News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence Boyle sentenced JULIO NAJERA, 25, of Sampson County to 144 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp has sentenced Scharlene Alisa Hudson to 7 years and 10 months in federal prison for fraudulent possession of unauthorized access devices (credit cards) and aggravated identity theft. Hudson had pleaded guilty on May 23, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Angel Vazquez, 33, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to distribution of butyryl fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An MS-13 gang member pleaded guilty today for his role and participation in a violent gang-related assault of a victim with multiple bats.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: A Texas woman who managed aspects of an international program at an Ohio-based adoption agency pleaded guilty today for her role in a scheme to corruptly facilitate adoptions of Ugandan children through bribing Ugandan officials and defrauding U.S. adoptive parents and the U.S. Department of State.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was indicted today on federal tax and fraud charges arising from his role overseeing various Worcester-based employment agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: BILLNGS-The former chairwoman of the Montana Native Women’s Coalition was arraigned today on charges in a 10-count indictment accusing her, and the Coalition’s ex-treasurer, of stealing federal grant funds to make unapproved trips to Las Vegas and to receive other unauthorized benefits, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Jury convicts repeat drug dealer Wunder.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Jose Acevedo (39, Connecticut) pleaded guilty today to conspiring to file false claims against the United States. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. His sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-Phillip Allan Beach, 49, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, pleaded guilty today to one count of acquiring or obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception of subterfuge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Boston, MA - An El Salvadorian national was indicted today in federal court on a charge of passport fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: * Smoke from the Brimstone Fire in Yellowstone National Park may be visible from Bridge Bay, Lake Village, Fishing Bridge, the East Entrance Road, and communities east of the park.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) sent letters to Alan Rosenbloom, President and CEO of the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition, and Bill Osborn, President National Community Pharmacists Association, regarding the persistent overuse of antipsychotics in nursing...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Lester Eduardo Cardenas-Flores, 23, and Luis Madrigal-Reyes, 36, illegal aliens from Mexico, charging them with conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, manufacturing marijuana, and damaging public lands and natural resources, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA-The pastor of the United Pentecostal Church in Butte appeared today on wire fraud charges and admitted to embezzling $288,757 from the organization over a four-year period, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it proposes to offer 24 parcels, totaling nearly 13,420 acres, at the Dec. 10, 2019 quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The parcels are located on BLM-managed lands in the Canyon Country, Color Country and Green River districts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Sherman Smith, 73, of Monterey, was indicted today on seven counts of wire fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Drewryville man was sentenced today to three years in prison for his role in a multi-kilograms cocaine ring in Emporia.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Van Buren, MO: Join us for modern jon boat rides and open house in the Big Spring Historic District on Saturday, September 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This program is free of charge and all are invited.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An MS-13 gang member pleaded guilty today for his role and participation in a violent gang-related assault of a victim with multiple bats.
