News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Wild Willy’s Fireworks, LLC (“Wild Willy’s"), a corporation with its principal office in Springfield, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court today in Omaha for Falsifying Records in a Federal Investigation. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: FBI Seeks Information About an Alleged Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today the Superseding Indictment charging three additional defendants: GENETTA ISREAL (“ISREAL"), age 51, of Houston, Texas; MARIO SOLOMON (“SOLOMON"), age 48, of New Orleans; and LARRY WILLIAMS (“LARRY WILLIAMS"), age 46, also...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On Dec. 3, 2019, United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Michael Adam Muth, age 32, formerly of Britt, Iowa, to 144 months in prison for transportation and possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Muth was ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: An Old Orchard Beach woman was sentenced today in federal court in Portland for Social Security fraud and theft of public money, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of the Grape Street Crips gang was sentenced today to life in prison for murder in aid of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute heroin, and other drug crimes, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on an investigative news report on the death of Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez, a child in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody on May 20.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Cincinnati - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a contract to provide a variety of services at the Hanford Site, called the Hanford Mission Essential Services Contract (HMESC), to Hanford Mission Integration Solutions (HMIS), LLC in Richland, Washington. The HMIS LLC members are Leidos...
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 DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Convington, KY - During the late morning hours of December 4, 2019, the U.S. Marshals arrested fugitive Henry Haas on an outstanding escape warrant from Cincinnati, OH.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Raytown, Missouri, man was convicted by a federal jury today of drug trafficking and illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Raleigh has returned an indictment charging ANGEL EVARISTO IBARRA-RIVERA, age 30, of Mexico, with Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien subsequent to a Felony Conviction.
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 Interior Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: BRYCE, UT - Though a blanket of snow currently rests upon this red-rock wonderland, you can now experience the loveliness of Bryce Canyon National Park in high-definition bloom, summer monsoon, and fall colors too all from the comfort of your own home. Just in time for the winter holiday season, the park’s recently reimagined film “A Song of Seasons" is now available for purchase on DVD and Blu-ray.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - The Department of Justice announced yesterday that it has awarded more than $376 million in grant funding to enhance state, local and tribal law enforcement operations and reinforce public safety efforts in jurisdictions across the United States. Over $1.1million dollars will support public safety activities in the Northern District of New York. The awards were made by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - The Department of Justice announced the of Romeo Xavier Langhorne, 30, of Roanoke, Virginia, who has been charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Langhorne was...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that a federal grand jury returned two separate indictments against Peter S. Awonohopay (Age: 37), charging him with sexual assaults on the Menominee Indian Reservation. Awonohopay, an enrolled member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, resided in Keshena, which is on the Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury in Cleveland returned a three-count superseding indictment charging Christopher M. Wilson, age 43, of Akron, Ohio, with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - The Department of Justice announced the of Romeo Xavier Langhorne, 30, of Roanoke, Virginia, who has been charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Langhorne was...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A Billings man convicted of firearms crimes after he admitted distributing methamphetamine on the Fort Belknap and Fort Peck reservations was sentenced to today to six years and eight months in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
