News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Rex Hammond, age 54, of Elkhart, Indiana was convicted on 5 counts of Hobbs Act Robbery, 2 counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence and 1 count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that PATRICIA HARGIS, age 70, of Gretna was charged Tuesday, April 9. 2019 with filing a false tax return, a crime punishable by up to three years’ imprisonment.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: To celebrate National Park Week and Junior Ranger day, Bighorn Canyon will be hosting a National Park Day on April 20, 2019. Special Junior Ranger booklets have been developed for the day. Junior Rangers of all ages will be asked to visit several stations throughout the park. The stations will run from...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a northeast Alabama man for illegal gun possession, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
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: Fort Myers, Florida - U.S. District Judge John E. Steele has sentenced Kenneth R. Jackson, Jr. (42, Lehigh Acres) to six years and three months in federal prison for identity theft, conversion of government property, aggravated identity theft, passing a forged treasury check, and access device (credit...
By State Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
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 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) settled a complaint on Feb. 28, 2019, against L2 Cattle Corporation Inc., and Ronnie Lewis, Dade City, Fla., for suspected violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - An e-commerce company president entered a guilty plea today for conspiring to fix prices for customized promotional products sold online to customers in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced Noe Coreas-Mejia, a/k/a “Tsunami," age 22, of Hyattsville, Maryland, today to 33 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JERRY JAMES KENDALL RITCHIE, 32, of Enid, has been convicted after a two-day jury trial of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and two counts of illegal possession of a firearm, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that NICHOLAS ROTUNDA ALLEN, age 39, an inmate in Jimmy Autry State Prison in Pelham, Georgia, was charged yesterday in a one-count bill of information with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 371, for his role in perpetrating a grand jury fraud scam and victimizing a resident of the Eastern District of Louisiana.
By State Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the coup in Sudan...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The livestream link for the April 15 field hearing in Santa Fe, N.M. - Oil and Gas Development: Impacts on Air Pollution and Sacred Sites - is now available. Watch live at 10:00 a.m. local time at.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two southeast Texas men were each sentenced Thursday to 23 years in federal for producing child pornography in separate, but similar, cases that involved their use of social media.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment against AARON RHY BROUSSARD, 28, charging him with twenty-one counts related to the distribution of controlled substances, including fentanyl, which resulted in the deaths of eleven people and caused serious bodily injury...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Jorge A. Landaverde, 35, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to murder in aid of racketeering.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE- The National Park Service (NPS) is searching for a 45-year old man, Adam “AJ" Emmett, who was last reported seen early morning on Monday, April 8. The NPS is searching a large area around Schooner Head Overlook in Acadia National Park with assistance from the Maine Warden Service, Marine Patrol, Maine Association for Search and Rescue, and the United States Coast Guard.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced a new 18-month, $2.9 million contract award to ENSCO, Inc. for continued work on SenseNet, an effort to develop a low-cost integrated sensor system that can detect biological health hazards...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 11, 2019
News Release: Advocates Against Family Violence to Host Evening of Awareness at Indian Creek Plaza in Caldwell to Honor Crime Victims, Families and Victim Service Providers.
