News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - Following a three-day jury trial in U.S. District Court in Abingdon, the former executive vice president of J&R Manufacturing in Bluefield, Virginia, was convicted of tax charges, wire fraud, and making false statements, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen made the announcement today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Washington - Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Monday hailed the inclusion of their legislation to combat anticompetitive practices used by some brand-name pharmaceutical and biologic companies to block entry of lower-cost generic drugs in the domestic appropriations package filed today in the House.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Michael Gerstenberg, 51, of Emmaus, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, 3 years’ supervised release, and ordered to pay full restitution in the amount of $750,427.36 by United States District...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A resident of Jefferson County pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of possession of child pornography, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Monessen, PA, has plead guilty to federal narcotics charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Fargo - Today in U.S. District Court, Chief Judge Peter D. Welte sentenced Jonathan James Hill, age 23, to 10 years in federal prison for the offense of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. Defendant Hill is an enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe and the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Jacquolyn S. Walls-Land, 37, previously of Junction City, Kentucky, was sentenced to 270 months in federal prison, on Monday, before Chief United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for the production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A California man has been charged with conspiring to distribute approximately 114 kilograms of cocaine in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Pablo Rentas-Torres, 36, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, fentanyl, cocaine, and crack cocaine was sentenced to serve 27 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: On Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, will hold a hearing on the growing threat of violent extremism to U.S. national security interests in Africa.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that on Friday in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced ANTONIO FOSTER, 30, of Wilmington North Carolina to 156 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Shariff Britton, 36, of Jersey City, New Jersey, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for possessing over 500 grams of cocaine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Faces at Least 25 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Ohio has been sentenced in federal court to time served, three years supervised release, 180 days of home detention, and restitution in the amount of $24,244.00 on a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A contract employee for Siemens Corporation at the Monroeville, PA location has been sentenced in federal court to a six-month term of imprisonment to be followed by a two-year term of supervised release, and a fine of $7,500 on his conviction of intentional damage to a protected computer, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a Honduran national Dec. 6, wanted by Honduran law enforcement for homicide.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: HOUGHTON, MI - Applications for Isle Royale National Park's 2020 Artist-in-Residence Program will be accepted between January 2 and Feb. 14, 2020. Each 2 - 3 week residency provides artists the opportunity to become part of a long-established tradition of interpreting national parks through art.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Dec. 11, 2019, John Daniel Nielsen, Sr., age 40, of Omaha, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge James E. Gritzner for travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. Nielsen was sentenced to three years in prison, to be followed by a term of supervised release of five years.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: The National Park Service (NPS) announced today Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will increase its entrance fees for Point Park to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs to enhance the visitor experience. Effective Jan. 1, 2020, the entrance fees to the park will be $10 per person, ages 16 and older, for a seven day visit. An annual park pass will be $35.
