News from August 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: 8:30 a.m. CDT - DHS S&T Next Generation First Responder Program will host a media availability and OpEx technology demonstration, including a technology showcase providing the opportunity to examine and discuss the various technologies.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: The Olympic National Park road crew is scheduled to begin repairs to three washouts on the Quinault Valley’s Graves Creek Road on Tuesday, September 3. The Graves Creek Road sustained damage during the last two years of winter storms. While the Graves Creek Road is closed, there will be no vehicle access to the Graves Creek Trailhead and Graves Creek Campground.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service is repaving the road within the Ellipse in President’s Park, south of the White House. All roads and public walkways within the Ellipse will be closed Saturday, Aug. 10 through Wednesday, Aug. 21 during the repaving project. Cyclists and pedestrians are encouraged to use Constitution Avenue NW or Pennsylvania Avenue NW as detours.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: Giron, a felon, was on probation with the State of Iowa when caught with cocaine, marijuana, a large amount of cash, and a gun.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Armin Harcevic, 41, of Ballwin, MO, appeared today before U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry. Harcevic was sentenced to 66 months in prison for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and providing material support to terrorists. Harcevic was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal to begin his sentence immediately. Based on the offenses for which Harcevic was convicted he is subject to deportation and removal from the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - A resident of Brooklyn, New York has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project, a Federal Law Enforcement Initiative to Combat Corruption, Fraud, and Abuse in South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that a federal grand jury has returned a 41-count Indictment, charging ABHISHEK KRISHNAN, owner of American Pure Whey, LLC, of mail fraud, introducing adulterated and misbranded foods into interstate commerce, and money laundering. The Indictment seeks forfeiture of approximately six million dollars and several Raleigh, North Carolina real properties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A total of 11 men from the countries of Tanzania, Pakistan and Iran have been ordered to federal prison for their part in trafficking multiple kilograms of heroin to the United States from abroad, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that QUINCY E. IRVIN, age 41 of New Orleans, Louisiana pled guilty on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 to a one count Bill of Information for making false statements on an income tax return in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings man who admitted selling meth from his house located near a school and having multiple firearms was sentenced today to eight years in prison and six years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - During a two-week period starting July 22, 2019, and ending Aug. 2, 2019, the United States Marshals Service; Louisville Metro Police Department; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted Operation Iron Grip in an effort to reduce violent crime in Louisville.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FRANCISCO JAVIER NUNEZ-ALEMAN, age 32, a citizen of Mexico was sentenced Wednesday, August 7, 2019 on a two-count indictment for illegal use of a Social Security number in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B), and with using a false social security number in attempting to secure a U.S. Passport, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1542. He pled guilty on April 3, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Steven M. Lukach, Jr., age 69, of Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on August 8, 2019, before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to mail fraud and falsification of records.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - During a two-week period starting July 22, 2019, and ending Aug. 2, 2019, the United States Marshals Service; Louisville Metro Police Department; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted Operation Iron Grip in an effort to reduce violent crime in Louisville.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - Eleven men, from the countries of Tanzania, Pakistan and Iran, were sentenced Aug. 6-7 to federal prison for their roles in a transnational drug-trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Robert Crenshaw, age 31, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 17 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for carjacking.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Simon Gordon, a former correction officer employed by the New York City Department of Correction (“DOC"), pleaded guilty to conspiring to accept bribes in exchange for smuggling contraband into a jail on Rikers Island. The plea proceeding took place before United States District Judge Carol Bagley Amon. When sentenced, Gordon faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: Statement Regarding FBI Director Christopher Wray’s Visit to El Paso.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Steven M. Lukach, Jr., age 69, of Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on August 8, 2019, before U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to mail fraud and falsification of records.
