News from December 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that a Peabody, Mass., man was sentenced today in federal court in Portland for possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 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 AHMAD KHALIL ELSHAZLY, 22, of West...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: VIENNA, Va.- Do you find yourself dreaming of sunnier weather and warmer nights? Start making your summer plans now! Attend a job fair at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts this winter and learn about the park’s many seasonal summer job opportunities. The park will host three job fairs in the Filene Center Musician’s Lounge (1551 Trap Road, Vienna, VA 22182) on the following days.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Gerald Griffith, also known as “Jerry Porecca," 47, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty before United States District Court Judge Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro, to two counts of bank robbery...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a violation of federal drug laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice has selected an additional 30 Indian tribes to participate in the expansion of the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information (TAP), a program that provides federally recognized tribes the ability to access and exchange data with national crime information databases for both criminal and non-criminal justice purposes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A California man has been charged with conspiring to distribute approximately 114 kilograms of cocaine in Hunterdon County, N.J., U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A tax preparer who formerly worked at the California Franchise Tax Board was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison for defrauding the IRS out of millions of dollars by declaring bogus withholdings used to fraudulently claim substantial tax refunds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced that on Dec. 16, 2019, Brian L. Ganos of Muskego, Wisconsin, was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela Pepper to 78 months in federal prison for leading a 12-year fraud scheme involving over $260 million in government-funded contracts intended to benefit...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An Arlington man was arrested on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, and charged with fraudulently receiving disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Social Security Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: A Peabody, Massachusetts man was sentenced today in federal court in Portland for possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: $ 2,689,009 Will Support Efforts to Combat Drugs and Crime in the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Francisco Fernandez, 26, of Earlimart, was sentenced today to two and a half years in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine and possession of an unregistered firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Department of Justice Tribal Access Program to Improve the Exchange of Critical Data Expanded to Include Additional Tribes in the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Yuma, AZ - On Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, the Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma Desalting Plant (YDP), located at 7301 Calle Agua Salada, will conduct a test of its emergency chemical alarm system. The test will be conducted to verify that the plant’s emergency readiness system is fully operational to support evacuation and safety procedures in the event the facility experiences an incidental chemical release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Six tribes in Washington State - five in Western Washington - selected for program to improve the exchange of critical data.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 50-year-old legal permanent resident from Donna has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for knowingly and intentionally conspiring to unlawfully transporting undocumented illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 34-year-old Corpus Christi man with a prior felony conviction has been ordered to federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jacob Winkler pleaded guilty June 17.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Justin McInnes, 30, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to unlawfully possessing firearms, possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possessing drugs with the intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina announced that it has settled claims with Manoj Kumar, a former sales representative and manager for Physician’s Choice Laboratory Services (PCLS), a defunct urine drug testing laboratory that was based in Charlotte, N.C.
