News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Methamphetamine and marijuana trafficked into Terre Haute and Muncie from California.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated eight New Hampshire counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, and Sullivan counties who suffered losses caused by extreme cold and temperature fluctuations resulting in winterkill, that occurred between Dec. 1, 2018, and April 20, 2019, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Newton, North Carolina, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Dec. 12, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Two pharmacists, a physician, and two marketers have been sentenced for conspiring to pay and receive health care kickbacks for prescriptions for compounded creams billed to TRICARE.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Greeneville, Tenn. - On Dec. 19, 2019, Shain A. Chappell, 48, currently of Helena, Montana, entered a guilty plea to one count of wire fraud and one count of filing a false tax return in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville. Sentencing has been set for May 1, 2020, at 9:00 a.m., in United States District Court in Greeneville.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp has sentenced Sheldrick D. Singleton Jr. (20, Orlando) to 13 years and 4 months in federal prison for committing an armed carjacking, and for possessing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Singleton had pleaded guilty on Aug. 26, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The owner of a scrap metal business in Morris County, New Jersey, today admitted that he underreported his income on his personal tax returns, avoiding paying more than $175,000 in taxes, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a White River, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on Dec. 17, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Coraopolis, PA, was sentenced to eight years in prison to be followed six years of supervised release for distribution of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - A former Navy Petty Officer assigned to a New Orleans Fleet Readiness Center at the time of his arrest was sentenced to 8 years in federal prison Tuesday for receipt of more than 1,000 images of child pornography 125 videos depicting the sexual victimization of children by adults. The sentencing...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) sent a letter to U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) Chairman David Johanson requesting the USITC conduct an investigation on the potential economic effects on U.S. fishermen of competition with illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) seafood imports.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A federal grand jury returned a Superseding Indictment today against a resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, on charges of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Christopher S. Atwood is now the District of Idaho’s Deputy Criminal Chief, announced U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Two pharmacists, a physician, and two marketers have been sentenced for conspiring to pay and receive health care kickbacks for prescriptions for compounded creams billed to TRICARE.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was charged today for a multi-million dollar bank fraud and securities fraud scheme operated through his company, Cash Flow Partners LLC (Cash Flow), U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Mustafa Ali Vaughn, of Canal Winchester, Ohio, has admitted to drug distribution, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ - Will Moore, a volunteer at Tonto National Monument and a published author on Southwest history, will tell the story of “Boss" Frank Pinkley at the Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum on Jan. 3, 2020 from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. as part of the museum's First Friday event series.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Jody Rufino Martinez, 40, of Truchas, New Mexico appeared in federal court in Albuquerque yesterday for arraignment on a superseding indictment charging him with racketeering and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man pleaded guilty today to robbing a bank, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
