News from April 2019
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: Visitors are invited to join Tumacácori National Historical Park staff and scientists on National Bat Appreciation Day, April 17, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., to experience our beautiful dark skies and learn about the amazing creatures of the night. Under the blanket of darkness the desert comes alive with...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on April 3, 2019, Nicole Marie Rogers, age 31, from Minot, ND, was charged by Indictment with two counts of Bank Fraud, Possession of Stolen Mail, and Aggravated Identity Theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that his office has filed a civil lawsuit to enjoin Miller’s Organic Farm of Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, and its owner, Amos Miller, from continuing to violate federal food safety laws. The violations include Miller’s selling non-federally-inspected, misbranded meat and poultry products to consumers located throughout the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: Defendant Pressured the Victim Not to Tell; He Was Arrested After She Disclosed the Abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Thomas Alonzo Bolin, a/k/a Peter Vincent, 22, of Greece, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with making a false statement to the FBI. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Christopher Devone Jones, 25, of Vicksburg, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to 44 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Jones was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Seven Ohio men have pleaded guilty to related crimes regarding child pornography and the sexual abuse of two 10-year-old children.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was convicted by a jury today to committing two armed robberies at the same bank in Henderson, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: State Department Contracting Officer Indicted for Bribery and Procurement Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Joseph Shaquille Brown, 25, of Shreveport, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Donald E. Walter for making a false statement on a federal firearms transaction record, known as an ATF Form 4473.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that on April 3, 2019, in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced aNDREW DAVID PHILLIPS, 28, of Franklinton, North Carolina to 210 months imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN ANDERSON, 38, of New Britain, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced the conclusion of OCDETF Operation “Tooth Fairy". An Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) is a joint federal, state, and local cooperative approach to combatting drug trafficking and is the nation’s primary tool for disrupting...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: Sacramento, CA.- The majestic California condor once soared the skies over western North America from British Columbia to Mexico. However, by 1985, the condor had spiraled down to the brink of extinction, with only 22 birds remaining. These remaining birds were taken into captivity in a last ditch effort...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joshua Zak, 41, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: Stop kicking Medicaid’s safety net hospital payments down the road.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was convicted by a jury today to committing two armed robberies at the same bank in Henderson, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Mo., man was convicted by a federal trial jury today of illegally possessing a firearm that he used to shoot his girlfriend.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: Today, the House passed H.R. 1585, the bipartisan Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 (VAWA), by a vote of 263-158.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ENRIQUE LUCIANO, 32, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.
