News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ELIANA BAUTA pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to her involvement in a scheme to steal over $300,000 in funds from the New York City Human Resources Administration (“HRA"). BAUTA perpetrated...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has prevailed in an administrative proceeding against Raymond Frank Christie, also known as Ray Christie, doing business as Christie...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-John Joseph Wallace, Jr., 35, of Madras, Oregon, was sentenced today to 72 months in prison and life term of supervised release for the repeated sexual abuse of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - A man, who allegedly made threats via Facebook Messenger to “shoot and kill a bunch of people downtown…" made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court today, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. The threats were made by Hill and investigated by law enforcement in August 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Julian P. Assange, 47, the founder of WikiLeaks, was arrested today in the United Kingdom pursuant to the U.S./UK Extradition Treaty, in connection with a federal charge of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password to a classified U.S. government computer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Deepak Deshpande (41, Dublin, California) to life in federal prison for enticing a minor to engage in sexual conduct, and 30 years’ imprisonment for production of child pornography. Deshpande had pleaded guilty on Oct. 29, 2018.
By State Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul released the following statement in response to the situation unfolding in Khartoum, Sudan.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Eleven people from the Mahoning Valley were indicted for their roles distributing crack and powder cocaine in the Youngstown area.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Lance Green, age 37, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison, to be followed by 4 years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: A Ft. Lauderdale resident has been charged with distributing fentanyl, a controlled substance that was ingested and caused the death of another individual.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
Release: Summary:The National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) is a cooperative Federal-State-Industry mechanism for controlling certain poultry diseases. NPIP’s General Conference Committee made changes to NPIP program standards to keep in line with the latest science, technology and best practices. USDA is publishing these proposed changes to the program standards for public review and comment. View more information here.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
Release: ST. LOUIS - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a hiring event this Saturday to recruit TSA officers to work at St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: WikiLeaks Founder Charged in Computer Hacking Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - A tax return preparer formerly of Roanoke, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns and filing a false personal tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas T. Cullen for the Western District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Charges Include Methamphetamine Distribution And Firearm Possession.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today after his wife returned a rental vehicle with nearly a kilogram of methamphetamine in the trunk.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WALTER ARNULFO GUZMAN RIVAS, 39, a citizen of El Salvador last residing in Stamford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of reentry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Christopher M. Perry and Sarah R. Gates Accused of Sexually Exploiting A Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Excelsior Springs, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing and attempting to distribute child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in exchanging $1.9 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for cash, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
