News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that KENDALL BARNES, age 22, of New Orleans, and DERRICK GROVES, age 21, of New Orleans, were charged in a eight-count superseding indictment on Jan. 31, 2019 by a federal grand jury.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - A 35-year-old former Oklahoma teacher pleaded guilty on Friday to digitally producing images depicting the sexual abuse of children and distributing almost 500 other graphic image and video files of the sexual abuse of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: On Friday, February 8, 2019 at 9: 0 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold an oversight hearing with Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. This will be the Judiciary Committee’s first congressional oversight hearing of the 116th Congress.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding a report that the Department of Defense Inspector General has drafted an assessment saying that without continued pressure, ISIS could regain territory in six to 12 months...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On Jan. 14, 2019, Levian D. Pacheco, 25, of Phoenix, Ariz, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to 19 years’ imprisonment, followed by lifetime supervised release. Pacheco was previously convicted by a federal jury of seven counts of abusive sexual contact with a ward and three...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: During the spring months of 2019, fire crews are planning to conduct two prescribed fires located at the Bald Knob and Bear Creek areas, in the Kentucky section of Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Prescribed fire, as defined in the approved Fire Management Plan, will be located within the boundaries of the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A South Los Angeles woman who described herself on social media as “The Most Hated Hoe in L.A." and who admitted using the Internet to solicit minors to engage in commercial sex acts has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Marcus Lenard Armstrong, 35, of McDonough, Ga., was sentenced to 120 months in prison and three years of supervised release on drug trafficking conspiracy charges, for buying the deadly synthetic opioid U-47700 on the dark web using cryptocurrency.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation, today, announced interest rates for February 2019, which are effective February 1 - Feb. 28, 2019. The Commodity Credit Corporation borrowing rate-based charge for February is 2.625 percent, the same as 2.625 percent in January.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Swiss lawyer pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with participating in an international pump-and-dump scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: Future Law Enforcement Youth Academy Application Period Open.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago today announced federal criminal charges against five individuals in connection with violent carjackings in the city or suburbs.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: BRONX, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today released the following statement on the announcement by the Trump Administration of its intent to withdraw from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 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 Scott Schafer, 39, of Rochester, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, methamphetamine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine, or both.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the primary agency responsible for the safe and efficient use of the national airspace. In carrying out its vital aviation safety mission, the FAA maintains a complex, interrelated system of oversight, approvals, reviews, and renewals that allow an integrated network of regulated individuals, air carriers, and others to continue safe operations in the airspace.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: Tuscaloosa, Alabama - U.S. Attorneys Jay E. Town, Louis V. Franklin, Sr., and Richard W. Moore, take time to stop, remember, and recognize all federal, state and local law enforcement officers and pay tribute to their service and sacrifice. Law enforcement has the difficult and dangerous task of making our communities safer, while placing their own lives and well-being at risk.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that VINCENT JONES, 50, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman today announced the appointment of Helen H. Lee as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - In August 2018, the DEA Intelligence Program, in conjunction with the NY/NJ High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program and the NJ State Police Regional Operations Intelligence Center’s Drug Monitoring Initiative assessed the methamphetamine drug threat in New Jersey. The results of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND. Ore.-During the recent lapse in appropriations, the U.S. Attorney’s Office was required to curtail some operations pursuant to applicable law and policy. Nevertheless, the office continued to fulfill its law enforcement responsibilities by prosecuting criminal cases. Below is a summary of notable case events that occurred during the shutdown.
