fraudulent misrepresentations, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - After a nine-day trial, a federal jury found Terrick Robinson, of Cartersville, Georgia, guilty of drug distribution resulting in death and a myriad of other charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that BERNELL BREAUX, age 57, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged in a two-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for attempted bank robbery of a Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company branch and for bank robbery at a Capital One Bank branch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Isiah James Harrington, 19, of Spokane, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court in Coeur d’Alene to 41 months in prison for attempted robbery, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Harrington to serve three years of supervised release following his prison sentence. Harrington pleaded guilty to the charge on September 4, 2019.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Newark Liberty International Airport and LaGuardia Airport each made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s list of Top 10 List of most unusual items found at checkpoints in 2019. TSA released the list in an on-line video it posted on the agency’s Twitter account.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today the results of the January Federal Grand Jury A.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTOINE SNELL and TREYQUANE SNELL, both 21 of Bridgeport, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to prison terms of 64 months and 72 months, respectively, for committing a violent robbery and carjacking of a food delivery driver in Ansonia.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2020
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Today U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Washoe County Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) assisted by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Fugitive Task Force arrested Joseph George Terrone, Jr. in Reno. On Dec. 12, 2019, the...
