News from December 2019
By DOL Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - A whistleblower investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has found that Bouchard Transportation Company Inc., B. No. 272 Corp - a petroleum barge company based in Melville, New York - and its officers violated the whistleblower protection provisions of the Seaman’s Protection Act (SPA) when it retaliated against a seaman who cooperated with U.S. Coast Guard (USCG).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced the sentencing of James C. Hull, age 41, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as part of Operation Hidden Fee, an extensive federal, state, and local investigation by the Middle District Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) aimed at a drug trafficking network based and operating in Baton Rouge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Fallyn Mathis, 37, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to two years’ probation and ordered to pay full restitution in the amount of $12,628 by United States District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe, for collecting unemployment compensation while, at the same time, earning income from her seasonal employment with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement regarding the Fifth Circuit Court’s decision in Texas v. United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: The Operation will surge federal law enforcement resources into seven American cities - including Milwaukee.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. B A resident of Durham, North Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Greensboro on Dec. 17, 2109, for robbery and firearm offenses, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. - Angel Lopez-Rivera was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge William C. Fallin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Beth Labson Freeman, United States District Judge.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Task Force met today to discuss the next phase of its work.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal jury convicted Gary Mark Hill, age 42, of Salt Lake City of unlawfully engaging in the business of importing and dealing machine guns and illegal possession and transfer of machine guns Wednesday afternoon following a four-day trial in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND- Richard E. Gearhart, 69, of St. John, Indiana has tendered his plea of guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced DANNIE SIMON PARKER, JR., 49, of Raleigh, North Carolina, to 240 months’ imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Defendant also ordered to forfeit more than $1 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announces that United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced JAMES MELVIN, II, 34, of Fayetteville, NC, today. MELVIN was sentenced to 66 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that NICHOLAS ROTUNDA ALLEN, age 39, an inmate in Jimmy Autry State Prison in Pelham, Georgia, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, to be served consecutively to his state sentence in an unrelated matter, restitution to “Victim A" in the amount...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on Dec. 13, 2019, United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Felix Silva, a/k/a Carlos Santana, a/k/a Hector Borero, age 51, a former resident of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, to 50 months’ imprisonment for drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has plead guilty to federal narcotics charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Operation Relentless Pursuit, an initiative aimed at combating violent crime in seven of America’s most violent cities - including Cleveland - through a surge in federal resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today that Walter Mays, 29, Lapre Apple, 22, Mickey Shipp, 35, David Bateman, 38,Christopher Allen, 27, Rodney Freeman, 36, all of Indianapolis, and Devonte Davis, 25, of Carlisle, Ind. were indicted by a grand jury on charges of illegal possession of firearms and/or drug-trafficking related charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shawn Woods, a/k/a Pif, 28, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to racketeering conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute of 400 grams or more of fentanyl. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Building on the Trump Administration’s ongoing efforts to reduce the threat of wildfires through active management, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska State Office today issued a new policy to limit fire risk from power lines crossing BLM-managed public lands. The policy provides guidance for effective vegetation management within and adjacent to electric transmission and distribution line rights-of-way, also known as ROWs.
