News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A West Warwick man who admitted to attempting to entice a minor boy he communicated with online to engage in illicit sexual activity was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra sentenced 32-year-old Mexican National Miguel Posada-Venegas to one year in federal prison for attempting to bribe federal agents and for being in the U.S. illegally, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office, the Minneapolis Division of the FBI, the Duluth Police Department, and the St. Louis County Attorney’s Office and Sheriff’s Office will convene a community meeting on Dec. 3, 2019, to talk about the issue of sextortion and the alarming increase that law enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Glen Allen man was sentenced today to 104 months in prison for his role in a November 2017 armed robbery of a 7-Eleven in Richmond.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - More than 1 million copyright-infringing domain names of commercial websites engaged in the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and copyrighted works are now in custody of the federal government, thanks to the combined efforts of law enforcement agencies across the world. Federal agencies, as part of the National Intellectual Property Rights Center (IPR Center), seized the websites during the year leading up to Cyber Monday, Dec. 2, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) and is seeking public input on the proposed mining plan of operation for the Moss Mine, managed by the Golden Vertex Corp (GVC). This plan proposes to expand the existing Moss Mine operation onto federal land and provide for mineral exploration in the area surrounding the existing mine. Public comments will be accepted for 30 days, from Dec. 12 through Jan. 10.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Dec. 2, 2019 - Darrel R. Rinehart, M.D., 64, of Indianapolis, Indiana, formerly of Columbia, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today to one count of unlawful distribution of controlled substances, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee, Assistant Attorney...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Credit Corporation today announced interest rates for December 2019, which are effective December 1-Dec. 31, 2019. The Commodity Credit Corporation borrowing rate-based charge for December is 1.625 percent, same as in November.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: CONCORD, - Glenn Adjutant, 22, of Colebrook, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for distribution of drugs and retaliating against a witness, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Erica Miller, 47, of Peoria, Ill., has been ordered to serve 15 months in prison for healthcare fraud. U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough further ordered that Miller pay restitution in the amount of $101,960. Miller was immediately taken into custody following the sentencing hearing on Nov. 22, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shawn Christy, age 28, of McAdoo, was convicted on Nov. 26, 2019, by a federal jury on twelve counts involving threats against the President of the United States, transmitting threatening communications...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: (DILLON, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management has opened a public comment period for an exploratory oil well proposal on public lands in southwestern Montana, near Lima.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County, West Virginia, man was cited by police after he was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Yeager Airport on Thanksgiving, when they detected two handguns in his backpack at the security checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 30 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: KANAB, Utah - Share the gift of nature this holiday season by participating with your family and friends in the 120th Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. More than 50,000 volunteers from all 50 states, Canadian, Central and South America, Bermuda, the West Indies, and Pacific Islands count and record every individual bird and bird species seen in a specified area found during one 24-hour period in a designated circle 15 miles in diameter or about 177 square miles.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Erica Miller, 47, of Peoria, Ill., has been ordered to serve 15 months in prison for healthcare fraud. U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough further ordered that Miller pay restitution in the amount of $101,960. Miller was immediately taken into custody following the sentencing hearing on Nov. 22, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: Jason Gatlin, 42, of Miami, was sentenced today to life in prison by U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith, after having been convicted by a trial jury of sex trafficking a minor, producing child pornography and witness tampering (Case No. 19cr20163).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - A Kettering man was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 270 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for sexually abusing two toddlers and creating hundreds of images of the abuse.
