News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Guillermo Torres-Acevedo, 23, of Batavia, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to enticing a minor to travel to engage in criminal sexual activity. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Antonio Rivera, 36, of Williamsville, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The defendant was also ordered to pay $2,500,000 in restitution to CVS Pharmacy.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day at Charlestown Navy Yard.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - Three Houston men have been sentenced for their participation in a rip crew, with the leader receiving a significant 30-year-term, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan Patrick.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Mitt Romney (R-UT) introduced bipartisan legislation to combat the circulation of opioids, including fentanyl, through the mail. Illicit trafficking of drugs has fueled the...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - DWAYNE EDWARD RASMUSSEN, 55, has been indicted on four counts of bank robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: Spokane, Washington Man Sentenced in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: Application deadline is 9 p.m. EST, Feb. 25, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources announced today that they are moving forward on an estimated billion-dollar seismic upgrade project at B.F. Sisk Dam and San Luis Reservoir, located between Los Banos and Gilroy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A series of grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice will fund a broad variety of crime-fighting initiatives in communities across the Southern District of Georgia.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: AVON, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has again cited Chanell Roofing and Home Improvement LLC - based in Cleveland, Ohio - for exposing employees to fall hazards. The company faces penalties totaling $200,451 for violations of OSHA’s fall protection standards at two separate jobsites in Avon, Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of 33 months to be followed by 6 years of supervised release on his conviction of possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to of federal firearms violations, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: Nearly $4.6 Million Will Support Crime-Fighting Efforts in District of New Jersey.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: Over $813,000 Will Support Crime-Fighting Efforts in the Eastern District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Navy Contractor, Canada-based OceanWorks International Cooperation (“OceanWorks") was sentenced on Dec. 2, 2019, for a scheme to falsify facts in a disclosure to the Department of Commerce and the company’s president, Glen Omer Viau, 52, of British Columbia, Canada, was sentenced for unauthorized use of government property.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - An Iowa woman pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and heroin, one count of interstate travel in aid of racketeering, and one count of distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: In Midland today, a federal judge sentenced 37-year-old Midland resident Cole S. Crocker to 20 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor into sexual activity, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw and FBI Special Agent in Charge Luis Quesada, El Paso Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Malpass: On Aug. 13, 2019, Senator Rubio and Congressman McGovern wrote to you to express concerns about World Bank Group’s (World Bank) handling of a loan to China with respect to a project in the Xinjiang province.[1] I share those concerns expressed by my colleagues. Moreover, more than...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. - DEA New Jersey Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson and Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced today that narcotics distribution and fraud charges have been filed accusing a former physician of illegally prescribing thousands of highly addictive opioid pills out of his Bordentown Township practice while simultaneously engaging in an unlawful medical billing scheme.
