News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA-A New York City man who admitted lying to federal agents about wanting to fight for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham or “ISIS" and to conduct an attack in the United States was sentenced today to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man, dubbed the “Inconvenient Crook," was arrested this morning and charged in connection with the armed robbery of a Quincy convenience store.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Albany, Ga. - The driver of a diesel fuel truck who dumped thousands of gallons of diesel fuel onto land draining into a Thomasville, Georgia creek in 2018, shutting down a school and causing a federally-led clean-up, was sentenced for his crime on Thursday, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an eight-count indictment charging JAMES COOPER, also known as “Jimi" and “Bamboo,"48, and MINISHA SUMLER, also known as “Mish," 30, both of New Haven, with narcotics trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Eric Kurrelmeyer, 32, Maiden Rock, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 12 years in federal prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for distributing child pornography. Kurrelmeyer pleaded guilty to this charge on Oct. 3, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging DEMETRICE DEVON MILLER, 29, with being a felon in possession of two firearms.[1] On Dec. 12, 2019, MILLER made his initial appearance before Magistrate Judge Katherine M. Menendez in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today applauded President Trump’s announcement of a phase one trade deal with China.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Funds Are Part of More than $333 Million to Support Efforts to Combat Opioids Nationally.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Texas Woman Found Guilty for Role in $5.5 Million Federal Worker’s Compensation Overbilling Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Japher Rajab, 42, of Rapid City, South Dakota, was convicted of Attempted Enticement of a Minor Using the Internet following a three-day federal jury trial held in U.S. District Court in Rapid City. The guilty verdict was returned on Dec. 11, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Philadelphia - On December 9, 2019, the Global Philadelphia Association honored Cynthia MacLeod, Superintendent, Independence National Historical Park, by presenting her with its annual Globy Award for Historical and Cultural Preservation Leadership. Global Philadelphia presented five awards, designed...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its decision for the Bakersfield Field Office Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzing the potential effects of hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas resources on public lands and Federal minerals within the planning...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force remains on the look out for Melvin Tyler, who is wanted for multiple violent crimes including First Degree Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Christopher Allen Carmichael, 55, a principal working in the Lower Kuskokwim School District in Bethel, Alaska, has been charged with attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor, and attempted coercion and enticement of a minor. Carmichael was arrested yesterday, and is currently awaiting his initial court appearance.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Matthew Harrell has pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft charges related to fraudulent claims filed with the Georgia, Florida, and Louisiana Medicaid programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: In Austin this afternoon, federal authorities filed a criminal complaint charging 33-year-old Timothy Maurice Selmon with being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI’s San Antonio Division, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley and Special Agent in Charge Fred Milanowski of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive’s (ATF) Houston Division.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nevada. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Humboldt River Field Office (HRFO) is inviting the public to comment on the pending final bond release in accordance with §3809.590(c) for the Kings Valley Exploration Project, case file NVN-085094.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Carl Morris II Robbed Winchester Pharmacy in January 2019; Discharged a Firearm during the Incident.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: On Dec. 11, 2019,Wade Garrett McWhorter, 26, of Vandalia, Illinois, was sentenced to 64 months’ imprisonment for distributing methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - In fiscal year 2019 (FY 2019), which ran from Oct. 1, 2018, to Sept. 30, 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Washington, D.C. made nearly 470 arrests for crimes ranging from narcotics smuggling to child exploitation across its area...
