News from August 2019
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Strong City, KS: On Saturday August 31st join an old-fashioned square dance among the beautiful quilts. Dance is from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the historic 1882 limestone barn. Come swing your partner to live music being performed by Tallgrass Express String Band. Cold lemonade and ice water will be served. All activities and events are free of charge, so bring the kids, a picnic lunch, and make some fun family memories.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Shrewsbury man was charged with assaulting an employee of the United States Probation Office for the District of Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant GAVIN REYES DUENAS, age 33, from Talofofo, was sentenced in the United States District Court of Guam to 87 months imprisonment for Attempted Possession with Intent to Distribute...

By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The Cadillac Mountain Star Party will take place from 8 to 11 pm on Saturday, September 28. Participants must reserve parking for their vehicle at Mount Desert Island High School and ride a shuttle to Cadillac Mountain.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Fifteen people were indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to bring large amounts of cocaine and heroin from Mexico and California to the Canton area.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: On Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, from 10 am - 12 pm at the Freeman School, test your skills at spelling in the Annual Old Fashioned Spelling Bee. Contestants will be divided into five categories; under 7 years, 7 - 9, 10 - 12, 13 - 15, and 16 - adult. There is no entry fee or registration, and trophies will be awarded courtesy of the Beatrice Daily Sun. If you don’t want to compete, just come join us for the fun!.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Felix M. Velazquez, 43, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $1,000,000 fine.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: For Possession With Intent To Distribute Controlled Substances and Possession Of A Firearm In Furtherance of A Drug Trafficking Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - Last week, Kevin Dean McCoy, 28, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and launder proceeds from drug distribution. McCoy was the final defendant to receive their sentence following a federal DEA investigation...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A South Carolina man was indicted today on charges that he defrauded at least 20 people by soliciting investments in a phony foreign currency trading scheme, Attorney for the United States Rachael Honig announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: On Aug. 23, 2019, Oyeyemi Olatunji Owagboriaye, 63, of Chicago, Illinois, was convicted of wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343 (Case No. 18cr20361). A jury returned a guilty verdict following a five-day trial before United States District Judge Kathleen M. Williams, in Miami, Florida.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Quinton Jones, 39, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, five kilograms or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that, on Aug. 13, 2019, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging ARMANDO MACHORRO-ROJAS, 42, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, with one count of illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: With Theft From A Local Government Entity.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An investment fund manager was arrested today in connection with an alleged $100 million securities fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: SAN JOSE - A federal grand jury in San Jose has indicted Anthony Scott Levandowski on theft of trade secrets charges, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Teisha Primm, of Morgantown, West Virginia, has admitted to her involvement in a cocaine and heroin distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Lenard Gibbs, Kyre Campbell, and Benita Alveranga have been sentenced for their roles in the violent take-over robberies of two metro-Atlanta businesses - a Loan Max store and a PNC Bank branch.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - An Akron, Ohio, drug trafficker was sentenced to 131 months in prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Rodney Lammar Hargrove, 48, previously pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: Massachusetts man became unresponsive and died after ingesting one half of one pill allegedly sold to him by the defendant.