News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Cincinnati, OH - U.S. Marshal Pete Tobin is pleased to announce that during the afternoon hours of February 6, 2019, the U.S. Marshals Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) arrested fugitive Edwin R. Murry Jr. on an outstanding warrant from the Cleveland Police Department for Murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Youngstown, Ohio, man who previously admitted to striking a flight attendant while in flight on an aircraft was sentenced today to 31 days in custody, followed by seven months of home detention. U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning sentenced 24-year-old Donald Zuppo, Jr., for interference with a flight attendant.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Four companies and three individuals have agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges related to the illegal importation and sale of $11 million worth of pharmaceutical-grade erectile dysfunction drugs that were falsely marketed as herbal remedies for men. Federal prosecutors today filed two new cases against distributors of the misbranded drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Matthew D. Krueger issued the following statement regarding Milwaukee Police Officer Matthew Rittner, who was shot and killed in the line of duty yesterday: “Our heartfelt condolences go out to Officer Rittner's family, friends, and law enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: A contractor from North Royalton was indicted for paying cash bribes to a City of Cleveland building official.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: “When offenders attack law enforcement officers, they attack the individuals who protect us and help maintain law and order in our nation. Each account of a fallen officer is an indescribable tragedy for the family, colleagues, and friends of the officer. As community members, we share this pain and...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Cincinnati--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Final Request for Proposal (RFP) for a contract to provide analytical chemistry production services, and research studies and analysis, as well as operate and maintain the 222-S Analytical Laboratory Facilities to support the Hanford Site...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Four people were indicted in federal court for firearms crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Christine Alyce Slayman (28, Jacksonville) to 40 years in federal prison for producing child pornography. Slayman was ordered to serve a life term of supervision, following her release from prison. She had pleaded guilty to two counts of producing child pornography on Aug. 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Elizabeth, New Jersey, biodiesel fuel company was sentenced today for discharging more than 45,000 gallons of wastewater from its commercial biodiesel fuel production facility into the Arthur Kill, a narrow waterway that separates New Jersey from Staten Island, New York, U.S Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A Pittsburgh-area gang member has been sentenced in federal court to two years of imprisonment on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Downloadable file: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal jury found Mary Holden Ayala, 59, of Portland, guilty today of stealing nearly $1 million from an Oregon foster care agency, money laundering and filing false personal income tax returns. From at least 2008 to 2015, Ayala, a longtime Portland resident, served...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Deniro Southern-Robinson, age 21, of Largo, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for committing a series of armed robberies in which he brandished a gun.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: The Quincy Mine Hoist Association, Keweenaw National Historical Park, and Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission are jointly hosting a National Endowment for the Humanities traveling exhibit. The exhibit, Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives, will be on display at the Calumet Visitor Center from September 3 - October 20.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), will reintroduce the Survivors’ Access to Supportive Care Act (SASCA), a bipartisan, bicameral bill to help improve and expand...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: MOOSE, WY-In the wake of the largest snowstorm so far this winter, Grand Teton National Park rangers remind backcountry users to recreate responsibly. While major snow events and the promise of fresh powder may tempt backcountry skiers and snowboarders, these events also bring elevated avalanche danger.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Josue Vega, 37, of Kissimmee, Florida, who was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced yesterday that JACQUELINE M. BATISTE a/k/a Jacqueline Batiste Francois, age 48, of New Orleans, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty to misappropriation of postal funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1711.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on February 4, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Ohio man admitted today he robbed a mobile communications company retail store in Orange, New Jersey, at gunpoint in June 2016, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
