News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Federal criminal complaints were unsealed today in federal court, following the arrest of eight individuals involved in a drug trafficking organization operating in and around Union County, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 245,872 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DOMINIQUE ALAINA BERRY, age 30, a resident of Kentwood, Louisiana, pleaded guilty as charged on December 5, 2019 before United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon to a two-count bill of information that charged her with conspiracy to commit...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - During fiscal year 2019 (FY19), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) effectively combated transnational criminal threats against the United States resulting in a record-breaking number of criminal arrests. HSI is the principal investigative...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Three Illinois correctional officers made their initial appearance in federal court this morning following their arrest on charges related to the May 2018 assault of an inmate who later died, at Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt. Sterling, Ill. Those charged are Todd Sheffler, 51, of Mendon; Willie Hedden, 41, of Mt. Sterling, and Alex Banta, 28, of Quincy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Vienna, Ohio, has been sentenced in federal court to four years’ (48 months’) imprisonment and seven years’ supervised release on his conviction of traveling with intent to engage in illegal sexual activity with a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. The defendant was additionally ordered to pay $1,543.89 in restitution and a $5,100.00 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: Bronx Man Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 22 Years in Prison for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston businessman has pleaded guilty to making illegal political contributions in the names of others to campaign committees for U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in 2017, announced First Assistant U.S. AttorneyTim S. Braley along with Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - As the year winds down, it is the perfect time for Vermonters to visit their local Department of Motor Vehicles to get their REAL ID-compliant Vermont driver’s license.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Dermot F. Shea, Commissioner...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Piedmont, South Dakota, man convicted of Threatening Communications and Repeated Telephone Calls was sentenced on Nov. 26, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - A Harlem man admitted on Thursday to assaulting his dating partner by strangling her, causing substantial injury, on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that Annie Fields, 54, Lebanon, Indiana, was sentenced in federal court, by U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, to 21 months in federal prison, after being charged by information and pleading guilty to charges of wire fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - A beach is a marvelous place to get away from it all and explore on those beautiful, crisp days during the winter. Dress for the weather and come out to see what you’ve been missing! All activities are free of charge unless noted otherwise below. For more information on these and other activities, call the park at 252-728-2250, extension ‘0’.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Dina Titus (D-NV) announced the Subcommittee will hold a roundtable discussion with emergency management community stakeholders to discuss the implementation of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Nigerian man pleaded guilty today to trafficking more than 30 kilograms of heroin intended for importation into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - A federal jury in Asheville has convicted Joseph Cecil Vandevere, 53, of Black Mountain, N.C. for using social media to communicate interstate threats, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney Office for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Calif. - Wildland fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office are planning winter pile burning operations with interagency partners for south of Bridgeport, Mono County, when weather and air quality conditions permit.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a civil penalty of more than $3.9 million against The Boeing Co. for installing nonconforming components on approximately 133 aircraft, which Boeing subsequently presented as ready for airworthiness certification.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - As a result of a year-long investigation targeting the drug-trafficking activities of the Southside Locos Gang and members of its leadership who are currently incarcerated, thirty-five individuals have been charged in federal indictments unsealed yesterday for drug trafficking offenses...
