News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: Five men and a woman have been indicted in federal court, charged with operating a wide-ranging drug conspiracy that included mass production of pills and possession with intent to distribute a powerful synthetic opioid.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Kimberly Dues (37, Jacksonville) with disaster assistance fraud involving Hurricane Irma. If convicted, Dues faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison, plus restitution to the United States. Dues made her initial appearance in federal court yesterday. Her arraignment is set for April 24, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Puerto Rico man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Worcester for his role in a cocaine conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A repeat child sex offender who used a social media site to solicit sexually explicit images from a boy was sentenced Monday to 14 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
Release: BILLINGS, Mont. - Two Montana airports will host temporary TSA Pre✓® enrollment centers during May, allowing local residents to apply for the popular expedited security screening program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - This weekend, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will once again conduct one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday, April 27, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the public can dispose of their expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County woman was convicted of a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Ashley Nichole Rhodes, age 24, of Chesapeake, pled guilty to possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By USDA Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting online applications for funding through the new ReConnect Rural Broadband Pilot Program. These funds will enable the federal government to partner with the private sector and...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Suudimon Washington, 32, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was charged by information today with one count of carjacking. The information charges Washington for taking of a vehicle from a person in Lancaster at knifepoint on Oct. 12, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - With exceptional public participation during16 prior events, the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative continues to collect increasing amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they may be vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse. In continuation...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on April 22, 2019, Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Emmanuel Solorio-Cruz, of Mexico, to a 46-month term of imprisonment, to be served in the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Solorio-Cruz pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Undercover Operation Led to Conviction of Father and Son.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Chairwoman Karen Bass (D-CA) released a joint statement on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Institute of Justice (NIJ) selection of the Hudson Institute to host the Independent Review Committee (IRC) required under the First Step Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an 18-count indictment on April 11 against Deena Vang Lee, 38, of Fresno, charging her with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent tax returns, and making and subscribing false and fraudulent tax returns, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Michael A. Deshong (619) 546-9290.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: OAKDALE, Calif. - Wild horses and burros from California and Nevada rangelands will be available for public adoption, Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19, at the Oakdale Rodeo Grounds, 1624 East F St., in Oakdale. The Bureau of Land Management will offer ten mares and geldings aged 2 to 4-years-old and ten yearling fillies and colts under 2-years-old. The adoption offering includes ten burros of all ages.
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 US DOT Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA), Congressman Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Congressman Don...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: Oklahoma City - Johnny T. Ng, CNP, of Oklahoma City, has agreed to pay $60,000 to settle civil penalty claims stemming from allegations he violated the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 and its regulations, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme will join the Drug Enforcement Administration 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 35 collection sites across Montana. The event is an effort to rid homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.
