News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced ALBERT VINES, 29, of Fayetteville to 326 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Mr. Vines...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Juan Leobardo Martinez Reyes, age 20, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (6.5 months), for the offense of illegal re-entry into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for fentanyl distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union Township, New Jersey man admitted today to possessing two loaded handguns and large quantities of narcotics with the intent to distribute those narcotics, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - United States Attorney David C. Weiss announced that Kristian James O’Hara entered a guilty plea today to one count of conspiracy to commit cyberstalking. The guilty plea was entered this morning before the Honorable Colm F. Connolly, United States District Judge for the District of Delaware. Sentencing has been scheduled for July 23, 2019. The defendant faces a maximum five years’ imprisonment for his crime.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding an announcement from Cigna (Express Scripts) to cap out-of-pocket costs for insulin prescriptions for some patients.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney John H. Durham and Chief State’s Attorney Kevin T. Kane announced that ARTHUR STANLEY, also known as “Wiggs," 29, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to a mandatory life prison term for committing the July 15, 2011, murder of Keith Washington, 23, of Windsor. On Dec. 19, 2016, a jury found Stanley guilty of engaging in a violent crime in aid of racketeering.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Ramiz Zijad Hodzic, 44, of St. Louis County, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and one count of providing material support to terrorists. Hodzic appeared today before Judge Catherine D. Perry who accepted his plea and set his sentencing...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo sentenced Hakeem James Hughes, age 30, of Stowe, Pennsylvania, to 216 months’ imprisonment followed by 15 years of supervised release for child exploitation offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Mr. President, earlier this week I introduced the bipartisan Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2019 - or the RESA bill as we call it in the Finance Committee. I’m pleased to be joined by my colleague, Finance Committee Ranking Member Wyden, in introducing this important legislation.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 3, 2019 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched two new features on farmers.gov to help customers manage their farm loans and navigate the application process for H-2A visas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: A former Oakland County reserve deputy sheriff will spend 49 months in prison for the unlawful distribution of prescription opioids, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney John H. Durham and Chief State’s Attorney Kevin T. Kane announced that ARTHUR STANLEY, also known as “Wiggs," 29, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to a mandatory life prison term for committing the July 15, 2011, murder of Keith Washington, 23, of Windsor. On Dec. 19, 2016, a jury found Stanley guilty of engaging in a violent crime in aid of racketeering.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
Release: Washington, DC, April 3, 2019 - To aid Iowa residents impacted by recent flooding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) benefits for five western Iowa counties. Households that do not normally qualify for SNAP may be eligible for D-SNAP if they meet certain requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two Parkersburg residents arrested as part of Project Parkersburg - a major takedown and dismantling of a multi-state drug trafficking organization (DTO) responsible for distributing methamphetamine and heroin - appeared in federal court today, announced United States Attorney Mike...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Spokane, Washington - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that a Federal grand jury indicted Orlando Baires-Cartagena for receiving and possessing child pornography and possessing a counterfeit Permanent Resident Card. A Permanent Resident Card...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: Visitors are invited to help us celebrate Earth Day, National Junior Ranger Day, National Park Week, and John Muir’s Birthday in Yosemite Valley.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to counterfeiting charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury in Boston, Massachusetts, returned an indictment charging three restaurant owners with conspiracy to defraud the United States and filing false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Holyoke man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for dealing cocaine.
