News from August 2019
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.-Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Chairman, today released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s response to Russia’s chemical weapons attack in the United Kingdom...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Evidence at Sentencing Showed that Defendant Realized Gains of as much as $8.2 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Spiro Y. Kassis, M.D., 66, of Plymouth Township, PA, was charged by Information with 14 criminal counts of distributing dangerous and addictive opioids and other controlled substances outside the course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: LEBANON, MO ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Missouri Cooperage Company LLC ‒ a subsidiary of Independent Stave Company‒ for exposing employees to amputation, noise, and other safety and health hazards at the spirits and wine barrel-making facility in Lebanon, Missouri. The company faces $413,370 in federal penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: A former narcotics supervisor from the Mayes County Sheriff’s Office was sentenced Friday for stealing methamphetamine that had been seized as evidence during multiple law enforcement investigations, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - James Flannel, 37, of St. Louis, MO, pleaded guilty this morning to one count of discharging a firearm in furtherance of carjacking that resulted in the death of Boris Iouioukine, a Laclede Cab Company driver. Flannel appeared before U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for Oct. 31, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Petersburg man was sentenced today to 8 years in prison for possessing firearms after having been convicted of a felony.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: The defendant used his home for distribution of cocaine and cocaine base a/k/a “crack cocaine".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on July 31, 2019, Andrew Steven Newport, age 31, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for Coercion and Enticement of a Minor. Newport was sentenced to 10 years in prison to be followed by a term of supervised release of 10 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Defendant Paid Cash Bribes to Metropolitan Police Department Employees in Exchange for Names and Contact Information for Traffic Crash Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Gadyaces S. Serralta, U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Florida, announced that on July 31, 2019, Larry Cunningham, 63, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg, sitting in West Palm, to 21 months in...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration hosted the Europe Regional Industry Summit this week with more than 30 representatives from 29 air carriers. The Regional Industry Summit is an opportunity for TSA to hear from industry partners on regional challenges and provide updates on TSA initiatives. This is the third annual summit held for the Europe region.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, Florida - Tony Wilson, Jr. (31, Lehigh Acres) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including cocaine base, fentanyl, heroin, and multiple firearms charges. Wilson faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - On July 23, 2019, a federal grand jury indicted 18 individuals for federal drug charges. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the indictment today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Buffalo National River, Harrison, Ark. - Thirteen junior high and high school students from northern Arkansas participated in a week-long science camp hosted by North Arkansas College and Buffalo National River last week. The camp was organized as part of a STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) learning partnership between the park and the college that promotes experiential education and scientific discovery in the outdoors.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DIALECTI VOUDOURIS, a doctor who practiced in Manhattan, pled guilty today to conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, in connection with a scheme to prescribe Subsys, a potent fentanyl-based...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA -William W. Seelbach, of Fort Meyers, Florida, was sentenced today to three years probation for tax fraud, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee made the following statement in support of withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Former Ohio County Magistrate Harry A. Radcliffe, III, was sentenced today to four months incarceration to be followed by two months of home confinement for tax fraud, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2019
News Release: Pair Hid Bank Account, Created Second Set of Books to Hide Income.
