News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Commercial Sex Trafficking of Children and Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet following a federal jury trial, was sentenced on July 26, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, launched an investigation into the recall of inclined sleep products reportedly tied to the deaths of dozens of infants.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
Release: Dallas, TX, Aug. 13, 2019 - Children’s nutritional needs do not take a summer break. This summer, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) partnered with the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) and Baylor University’s Texas Hunger Initiative (THI) to help keep Texas children in several low-income rural areas fed during the summer through a summer meals demonstration project.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Samuel Walker, 69, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to engage in the sex trafficking of minors, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: Conducted Hundreds of Fraudulent Transactions at National Superstores; Defendants also Used Fraudulent Electronic Benefits Transfer Machine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: For Wire Fraud Conviction. FORT WAYNE - Robin C. Opper, age 36, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly Brady after pleading guilty to wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. Opper was sentenced to 12 months in prison, followed by 3 years of...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: Clemente Valdez, Jr., 36, of Dallas, pleaded guilty on April 11, 2019, to escape and was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Marcia Crone. This sentence will be added to the remainder of the federal sentence Valdez was serving as a result of his 2012 conviction on federal drug trafficking charges at the time of his escape from federal custody earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: WAYCROSS, GA: Two drug traffickers, including an illegal alien with ties to a Mexican drug cartel, will spend more than a decade in federal prison after sentencing in a methamphetamine conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: Start times are as follows:. September 2019: 8am-10am. October 2019-March 2020: 9am-11am. April 2020-May 2020: 8am-10am. On the first and third Saturday of each month, walks will take place at Montezuma Well. Each walk will begin at the Montezuma Well Picnic area. Bird walks at Montezuma Well cover roughly...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 32-year-old Mexican national has been indicted for conspiracy and importation of 100 kilograms or more of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 38-year-old former Central Texas Detention Facility - G.E.O. employee Jewel Roberto Jefferson to 40 months in federal prison for attempting to provide contraband to inmates inside the federal detention facility, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division, and U.S. Marshal Susan Pamerleau.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon has been charged with a federal firearm violation for allegedly illegally possessing a semi-automatic rifle at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Robin C. Opper, age 36, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly Brady after pleading guilty to wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced to 52 months in prison for a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Steven Craig Coleman, 31, previously pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Charleston Police Department, South Charleston Police Department, and Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT).
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on Trump’s China tariff announcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Jay James Field, of Mingo County, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, said United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Logan County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: GREENBELT - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm today sentenced Steven Hadley Hassan, age 52, of Frederick, Maryland, to 40 years in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release, for sexually abusing minors to produce child pornography and transporting those images to the United States. Judge...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: AIKEN. S.C. - EM is using 760 tons of iron filings recycled from the automotive industry to treat groundwater contaminated by solvents in a section of an aquifer beneath the Savannah River Site (SRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Attempted Commercial Sex Trafficking of Children and Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet following a federal jury trial, was sentenced on July 26, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Aug. 13, 2019 - Ilaine T. Newby, 51, of Antioch, Tennessee, was charged today with embezzling over $206,000 from a Smyrna-based company, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee. Newby was charged in a criminal information with three counts of wire fraud related to her embezzlement scheme.
