News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Ellis Harp III, 44, of Shreveport, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to eight years and 10 months in prison for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of two firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. Foote also sentenced Harp to five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two men were each sentenced today to over two years in prison for their respective roles in a large-scale marijuana trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Two Clarksville, Tennessee men have been charged by a federal Grand Jury this week in a five count indictment tied to a Feb. 18, 2019, carjacking, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science has selected 70 graduate students from across the nation for its 2018 Solicitation 2 cycle for Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was arrested today and charged in federal court on fraud charges arising from his role overseeing UT Services, a Worcester employment agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - David Keith Frazier, 33, and Lauren C. Willis, 26, both members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their role in two bomb threats and a bank robbery that occurred on the Choctaw Indian Reservation, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news the Trump Administration proposed releasing migrants into targeted cities as political payback...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) sent a letter to the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), urging OPR to make public its findings from...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, April 20, to encourage all Americans to visit their national parks, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will waive the entrance fee to enter Point Park, atop Lookout Mountain.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, Richard Ortegon pleaded guilty to assisting in the preparation of a false U.S. Income Tax Returns which contained fraudulent deductions, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Sarah Kull, Houston Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement after President Donald Trump and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai announced their strategy to strengthen America’s position in the race to 5G, support the next generation of wireless connectivity, and connect rural communities to digital opportunity.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - United States Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that law enforcement have dismantled a drug ring operating in Asheville, charging eight of its members with drug conspiracy and drug and firearm-related offenses. The 35-count criminal indictment was returned by the federal grand jury on April 2, 2019, and was unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today presented James Shaw Jr. of Nashville, Tennessee, the Special Courage Award during the annual National Crime Victims’ Service Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. This honor is awarded to victims or survivors who exhibit exceptional perseverance and determination in dealing with his or her own victimization, or who acted bravely to prevent victimization.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to submit false and fraudulent insurance claims for out-of-network chiropractic services that were never performed, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: Defendant secretly took college entrance exams in place of students, or corrected students’ answers after they had taken the exam.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Nelson Bell Jr., 51, of Monroe, pleaded guilty Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty for possessing two unregistered shotguns.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of DESMOND GEORGE DANIAL, 51, to 30 months in prison for interstate stalking. DANIAL, who pleaded guilty on November 8, 2018, was sentenced today before Senior Judge Ann D. Montgomery in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Donald Washington was sworn in as the director of the U.S. Marshals Service today during a ceremonial installation service at U.S. Marshals headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein administered the oath of office.
