News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A resident of Braddock, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal drug and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Jorge Aguilar, a 34-year old Scranton man.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that MICHAEL C. CRAWFORD, JR., age 43, of Houma, was sentenced for distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 67-year-old Houston resident is set to appear in federal court for her alleged role in an embezzlement scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Stephen Douglas Fry, 72, a Memphis-area financial advisor, pled guilty to a three-count information charging him with mail and wire fraud and interstate transportation of monies taken by fraud, U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Dermot F. Shea, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), John B. Devito...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Finance Committee Member Bill Cassidy, M.D., R-La., House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John Larson, D-Conn., Ways and Means Committee Member Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., introduced the Know Your Social Security Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Former Brockton, Massachusetts Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Over $13.3 Million Will Support Crime-Fighting Efforts in the Northern District of Florida.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service has selected Rendezvous River Sports of Jackson, Wyoming, to provide guided multi-day lake trips on Jackson Lake as a park concessioner within Grand Teton National Park. The new 10-year concession contract will begin in January 2020. The contact authorizes multi-day trips for...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: FBI and New Orleans PD Requesting the Public’s Assistance to Identify Capital One Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler and the Department of Justice announced today that the former chief operating officer (COO) and chief financial officer (CFO) of Celadon Group Inc. (Celadon), a publicly traded transportation and trucking company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Two government agencies are working together to reduce the overpopulation of wild horses on America’s public lands, and are seeking public input to research a single-dose contraceptive vaccine. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Nevada State Office in cooperation with U.S. Department of Agriculture...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler and the Department of Justice announced today that the former chief operating officer (COO) and chief financial officer (CFO) of Celadon Group Inc. (Celadon), a publicly traded transportation and trucking company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that LESTER BURROUGHS, 60, of Torrington, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of wire fraud related to his misappropriation of approximately $575,000 from investment clients.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Alton “Ody" Anderson has been named national aviation safety manager for the National Park Service (NPS). Ody is currently the regional aviation manager (RAM) for DOI Unified Regions 1 and 2, as well as National Capital Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction in Manhattan federal court of GORDON FREEDMAN for participating in a scheme to receive bribes and kickbacks in the form of fees for sham educational programs (“Speaker Programs") from Insys...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MUHAMMAD SHAHBAZ, 50, a citizen of Pakistan last residing in Jersey City, New Jersey, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 33 months of imprisonment for defrauding the federal food stamp program.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A 39-year-old Florida man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a Rio Grande Valley-based drug conspiracy, announced DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) during today’s joint hearing titled “Where’s My Stuff? Examining the Economic, Environmental, and Societal Impacts of Freight Transportation."
