News from December 2019

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted Anthony Francis Faulk with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and extortion, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent in Charge John Bennett.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Defendant Billed Medicaid and the New York State Early Intervention Program For More than 1,700 Social Work Sessions that Never Occurred.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: A New Cumberland, Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Bangor to attempting to transfer obscene material to a minor, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SIMON HESSLER, 47, formerly of Ellington, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to one count of production of child pornography.

By US DOT Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) during today’s hearing titled: “The Boeing 737 MAX: Examining the Federal Aviation Administration’s Oversight of the Aircraft’s Certification."

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 41-year-old Richmond resident has been ordered to federal prison after admitting she committed fraud and made false statements regarding her participation in a scheme to defraud her 94-year-old client, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: A man who sexually exploited a child was sentenced on Dec. 10, 2019, to 30 years in federal prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Saugus woman was arrested and charged yesterday in connection with a scheme to defraud her elderly uncle of his life’s savings.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: THIS INDICTMENT HAS BEEN DISMISSED AT THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNMENT.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Adventures in Nature Program Begins January 7 at Wind Cave.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 41-year-old Richmond resident has been ordered to federal prison after admitting she committed fraud and made false statements regarding her participation in a scheme to defraud her 94-year-old client, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on December 9, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - When Federal prisoners are finished with their incarceration, they are often placed in Bureau of Prisons Halfway Houses. These serve to introduce prisoners into society in a gradual way. Prisoners can work outside the facility or see family while still having oversight and structure as they transition to life post confinement.

By USDA Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 11, 2019 - Due to the prolonged and extensive impacts of weather events this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today extended the deadline to December 20 for producers to enroll in the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program for the 2020 calendar year. The deadline had been December 13. USDA announced is also continuing to accept applications for the Market Facilitation Program through December 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LATIQUE JOHNSON, a/k/a “La Brim," a/k/a “Straight 2 Business," a/k/a “Breezy," a/k/a “Boss Dog," 39, of the Bronx, New York, was sentenced today to 30 years in prison in connection with his leadership...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: Thirteen-month-old child and father have lives extinguished in Santa Rosa after coming into contact with fentanyl from the Tenderloin District of San Francisco.

By USDA Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit Chairman David Scott of Georgia delivered the following statement at today's hearing to review credit conditions...

By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: A federal jury in Brooklyn yesterday returned a guilty verdict for public benefits theft and healthcare fraud against Enock Mensah, a social worker participating in the New York State Early Intervention Program (EIP) that provides remedial services to developmentally delayed children. When sentenced by United States District Judge Sterling Johnson, Jr., the defendant faces up to 10 years in prison.

By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office will be offering free, five-mile guided hikes to look for wintering bald eagles in the Cache Creek Natural Area in Lake County. The hikes will begin at 10 a.m. every Saturday from Jan. 4 through Feb. 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today the results of the December 2019 Federal Grand Jury B extended.