News from August 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A north suburban man was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in federal prison for distributing thousands of sexually explicit images and videos of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Rodney Grant Sullivan, 55, St. Louis, MO, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for Possession of Child Pornography. Sullivan appeared before United States District Judge Ronnie L. White.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today highlighted a newly released government report showing a massive increase in e-cigarette imports over the last several years. The new figures, released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), come as students begin to return to school for the year and teen use of vaping products continues to dramatically increase.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brandon Barclay, 31, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to distribution of fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Noel, Missouri, man has been charged in federal court with kidnapping the 4-year-old daughter of a woman whose body was discovered in a suitcase last month.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: MIDDLETOWN, VA.-----To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the landing of the first Africans in English-occupied North America (representing the beginning of 246 years of slavery in the United States), the National Park Service is inviting organizations and communities nation-wide to ring bells at 3:00...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Mark P. Messare, age 43, of Amsterdam, New York, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for possessing an unregistered, short-barreled rifle.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Scam involved 126 fraudulent tax returns, $216,684 in refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: The federal grand jury alleges that James Black and Tyler Harris deceived an elderly victim into paying nearly $300,000 in fraudulent home repairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Bristow, Oklahoma, resident GEORGE PHILLIP TIGER, age 69, has been Indicted for Bribery Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 666(a)(1)(B), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced earlier this month the addition of former Venezuelan Vice President and current Minister of Industry and National Production Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah and his co-conspirator, Venezuelan...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: DENVER - Michael Benitez-Lopez, aka “Mikey" aka “Money Mike", age 36 of Denver, Colorado, was found guilty late Friday, August 9, 2019, on one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, one count of cocaine distribution, and one count of use of a telephone in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is requesting information and comment on Table 1 of the agency’s Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for Construction. OSHA seeks information on additional engineering and work practice control methods...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Crafton, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that approximately 50 V.I. youths are attending Camp DEFY (Drug Education for Youth) this week in St. Thomas with plans for Camp DEFY next week on St. Croix. Camp DEFY is supported by the United States Attorney’s Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Miller, South Dakota, man convicted of Felon in Possession of a Firearm was sentenced on Aug. 12, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A dangerous methamphetamine trafficker was sentenced to 20 years and 6 months in prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Bruce Lee Boardman, 38, previously pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: An Akron man was indicted for his role in a conspiracy to sell 22 pounds of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EUGENE CARLIN, 59, of Middletown, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for drug trafficking and tax offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Rachel Carnahan, Bureau of Land Management, (435) 688-3303.
