News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jason Glen Willis, age 32, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 60 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty in federal court on a charge of fraud conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEXANDER PEDRAZA, 28, of East Hartford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Janet Cabral (619) 546-8715.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: Washington - The federal commission created to coordinate the nationwide commemoration of the arrival of the first Africans to the English colonies in North America will meet at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington on Wednesday, February 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS-U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that MARVIN ARMSTRONG, age 32, of New Orleans, was sentenced for heroin charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Paris John Earnest Devine, 26, pleaded guilty to three counts - carjacking; brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence; and conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine. Devine appeared today before U.S. District Henry Autrey who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for May 14, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States has filed suit against Mission Support Alliance LLC (MSA), Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC), Lockheed Martin Services Inc. (LMSI), and Jorge Francisco “Frank" Armijo for alleged false claims and kickbacks in connection with a multi-billion dollar contract with the Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that two defendants have been indicted in Burlington on multiple charges, including Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine Base, Conspiracy to Possess Firearms in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, and Interstate Transportation...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - A Tennessee doctor, two clinic owners from the Miami, FL area, and a Woodbine, KY man were convicted today by a federal jury in London on oxycodone-trafficking charges. Three defendants were also convicted of multiple counts of money laundering.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Government Operations Subcommittee sent a letter to Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) requesting regular order for H.R. 1, the Democrats’ 571-page legislation to change federal election, campaign-finance and ethics laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jason Glen Willis, age 32, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 60 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybean meal for delivery to Ecuador. Of the total, 60,000 metric tons is for delivery during the 2018/2019 marketing year and 60,000 metric tons is for delivery for during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Willie Earl Hector, 33, of Muskegon Heights, Michigan, was sentenced to 120 months (10 years) in federal prison for drug and firearm offenses, U.S. Attorney Andrew B. Birge announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff imposed a 3-year term of supervised release that will commence once Hector is released from imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Hazel Turner, 54, of Tehachapi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to two years in prison for aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: Fort Scott National Historic Site is recruiting for a GS-04 Park Guide temporary position starting Monday, February 11th for the summer of 2019. Application information can be found at: www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/523844900. Additional park positions will be announced later this spring.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: Federal Court Bars Louisiana Tax Return Preparer From Preparing Tax Returns.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2019
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will be conducting a prescribed burn of roughly 20 piles of brush and tree limbs located on approximately 40 acres of public lands in the Lily Gap project area, near the town of West Point in Calaveras County. Burn operations may start as early as Tuesday, Feb. 12, depending on weather and air quality conditions.
