News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Adam C. McFadden pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing a false tax return before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
Release: ALCOA, Tenn. - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at the McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) checkpoint this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Tyler C. Amon, Special Agent in Charge of EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division in New England, announced that REZART RAKAJ, 35, of Ansonia, and KLITON RAKAJ, 39, of Monroe, were sentenced today in New Haven federal court for...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - Recreation trails on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management are ready for the busy spring and summer seasons, as crews have finished repairing fire and winter storm damage.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure sent letters to both the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing to request records related to the certification of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The records and responses will help further the Committee’s investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A controller employed by a Providence based high-technology company that specializes in the optimization of electro-magnetic and automated process equipment pleaded guilty today in federal court to charges that she executed a scheme to defraud the company of more than $550,000 in reimbursements for business related expenses she was not entitled to, and that she failed to pay taxes to the IRS for the funds she fraudulently received.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Climbing routes on the west face and southwest shoulder of Devils Tower National Monument are temporarily closed to protect nesting Peregrine and Prairie Falcons. The closure is implemented to provide the falcons with an undisturbed nesting location during this critical courtship and nest-selection period.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Jonathan Mark Oldale, age 55, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, today to 20 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, on charges of production and possession of child pornography, arising from Oldale secretly filming children...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON ‐A 65-year-old resident of Lake Jackson has been ordered to federal prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Kirk Lawrence Brannan pleaded guilty to bank fraud April 30, 2018, admitting he conspired with others from 2005 to 2009 to execute a scheme to defraud Wells Fargo Bank and other lenders.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud in federal court in Boston as the result of an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) federal Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force investigation into a conspiracy involving the use...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The carriage roads in the park are closed to all users until the roads dry out and become firm enough to prevent damage to their gravel surface. The warmer weather and wet conditions have softened the carriage roads and made them susceptible to damage. Walking, bicycling, and riding horses on the carriage roads under the current conditions can cause ruts and potholes that will channel water and exacerbate erosion.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Erick Pizarro, 37, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced an Asbury Park, N.J., man was sentenced today to 13 years in prison on charges of drug distribution and violation of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON ‐A 65-year-old resident of Lake Jackson has been ordered to federal prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Kirk Lawrence Brannan pleaded guilty to bank fraud April 30, 2018, admitting he conspired with others from 2005 to 2009 to execute a scheme to defraud Wells Fargo Bank and other lenders.
By State Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: El Paso, TX-Representatives Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Jerrold Nadler, Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary; Zoe Lofgren, Chairwoman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship; Pramila Jayapal, Vice-Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Christopher Morgan, of Detroit, Michigan, has admitted to his role in a heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine distribution operation in Randolph County, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries conducted a saddle-trained wild horse adoption event on March 30 at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC) south of Carson City, Nevada. All 16 animals showcased at the event were adopted.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington has sentenced Nishitkumar Patel (31, Tampa) to eight years and nine months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, relating to his participation in an India-based call center scam. As part of his sentence, the court also entered a money judgment of $200,000, and ordered Patel to forfeit cash and a 2015 Land Rover that was seized in October 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A north suburban man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for enticing underage girls to engage in sex acts with him.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 1, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa-On March 29, 2019, Tyler Gene Harris, age 28, of Ames, appeared before United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger and was sentenced to 360 months in prison for charges of sexual exploitation of a child, distribution of child pornography, and possession of child pornography.
