News from April 2019
By USDA Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Washington - On April 16, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued an administrative complaint against Sisseton Livestock Auction Inc. (Sisseton), Sisseton, S.D., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Sisseton will have until 20 days following receipt of the complaint to respond directly to the USDA Administrative Law Judge or be found in violation and subject to penalty.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Erika Paola Intriago (44, Tampa) with four counts of wire fraud and three counts of wrongfully using government seals. If convicted, Intriago faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for each count of wire fraud and up to five years in federal prison for each count of wrongfully using government seals.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Delaware residents will need a REAL ID compatible driver’s license by Oct. 1, 2020, if they want to use it to get onto a domestic flight, enter certain federal buildings or enter military bases. With that in mind, it is highly recommended that Delaware residents who plan to travel upgrade to a REAL ID driver’s license before the deadline.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Two defendants will plead guilty to charges in connection with using bribery and other forms of fraud to facilitate the admission of applicants to selective colleges and universities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Quintavious Obie has been sentenced to federal prison for engaging in sex trafficking and witness tampering. The defendant was originally indicted for sex trafficking in 2018 but continued to harass and intimidate victims and was charged with witness tampering as well.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray recognized 21 officers and agents from 13 local, state and federal law enforcement agencies during the Western District’s inaugural “Excellence in the Pursuit of Justice" awards ceremony, for their outstanding performance and investigative work in cases prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. will join the DEA on April 27th for its 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The biannual event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at thousands of collection sites around the country, including here in the (Eastern District of North Carolina. The event is an effort to rid homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - RUFUS LOU NELSON, JR., 35, has been sentenced to forty years in prison for carjacking and other crimes, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Johnathan Ladig, 33 years old, of Angola, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann after pleading guilty to selling firearms to a felon and transporting stolen firearms in interstate commerce, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - John Dauenhauer, 58, of Liverpool, New York, was sentenced today to serve 20 years in prison for transporting and possessing child pornography, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Kevin M. Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: First Ever Felony Criminal Charges Against a Distributor and its Executives for Illegal Distribution of Controlled Substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Selling Firearms To A Felon and Transporting Stolen Firearms In Interstate Commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A federal jury has found a West Tennessee man guilty of being a felon in possession of a stolen firearm. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Putnam County man who lied on an ATF Form in an attempt to obtain firearms pled guilty today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - As the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) celebrates its 20th anniversary, the largest shipper to the facility - the EM program at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site - is set to achieve a milestone of its own.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Two defendants will plead guilty to charges in connection with using bribery and other forms of fraud to facilitate the admission of applicants to selective colleges and universities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - An indictment unsealed today charges Xiaoqing Zheng, age 56, of Niskayuna, New York, and Zhaoxi Zhang, age 47, of Liaoning Province, China, with economic espionage and conspiring to steal General Electric’s (GE’s) trade secrets surrounding turbine technologies, knowing and intending that...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Extrudex Aluminum, Inc., an aluminum manufacturing company in Mahoning County, with a parent company in Canada, pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony in connection with a conspiracy to obstruct justice related to an investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler released a statement in response to reports that the White House will force former White House Counsel Don McGahn to defy the subpoena issued for his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - GPM Investments, LLC, which is headquartered in Richmond and operates over 1,400 convenience stores in 22 states, including approximately 200 stores in Virginia, has agreed to settle a dispute under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regarding an allegation of refusal of service to an individual with disabilities accompanied by a service animal.
