News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - An Ohio man caught with heroin in August 2017 was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for his role in a federal drug conspiracy charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Eric Brown, also known as “Eddie," 47, previously pled guilty to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Walker Manuel Moreta, 32, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that John Shannon Simpson, age 43, of Lee County, Florida, has entered a guilty plea in federal court to Wire Fraud. United States District Judge David C. Norton of Charleston accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after he has received and reviewed a presentence report prepared by the United States Probation Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Spend some time outside on Saturday, April 20, and participate in the Obed Wild & Scenic River annual clean-up and volunteer appreciation potluck lunch. Participants are asked to meet at the Obed WSR Visitor Center at 208 N. North Maiden Street in Wartburg at 8:30 AM (ET).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man appeared in Newark federal court today on a charge of distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today, JUSTIN O’NEAL BARNES, 30, of Greenville was sentenced in United States District Court. The charges stem from the recovery of a firearm in a liquor store in Greenville on Oct. 11, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Steven Ferguson, 40, pled guilty today to being a prohibited person while possessing ammunition, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. The investigation was conducted by the Huntington Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Phoenix man who moved to Kansas City, Kan., to run a drug house was sentenced today to 21 years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Ranking Member Jordan Released Memorandum on Chairman Cummings’s Partisan and Political Security Clearance Investigation WASHINGTON, DC -
By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, released the following statement upon the announcement of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule to address joint employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) issued the following statement on the U.S. District Court decision to reverse President Trump’s order revoking the Obama administration’s sweeping ban on oiland gas drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Washinton, DC - Donald Washington was sworn in as the director of the U.S. Marshals Service today in a ceremony at the Tom Stagg U.S. District Court in Shreveport, Louisiana, with Chief Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. presiding and Chief Judge Carl E. Stewart of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals administering the oath of office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man previously convicted and imprisoned on firearm charges was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence today to 10 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Fraudsters in U.S. and Overseas Gained Access to E-Mail Accounts, Then Duped Victims into Wiring Millions of Dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: MACON- A Thomasville business owner trafficking in counterfeit car parts made in China pled guilty Friday for his crime, said U.S. Attorney Charles “Charlie" Peeler. Drexel C. Benton, 71, of Thomasville entered a guilty plea for Trafficking in Counterfeit Goods on March 29, 2019 before The Honorable...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Months-Long Law Operation Results in Hundreds of Arrests; Seizure of Guns and Drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On March 26, 2019, Mark Alan Blankespoor, of Pella, Iowa, was charged with twelve counts of mail fraud and twelve counts of wire fraud announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On March 26, 2019, Mark Alan Blankespoor, of Pella, Iowa, was charged with twelve counts of mail fraud and twelve counts of wire fraud announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: MOAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking comments on an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing a proposal to provide sustainable camping opportunities and improvements in the Klondike Bluffs area. The proposal addresses increased visitor demand for camping through the creation of designated campsites and campgrounds with amenities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - David M. Wasanyi, a former Martinsburg and Charles Town, West Virginia pharmacist, was ordered to pay $335,670 in civil penalties for filling prescriptions in violation of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
