News from February 2019
By DOT News Wire | Feb 28, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 28, 2019
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined American Airlines $1 million and Delta Air Lines $750,000 for violating federal statutes and the Department’s rule prohibiting long tarmac delays.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for First Degree Burglary, Larceny, and Aiding and Abetting.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that four Lansing-area men have been sentenced in connection with convictions arising out of a USDA investigation into fraud at convenience stores in Lansing, Michigan, where customers were allowed to buy prohibited items (such as cigarettes) or receive cash in exchange for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (also known as food stamps).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Yesterday, Thomas Michael White, 60, of Parkland, Florida was sentenced to 14 years in prison for leading a multi-year conspiracy that robbed over a dozen senior citizens of their retirement money.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Terrance Lamb fled from Phoenix, Arizona to avoid justice, but could not avoid Mid-South law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, NY - One Kingsmen Motorcycle Club (KMC) leader and member who committed execution style murders were sentenced for their roles in a major racketeering operation that involved violence and murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-Billings resident Randy Dwayne Watts, who admitted to illegal possession of a sawed off shotgun, was sentenced on Wednesday to 57 months in prison and to three years of supervised release, said U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Four individuals were charged in an eight-count indictment, unsealed today, which alleges federal program fraud, money laundering and perjury, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Two Chinese nationals have been indicted on federal charges that allege they kidnapped another Chinese national and attempted to collect $2 million in ransom from the victim’s family in exchange for the victim’s life.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA -Kevin Perry has been arraigned on charges that he ran a foreign currency investment fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Forty-three people were indicted in federal court for their roles in two separate conspiracies to sell large amounts of drugs in the Mansfield area.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing more than 1.4 kilograms of methamphetamine and a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Feb. 28, 2019, Lanny Chris Carroll, 53, of Morristown, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Leon Jordan, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 90 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A federal grand jury in Boston indicted a Marstons Mills man today on charges of distributing, receiving, and possessing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Annual recreational closures to protect pupping harbor seals at Point Reyes National Seashore go into effect on Friday, March 1, 2019. The closures are in Drakes Estero and the westernmost point of Limantour Spit, and remain in effect through June 30, 2019. Park rangers ask visitors to respect the closure...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - "Fugitive of the Week," Sasha Rand, 33, was tracked down yesterday, hiding out in West Baldwin Maine. Rand was wanted on an outstanding federal arrest warrant issued out of the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire. The warrant was for bail violations on an underlying offense...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Spokane - Today, Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Michelle Susan Ferrell, age 59, of Spokane Valley, Washington, pled guilty to wire fraud. Senior United States District Judge Robert H. Whaley accepted Ferrell’s guilty plea and scheduled a sentencing hearing for May 14, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. in Spokane, Washington.
