News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp has sentenced Jeffrey McKinney (62, Minneola) to two years in federal prison for wire fraud. McKinney was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release and to pay $828,894.25 in restitution.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
Release: PHILADELPHIA - Residents of the Philadelphia area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside Philadelphia International Airport from September 23 to 27, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center in Terminal B.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 35-year-old Edinburg man has pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute more than 25 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced United States Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, Houston Division, and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina continues to promote the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Elder Justice Initiative (EJI) throughout the Wake County area. On Aug. 29, 2019, the Eastern District partnered with Meals on Wheels in Wake County to conduct Phase III of its...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Ten Kilograms of Heroin and 14,000 Fake Oxycodone Pills Seized.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: What: Discover how to use data.census.gov, the new site to access Census Bureau data. Since American FactFinder will no longer be updated, data.census.gov is now the primary way to access new information from the Census Bureau’s most popular surveys and programs. In this webinar, you will learn how...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: LAPWAI, Idaho - Volunteers at Nez Perce National Historical Park will join hundreds of thousands of people across the nation for the largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands. The event kicks off at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. Volunteers who help rehabilitate and improve habitat in the park will receive a coupon redeemable for one fee free day in a National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Tennessee Health Care Executive Sentenced to Prison for Role In $4.6 Million Kickback Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Over 21 Pounds of Methamphetamine Seized.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Over 120 law enforcement officers from 30 law enforcement agencies in Virginia, North Carolina and Texas executed a major arrest operation over the last three days, resulting in 35 of defendants being arrested for their respective roles in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute large amounts of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and cocaine base in Hampton Roads.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: A Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based physician’s assistant was sentenced to seven years in prison today for his role in a scheme to unlawfully distribute prescriptions for thousands of oxycodone pills.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: Possessed Firearms and Ammunition in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking; As a Previously Convicted Felon Defendant was Prohibited from Possessing Firearms or Ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging three Reston men with murder in the course of a drug trafficking crime.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: On Thursday, Aug. 29, Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash had the unique opportunity to meet and recognize Dr. Joe Lee, of Jupiter, FL, for his service as the first African American Park Naturalist. Superintendent Cash presented Dr. Lee with a mounted ranger hat in honor of his contribution to the history of the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Kelvin L. Potter, of Dover, New Hampshire, was sentenced today to 40 hours in U.S. Marshal custody and five years of supervised release for bank fraud, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MARQUIS PARKER, 26, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a New Haven drug trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Chesterfield County man was sentenced today to one and a half years in prison for illegal reentry to the United States following removal after conviction for a felony violation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has reached a settlement agreement with Roberts Hotels Detroit, LLC, owner of the Roberts Riverwalk Hotel in Detroit, Michigan under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Masecchia, 53, of Williamsville, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, marijuana, maintaining a drug-involved premises, and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Three defendants in a child pornography case have been sentenced to prison.
