News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two Ohio men pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to charges of conspiracy to commit armed pharmacy robbery, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and armed pharmacy robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Andrew Henke, 36, La Crosse, Wisconsin, was sentenced on Dec. 17, 2019, by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 10 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Henke pleaded guilty this charge on Oct. 1, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban drug dealer has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for illegally possessing narcotics and a loaded semiautomatic handgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with False Statement During Purchase of a Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA-A Missoula man who admitted being a methamphetamine dealer was sentenced today to three years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- The Mercury Export Ban Act (MEBA), as amended, assigned the Department of Energy (DOE) the responsibility for the long-term management and storage of elemental mercury. DOE has undertaken efforts to establish a facility for long-term management and storage of elemental mercury.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service today announced the selection of Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program grants for projects to develop brand new or improve existing parks in 18 economically disadvantaged urbanized areas in 16 states. The selected cities will be invited to submit...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Loren “Sensei" Copp, 50, former owner of Dojo Pizza located at 4601 Morganford Road, St. Louis, MO, was sentenced to 65 years in prison for production and attempted production of child pornography; possession of child pornography; and the use of interstate facilities to persuade or coerce a minor to engage in sexual activity. Copp appeared today before U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Fleissig who also ordered restitution in the amount of $294,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jeremy Strobel, 42, Ashland, Wisconsin, was sentenced on Dec. 20, 2019, by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to one year in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon. Strobel pleaded guilty this charge on September 9, 2019.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: BUFORD, GA- The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Mavis Southeast LLC - operating as Mavis Discount Tire - for exposing employees to fall, struck-by and other hazards at the company’s distribution facility in Buford, Georgia. The company faces $191,895 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Interior, South Dakota, woman convicted of Second Degree Murder was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A suburban drug dealer has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for illegally possessing narcotics and a loaded semiautomatic handgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - Shortly after being featured this past week as the “Fugitive of the Week," Francis Joseph Harrington, 37, was located at a local jail in the Manchester, NH area. Mr. Harrington was being sought on a new federal indictment for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance - fentanyl.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - Good news for “plugged-in" campers hoping to reserve sites at the Bureau of Land Management’s Holter Lake Campground north of Helena: the Butte Field Office will be taking bookings online starting in 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Murrieta, California, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to transporting a 16-year-old victim across state lines for prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Murrieta, California, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to transporting a 16-year-old victim across state lines for prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: Four Regional Law Enforcement Professionals Graduate From 278th FBI National Academy Class.
