News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Herman Murillo was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for assaulting a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) letter carrier and illegally possessing ammunition as a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Rayfield Roundtree. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Maxine M. Chesney, Senior U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An Ohio man was convicted yesterday in connection with a decade-long investment fraud scheme in which he defrauded more than 40 people of more than $2 million, and concealed more than 20 vehicles purchased with victim funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the sentencing of MISHAUN ARYN NEADEAU, 30, to 46 months in prison for assault resulting in serious bodily injury.NEADEAU, who pleaded guilty on May 28, 2019, was sentenced before Senior Judge Paul A. Magnuson in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The former President of the State Police Association of Massachusetts and the union’s former Massachusetts lobbyist were arrested today on charges of fraud and obstruction of justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Aug. 20, 2019, Chad Alan Soderman, age 43, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm During a Drug Trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Morris County, New Jersey, man admitted today possessing bombs, precursor materials, and being a felon in possession of guns, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 28-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of one count of aiding and abetting the burglary of a federal firearm licensee (FFL), announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Aug. 20, 2019, Terrance Terrell Jackson, Sr., age 40, was sentenced to seven years in prison to be followed by seven years of supervised release for sex trafficking involving force. United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger sentenced Jackson.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Point Reyes Station, Calif. - Point Reyes National Seashore invites you to join the Thirty-eighth Annual Sand Sculpture Contest. We welcome all ages at this free community event located at Drakes Beach. Create your own sand sculpture or marvel at the works made by participants.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Dear Acting Commissioner Sharpless: I am writing to express my concern regarding ongoing drug shortages throughout the United States and to request information about current and planned actions by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to address this serious public health concern. New and active drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Tucker brought gun and heroin from Detroit to Mason City. His plan to sell the heroin was thwarted by law enforcement.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: In late August 1619, the first enslaved Africans landed in English-occupied North America. 400 years later, the National Park Service (NPS) will offer special programs to commemorate four centuries of African American history.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Billings man on Tuesday admitted to illegally possessing firearms after he was arrested last year on suspicion of driving under the influence on the Fort Peck Reservation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Ladislau Concepcion, Jr., 45, of St. Croix, pleaded guilty on Aug. 21, 2019 in federal court to carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking offense.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 328,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: A Port Clinton physician was indicted in federal court for allegedly prescribing thousands of doses powerful painkillers such as fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, and other drugs, without regard to medical necessity, as well as healthcare fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Night work will occur for road striping on Bear Lake Road Monday night, Aug. 26, and Tuesday night, Aug. 27, and on Trail Ridge Road between Forest Canyon and Lava Cliffs on Wednesday night, August 28. The night work will take place from 8:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. on these three nights. On Aug. 26, work...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JAMES RAIFORD, age 26, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 to five counts of violating the Hobbs Act by committing and attempting to commit robberies of local New Orleans businesses. RAIFORD also pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announces that, on Aug. 20, 2019, an Asheville orthodontist and tax protestor, James E. MacAlpine, 72, was sentenced to prison for tax evasion. U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger ordered MacAlpine to serve a statutory maximum term of 60 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, and to pay $2,194,849.03 in restitution to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that LANCE STOVALL, a/k/a “Lele," a/k/a “Allen," age 29, of New Orleans, was sentenced today after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and a quantity of fentanyl.
