News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Oregon Man Had Previously Been Convicted of Manufacturing Meth.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Christopher Campbell, 30, of Jackson, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana K. Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced today that the Western District of Tennessee collected $2,984,442.66 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2018. Of this amount, $2,248,992.49 was collected in criminal actions and $735,450.17 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: (Feb. 14, 2019) - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota announced a full Committee hearing with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on “The State of the Rural Economy.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a Ballantine man who admitted trying to break into two banks to two years in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Today, Chevron Technology Ventures, LLC (CTV) announced three winners of the Chevron Tech Challenge for Produced Water, a challenge created as part of a Cooperation Agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and CTV. FE provided subject matter expertise to CTV.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Opal Harris, 38, entered a plea of guilty on Feb. 14, 2019, in United States District Court in Omaha to the charge of willfully preparing a false tax return. Preparing a false return carries a penalty of up to three years in prison, a fine of up to $100,000, and up to one year of supervised release. The Honorable Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. accepted the guilty plea and set sentencing for May 10, 2019, at 10:30 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Scott Matthew Trischler, 24, of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, charging him with one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, one count of enticement of a minor, and one count of receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former civilian employee at Picatinny Arsenal and a former official of a defense contractor with a branch office in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 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 | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Agents Seize More than 62,000 Bags of Heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: SHAWN N. ANDERSON, United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, announced that defendant Gregorio Blas Cruz, Jr., age 50, originally from Mongmong, Guam, was sentenced on Feb. 13, 2019, in two cases involving Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Tampa, FL - The Department of Justice announced today that Vital Life Institute LLC (formerly known as AgeVital Pharmacy LLC), located in Sarasota, Florida, and owners Jenny and William Wilkins have agreed to pay at least $775,000 to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act by engaging...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: St. Louis - St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer Kenneth A. Grooms, II, 38, was charged today with one misdemeanor count of deprivation of rights in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 242. According to the charging document, on or about May 5, 2018, Grooms willfully deprived “John Doe"...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A man and a woman from Kansas were indicted Wednesday on federal charges of crashing a car into a Cabela’s store and stealing guns, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Timothy McCluskey, 61, of Williamsville, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to serve two years’ probation to include six months home detention. Judge Geraci also ordered the defendant to perform 100 hours of community service.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former accounting manager who is facing 10 wire fraud counts for allegedly embezzling more than $36 million from his employer’s client and then using the bulk of the ill-gotten funds to pay off tens of millions of dollars of his credit card debt has been extradited to the United States from Costa Rica.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - Two East Texas convicted felons have been sentenced to federal prison for violating the terms of their supervised release in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee and Chair of Fiscal Year 2019 Conference Committee on Homeland Security, delivered the following remarks on the House floor during debate on H. J. Res 31, the conference agreement.
