News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Steven V. Stenger, 47, of Clayton, was sentenced to 46 months in prison, a fine of $250,000, three years’ supervised release, $130,000 restitution and a $300 special assessment related to his guilty pleas to three felony counts of honest services bribery/mail fraud. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Court Judge Catherine D. Perry.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The operator of a network of businesses in Lebanon and Africa, whom the United States Department of the Treasury designated as a financier of Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah, was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to forfeit $50 million by U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton of the District of Columbia.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND- United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent In Charge Grant Mendenhall in coordination with LaPorte County Prosecutor John Lake announced that Michael Christianson, age 50, of LaPorte, Indiana was charged with transportation of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of NEGAR GHODSKANI, 40, for her participation in a conspiracy to illegally export controlled technology from the United States to Iran. GHODSKANI, who was indicted on December...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: PALMETTO, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Brad McDonald Roofing & Construction Inc. for exposing employees to fall and other safety hazards at two Florida construction sites in Lutz and Palmetto. The residential and commercial roofing work company faces $274,215 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury today found Benjamin Greene Robinson (31, Daytona Beach) guilty of one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine. He faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Nov. 20, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Acting Deputy Director Regina Lombardo seeking documents about gun dealers that sell large numbers of guns that are used in crimes, including homicides, dating back to Jan. 1, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Terrence D. Marsh, of Detroit, Michigan, was found guilty of drug distribution and firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: The smell of campfires and the sound of marching feet will once again fill the air at the Sunken Road and Marye's Heights in Fredericksburg on Labor Day weekend.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management today issued a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Panamint Valley Lithium Exploration Project in Inyo County, north of Trona. This authorizes Battery Minerals Resources California Inc. to drill at four exploration sites on mining claims adjacent to designated roads.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FERNANDO GOMEZ and JOSE MARTINEZ-DIAZ, a/k/a “Tony Zinc," pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to charges related to a decade-long narcotics conspiracy. GOMEZ, who was an active agent with the Drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Eight people are facing charges of distributing heroin, cocaine, “crack" cocaine, and fentanyl after being indicted by a federal grand jury in Wheeling earlier this week, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An MS-13 gang member was sentenced today to more than five and a half years in prison for his leadership role and participation in a violent gang-related assault of a victim with multiple baseball bats.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Matthew A. Beaudion, 30, and Jessica N. Davis, 34, both of Monroe, were sentenced Wednesday, to 120 months in prison and 92 months in prison, respectively, by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in Ouachita Parish.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
Release: Summary:USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announces that it is holding a meeting of the National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee on September 18-19, 2019, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. each day. Attendees should arrive at the Jamie L. Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Timothy Dennis Gowder, 72, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Anwar Mithavayani, 56, of Boca Raton, Florida, were sentenced to lengthy terms in federal prison by United States District Judge Robert E. Wier for conspiring to distribute oxycodone and other drugs, and for money laundering. Gowder received a sentence of 21 years of imprisonment. Mithavayani received a sentence of 25 years of imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Minneapolis, Minnesota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Production of Child Pornography and Receipt of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: Gerard Scparta Fraudulently Collected More Than $630,000 in Social Security Disability Benefits over a Period of 20 Years by Pretending to be Disabled, When in Fact He Was Earning Over $1.6 Million Working at a Strip Club in Manhattan and Engaging in Tax.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Steven V. Stenger, 47, of Clayton, was sentenced to 46 months in prison, a fine of $250,000, three years’ supervised release, $130,000 restitution and a $300 special assessment related to his guilty pleas to three felony counts of honest services bribery/mail fraud. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Court Judge Catherine D. Perry.
