News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Israel Perez, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy in a seven-defendant narcotics case, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Scott Capps, 48, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 48 months’ incarceration, three years’ supervised release, restitution of $2,137,580 and forfeiture of $648,600 by United States District Judge Michael M. Baylson for a fraud scheme perpetrated while he was an employee of Vanguard.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) voice support for the Trump administration’s proposal to reform substance use disorder (SUD) confidentiality law known as 42 CFR Part 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Members of two criminal street gangs are among five additional defendants sentenced to substantial federal prison terms as prosecutions continue in Operation Vanilla Gorilla.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Harley Rouda, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, and Rep. Katie Hill, the Vice Chair of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a field hearing entitled “Courage Under Fire: Examining Government Preparedness and Response to Wildfires in California", focused on government accountability and the environmental and health impact of wildfires in California.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst announced today that Xiaobing Yan, a Chinese National indicted in the Southern District of Mississippi, has been designated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley man was sentenced to federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Turner Williams, 28, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, to be followed by a three year term of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced that Anthony Ryan Moore-Powell, 26, of Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced to 14 years in prison, on charges of coercion and enticement of a minor. U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger also ordered MoorePowell to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) voice support for the Trump administration’s proposal to reform substance use disorder (SUD) confidentiality law known as 42 CFR Part 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced RAYMOND LEE NORCUTT, Jr., 35, with no fixed residence, on Aug. 19, 2019 for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Norcutt was arrested in Hot Springs...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) voice support for the Trump administration’s proposal to reform substance use disorder (SUD) confidentiality law known as 42 CFR Part 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK - Justin Hobbie, age 41, of Springfield Center, New York, pled guilty today to three counts of sexual exploitation of a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Ari C. Shapira, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Division announced that Bill K. Kapri, a/k/a “Kodak Black," a/k/a “Dieuson Octave," 22, of Pompano Beach, ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: LAKE MEAD ROADS TO RECEIVE AROUND $5 MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that Karanjit Singh Khatkar, 23, and Jagroop Singh Khatkar, 24, of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, have been charged with wire fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft for a scheme to steal bitcoin from an Oregon resident.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Tangier Island man was sentenced today to one year in prison for violating the Lacey Act by harvesting oysters from the Chesapeake Bay in excess of Virginia limits and transporting them to Maryland for sale.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A South African national, who recently concluded a 24-month federal prison term for assaulting a guard working at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) facility was removed Tuesday by ICE deportation officers.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Shenandoah National Park will honor America’s wilderness heritage during its 19th annual Wilderness Weekend, September 7, 2019. Special events and programs will take place throughout the day.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: Police Identify a Dog Seen on Security Video Footage from a Burglary, Leading Officers to Finding a Gun and Ammo in Convicted Felon’s Home.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that John Van Hazinga and Samantha Steady were arraigned today in federal court after having been indicted by the grand jury for conspiracy to distribute marijuana and delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), both Schedule I drugs...
