News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Arizona - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Mexican Ministry of the Interior announced the continuation of the Interior Repatriation Initiative (IRI) beginning Thursday, a joint agreement between the governments of the United States and Mexico to provide humane, safe and orderly repatriation of Mexican nationals.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) will increase parking meter rates on the National Mall and at Thompson Boat Center in Jan. 2020. Rates will increase from $2.00 per hour to $2.30 per hour, which matches the rate currently charged at meters on streets administered by the District of Columbia. The rate for buses will increase from $6.00 per hour to $6.90 per hour, also matching the D.C. rate.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for being convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - CHARLES WILLIAMS, JR. (“WILLIAMS"), age 50, of New Orleans, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty on Dec. 18, 2019 to Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Gino Aristoteles Costa, 43, of Matthews, N.C. was sentenced late yesterday to 121 months in prison for transportation of child pornography, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney also ordered Costa to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender after he is released from prison.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated eight Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Archer, Bandera, Burnet, Edwards, Kerr, Real, San Saba, and Victoria who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment yesterday charging BABAR KHAN, 41, and KHATIJA KHAN, 38, both of South Windsor, with offenses related to scheme through which individuals seeking immigration services were defrauded.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA-A Gallatin County man who admitted distributing child pornography using his smartphone was sentenced today to 19 years and seven months in prison and 15 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Drug Enforcement Administration Agents Seized Fentanyl Valued at $800,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two Eagle Butte, South Dakota, men convicted of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance were sentenced on Dec. 16, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - CHARLES WILLIAMS, JR. (“WILLIAMS"), age 50, of New Orleans, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty on Dec. 18, 2019 to Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343.
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 Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that the year-end government funding bill includes several provisions he championed to secure the nation’s borders, protect houses of worship from terrorist attacks, and facilitate efficient international commerce at Michigan’s busy border crossings.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) has agreed to pay $5,500,000.00 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting federal grant applications and progress reports to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in which...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - A Laguna Beach lawyer was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for submitting dozens of fraudulent visa petitions to U.S. immigration authorities and for failing to report her illicit funds to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Larceny and Aiding and Abetting was sentenced on Dec. 16, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Eleven people were indicted in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business and a conspiracy to launder monetary instruments.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson released the following statement in regard to the release of the supplemental rule to address the Small Refinery Waiver actions that have been taken by the Administration...
