News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: U.S. Marshals Looking for Disbarred Attorney Wanted for Murder After Removing Ankle Monitor, Fleeing.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Good Afternoon. Let me begin by congratulating the Ranking Member, Mr. Kelly, on his appointment. I hope that we will continue the good and thoughtful work on the behalf of American taxpayers. I would also like to welcome the new and returning Members to the Oversight Subcommittee. I look forward to working with each and every one of you in the 116th Congress.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
Release: BOSTON - Transportation Security Administration officers across New England stopped 45 handguns at checkpoints in 2018, a significant increase from the 29 that were caught in 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
Release: LINTHICUM, MD - Transportation Security Administration officers stopped 23 guns at Maryland airports in 2018, 22 of which were detected at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport checkpoints and one at Salisbury Regional Airport. Overall it marked a slight decrease from the 26 caught...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who uploaded child pornography to an instant messaging site was sentenced yesterday to 18 years and one month in federal prison to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI’s Las Vegas Division.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Washington - On Dec. 20, 2018, Beltex Corporation, doing business as Frontier Meats (Beltex), a packer in Fort Worth, Texas, waived its right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and paid a penalty of $8,400 for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Former Memphis Police Officer, Terrion Bryson, 26, has been sentenced to 96 months imprisonment for narcotics and weapons possession offenses committed while on duty. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A St. Louis, Mo., man who was found passed out at an Oak Grove, Mo., truck stop after a week-long bender has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing methamphetamine and a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national was arrested today and charged in connection with sending a letter to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that threatened an armed attack on a South Boston school in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Hialeah.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: An Elizabeth, New Jersey man was sentenced today to 155 months in federal prison after having pleaded guilty in August, 2018, to a charge of kidnapping, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Former Memphis Police Officer, Terrion Bryson, 26, has been sentenced to 96 months imprisonment for narcotics and weapons possession offenses committed while on duty. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - According to court documents unsealed today, 20 people, including 16 foreign nationals, have been charged for their roles in an international organized crime group that defrauded American victims through online auction fraud causing millions of dollars in losses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Six people from Ohio were indicted in federal court for their roles in a health care fraud conspiracy in which Medicaid was billed $48 million for drug and alcohol recovery services which were not provided, not medically necessary, lacked proper documentation, or had other issues that made them ineligible for reimbursement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: An Elizabeth, New Jersey man was sentenced today to 155 months in federal prison after having pleaded guilty in August, 2018, to a charge of kidnapping, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Pecos, NM: Don’t miss your chance to visit one of northern New Mexico’s most iconic locations-the Forked Lightning Ranch. On Sunday, February 24th, Pecos National Historical Park will open up the Ranch House from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for visitors to explore at their leisure. The Forked Lightning...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Andres Lopez Elorez, a veterinarian who surgically implanted liquid heroin in puppies on behalf of Colombian drug traffickers, was sentenced by United States District Judge Sterling Johnson, Jr. to 72 months’ imprisonment. In September 2018, Elorez pleaded guilty to conspiring to import heroin into the United States. Upon completion of his sentence, the defendant will be deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W Boyle sentenced Cheyne Martin Potrafka, 35, of Burgaw to 220 months’ imprisonment, followed by a lifetime of supervised release. POTRAFKA pled guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography on Nov. 1, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - Three federal prison inmates have been indicted for escaping from prison announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: United States and International Law Enforcement Dismantle Online Organized Crime Ring Operating out of Romania that Victimized Thousands of U.S. Residents.
