News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment this month charging a man from Quapaw with sexually abusing a child under the age of 12, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. The indictment was unsealed Monday.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former chief financial officer (CFO) of a Sussex County retail construction company was arrested today for defrauding the company and several lenders, including by embezzling millions of dollars for his own personal benefit, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Casper Field Office is seeking public comment on a supplemental environmental analysis prepared for EOG Resources’ proposed Sand Creek oil and gas project.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after the Trump administration announced its approval of South Carolina’s request to implement a work requirements regime that has resulted in thousands of Americans being thrown off their coverage in other states...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Shivang Bharatkumar Thakur has been indicted for his involvement in a transnational criminal organization that victimized approximately 288 people across the United States through a fraudulent India-based call-center scheme that resulted in over $330,000 in losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts against two Houston men for knowingly and intentionally conspiring to unlawfully transport an undocumented alien, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: SWEDESBORO, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reached a settlement with Thomas Foods International after issuing citations for workplace safety and health violations at the company’s meat processing facility in Swedesboro, New Jersey. As part...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - Late yesterday afternoon, members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Jacksonville, Florida were able to locate and arrest “Fugitive of the Week," Douglas Collins, Jr., 51 years-of-age. Collins was wanted on an outstanding Rockingham County (NH) warrant for failing to appear on a charge of attempted aggravated felonious sexual assault.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: The vast, open landscapes of the West pose a significant challenge for any law enforcement agency. These areas often encompass a checkerboard of federal, state and private lands, with overlapping jurisdictions and remote locations making it difficult for those who patrol them. Cooperation and coordination among agencies is essential, as shown by a recent incident near Cortez, Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Seven residents of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Four men have been charged with attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Rolando Hernandes, Mark Hanna, James Daniel Stinchcomb, and William Sage were arrested separately for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: In 2018, 13.6% of counties had a statistically significant increase in median household income compared with 2007, the year before the most recent recession, while 5.5% had a statistically significant decrease, according to data released today by the Census Bureau.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Rep. Lou Correa, the Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, held a joint hearing to examine...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A grand jury yesterday returned a superseding indictment charging two men with the February 6, 2019 armed robbery of an Albany bank in which approximately $150,000 was stolen.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Daryl Henry, 24, and Pablo Ceniceros-Deleon, 19, pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime and other charges in connection with their involvement in a scheme to target gay men for violent crimes following an investigation by the FBI’s Dallas Field Office, announced Assistant Attorney Eric Dreiband of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court yesterday, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced CHARLES JUNIOR ANDERSON, 55, of Little River, South Carolina, to 55 months’ imprisonment, followed by a 3 year term of supervised released.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Linda A. Nickolson has been sentenced for stealing over $150,000 in Social Security disability benefits that were intended for her deceased husband.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Dec. 10, 2019, a federal grand jury returned an 18-count indictment against Maurice Tolbert (age 40) of Milwaukee and Richard Tolbert (age 36) of Chicago, charging them with a series of robberies of ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: New biometric research data - ranging from fingerprints to facial photographs and iris scans - is now available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: FBI Seeking Public’s Help in Jersey City Shootings.
