News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio this morning, federal and state authorities arrested 36-year-old U.S. Border Patrol Agent Vernon Lee Millican of Leakey, Texas, for production of child pornography, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division; and Special Agent in Charge Javy Pedroza, Department of Homeland Security - Office of Inspector General, El Paso Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Chairman Steve Cohen (D-TN) sent a letter.pdf) to Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker asking him to provide answers related to the Justice Department’s commitment to enforcing ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Due to expected change in weather bringing precipitation and unsettled weather over the weekend, Bureau of Land Management fire managers have postponed the previously announced prescribed fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Massachusetts man identified by law enforcement as the primary contact between a major international heroin and fentanyl source of supply in the Dominican Republic and a three-state New England drug trafficking operation based primarily in Rhode Island was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: Conspiracy Trafficked Crystal Methamphetamine in Smyth County.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Woodbridge man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for sexually exploiting two minor girls as a prostitution customer.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Fla. - Roderick Lamar Duval, 39, of Bradenton, was sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for distributing fentanyl and heroin. He had pleaded guilty on Sept. 27, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - An Allegheny County resident has been sentenced in federal court to two years of probation and ordered to pay $9,570.00 in restitution on her conviction of conspiracy and passing and uttering counterfeit money, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: CONCORD- Aaron Sperow, 27, of Nashua, was sentenced on Thursday to 102 months in prison for assaulting and robbing an individual who was seeking to purchase firearms, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that multiple Project Safe Childhood (PSC) defendants appeared in federal court this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Federal law enforcement officials have announced charges against five men and two businesses for conspiracy, smuggling goods into the United States, and misrepresentation of Indian produced goods and products. The charges, which are contained in a five-count indictment, arise from a multi-year...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, submitted a notice to the Federal Register today seeking recommendations from the governors of the seven Colorado River Basin states for protective actions Interior should take amid ongoing severe and prolonged drought. This notice recognizes the need for prompt action to enhance and ensure sustainability of Colorado River water supplies throughout the southwestern United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Charles E. Woods, 41, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 85 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) seeks public comment on a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) that analyzes the impact of efforts to suppress populations of grasshoppers and Mormon crickets from 17 States in the western ...
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 Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Top Democrats responsible for Social Security policy in the House and Senate yesterday called on the Social Security Administration to withdraw a proposed rule that would limit the right of Americans to receive an in-person appeals hearing if their initial application for Social Security benefits is denied. Workers who are eligible to apply for these benefits have contributed to Social Security for years, paying into the program with each paycheck.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: FBI and OPD Seek Information on Anniversary of Oakland Man’s Death, Offer $30,000 Reward.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Nahant couple was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with two counts of tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: San Antonio, TX - Husband and wife, Keith and Ruth Marie Barta, were arrested this afternoon by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force on the northwest side of San Antonio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On Feb. 1, 2019, Silas Deswood Yazzie, 52, of Kayenta, Ariz, a member of the Navajo Nation, was convicted by a jury of assault with a dangerous weapon and simple assault. Yazzie is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan in April 2019.
