News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Dayton, OH - U.S. Marshal Pete Tobin is pleased to announce that during the early hours of Dec. 19, 2019 the U.S. Marshal’s Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST), with the assistance of the Dayton Police Department SWAT, arrested Walter Baker. Baker was wanted by the Springfield Police Department for Murder and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office for Rape.
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 USDA Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated four Arizona counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Gila, La Paz, Mohave, and Yavapai counties 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: 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 DOL Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: LAVONIA, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Wright Metal Products Crates LLC - based in South Bend, Indiana, and operating as WMP Crates - for exposing employees to amputation, chemical and other safety hazards at a worksite in Lavonia, Georgia. The company faces $195,034 in penalties.
By State Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
Release: More information about Uganda is available on the Uganda Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that KEVIN IMAN McCORMICK, 26, of Hamden, has been charged by indictment with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Michael Edwin Dorcas, 56, of Huntersville, N.C., was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for enticement of a minor, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. also ordered Dorcas to serve 30 years of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.
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: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Bullhead, South Dakota, man was sentenced on Dec. 16, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann, as a result of a jury convicting him of involuntary manslaughter.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5430, Legislation to implement the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada attached as an Annex to the Protocol Replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that Cristian Constantin, age 20, and Mihaela Stancu, age 25, both of Romania, pled guilty before U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick. Constantin pled guilty to illegal possession of device making equipment and possession of fifteen or more counterfeit or...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Philip, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Dec. 17, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: The Fort Scott National Historic Site’s Visitor Center and fort buildings will be closed, and no programs will be offered, on Christmas day and New Year's day (Dec. 25, 2019 and Jan. 1, 2020) to allow staff to celebrate the holidays with their families.
By State Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: * Recognizing that science, technology, and innovation have enabled transformative capabilities across multiple sectors, from energy to health and communications to transportation, and that the foundation of this progress is the global research enterprise, and its constant creation of new knowledge, understanding, and insights;.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: How accurately do face recognition software tools identify people of varied sex, age and racial background? According to a new study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the answer depends on the algorithm at the heart of the system, the application that uses it and the data...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to drug trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Christopher Gibbon, 48, of Florissant, Missouri, was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud; four counts of mail fraud; and one count of bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two Rapid City, South Dakota, men and a Rapid City, South Dakota, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
