News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Florence, South Carolina --- U.S. Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that less than nine months after 33 Horry County and Myrtle Beach drug traffickers were indicted based on a federal wiretap investigation into the G-Shine/SMG gang, all 33 have pleaded guilty and are being sentenced in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Manish Patel, 33, of Granite Bay, appeared today in federal court on charges of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute marijuana plants and tetrahydrocannabinols contained in hashish oil, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - Robert Hammac, 45, a former officer of the Lake Charles Police Department, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge James D. Cain Jr. for using excessive force against an arrestee, announced U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph for the Western District of Louisiana, Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and FBI’s New Orleans Field Office Acting Special Agent in Charge Andrew Anderson.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Raul Nolasco, age 46, of Nanuet, New York, was sentenced yesterday to time served (11 days in jail), followed by 1 year of supervised release and a fine of $4,000, for transporting illegal aliens within the United States for financial gain.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Doniel Sackey, 37, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in United States District Court yesterday to possession of fentanyl and crack cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in an arson conspiracy to damage a local business.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Three Dallas men are now in prison for possession with intent to distribute nearly two kilograms of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that Baldwin Bone & Joint, P.C. (BB&J), an orthopedic surgery and physical therapy practice located in Daphne, Alabama, has agreed to pay a total of $1.2 million to resolve a lawsuit alleging that it violated the False Claims Act. The settlement also resolves an allegation that BB&J violated the Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly referred to as the Stark Law.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal grand jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned an indictment yesterday charging Eli Frank Woody, 25, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Crownpoint, N.M., with federal assault and firearm charges arising out of a July 18, 2019 drive-by shooting that injured two Navajo children.
By State Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $40 million in FY 2019 funding for 29 projects to advance the H2@Scale concept. The focus of H2@Scale is to enable affordable and reliable large-scale hydrogen generation, transport, storage, and utilization in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A New Orleans man was sentenced today to more than 24 years in prison for production of child pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: LONDON - Pursuant to an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), with participation from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS); the High Commission of India in London in coordination with Indian Customs; and the Manhattan District Attorney’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Defendant Provided Money to Fund Travel of Co-Conspirator to Fight on Behalf of ISIS.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture, After Dark in the Park talks, stewardship programs and opportunities to explore the Kahuku Unit during September 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Anthony Rhoden, age 42, was sentenced today to 120 months imprisonment without the possibility of parole followed by 25 years of supervised release on one count of Accessing the Internet...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Pair Used Infant to Produce Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: John Fry Admits Providing To Michael Avenatti Confidential Information In Government Databases Pertaining To Michael Cohen.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: A former Chief Financial Officer of 1 Global Capital, LLC has been charged in connection with a $330 million securities fraud scheme, related to a commercial payday loan business that operated from early 2014 through July 2018, that impacted more than 3,600 investors in 42 different states.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2019
News Release: Defendant Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS.
