News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK- A volunteer Sheriff’s Deputy with the Arkansas County Sheriff’s Office has been convicted of extorting confidential informants to steal an ATV and firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Methuen man was charged in federal court in Boston with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Samet Cekic, 34, of Greece, NY, was arrested pursuant to a fugitive complaint filed by the United States Attorney Office, fulfilling obligations pursuant to an extradition treaty which exists between the United States and Turkey.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: A Waterford, Michigan husband and wife were arraigned this week on a number of charges including conspiracy to defraud the United States, fraudulent withholdings of records and falsification of records in bankruptcy. In addition, the wife was charged with aiding and assisting the filing of false tax returns, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Roderick Charles Scott, 43, of Shreveport, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. to three years and 10 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-Lame Deer resident Darrell Lee Whiteman, Jr. admitted today that he fatally stabbed a person during an argument in March 2017, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Norfolk, VA - U.S. Marshals are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a man who is charged in two separate violent robberies from 2018, one of which also carries charges of abduction and sodomy. Earl Dontia Wiggins, 30, has ties throughout Hampton and Newport News, and has the following warrants...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated five New Jersey counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses caused by Hurricane Florence and other recent disaster events may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Bruno J. Haney, II, 29, Marissa L. DeCarlo, 26, and James O. White, 27, all of Lockport, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A former teacher in Cameron, Mo., has been indicted by a federal grand jury for using three minor victims to produce child pornography.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) from today’s hearing entitled, “Putting U.S. Aviation at Risk: The Impact of the Shutdown":
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that India Tykeyah-Najee Cuyler, a/k/a “Lady Tank," age 24, of Columbia, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court to using a facility of interstate commerce (a cell phone) to entice a minor under the age of 18 to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Brice Todman, 36, of St. John, was sentenced today in District Court before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez on a charge of bringing illegal aliens into the United States, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez sentenced Todman...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued enforcement guidance on the requirements for evaluating crane operators that became effective February 7, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-A federal jury found David George Hopkins, 60, of San Diego, California, guilty today for traveling with the intent to engage in sex with a minor and other related charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement Wednesday on FEMA Administrator Brock Long’s announced resignation...
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on Venezuela...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: A superseding indictment was filed charging a Maple Heights man attempting to provide material support to al Qaeda, as well as making threats against the President, threats against the family of the President and false statements to law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - An attorney representing “Fugitive of the Week," Joseph P. Kelley, 49, went to the Rockingham County Superior Court on Thursday, February 7th and requested that Mr. Kelley be granted a new court date. This request was granted and the Rockingham County arrest warrant was recalled.
