News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney John H. Durham and Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office and Justice Department have filed a lawsuit in the District of Connecticut alleging that female tenants and applicants of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to hijack the credit card accounts of multiple victims in order to fraudulently purchase hundreds of thousands of dollars in high-end products, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced that on Feb. 27, 2019, Devon Miller, age 28, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substances namely, Oxycodone, Adderall, and Hydrocodone, while in possession of a firearm. Miller was sentenced to a total term of imprisonment of 66 months to be followed by a term of supervised release of three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: I want to thank the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which investigated this case, and in particular, Acting Special Agent in Charge Brian Gallagher, Supervisory Special Agent John Bowman and Special Agent David Krueger, all of whom are with us today. I want to thank the Philadelphia...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Kelly Thornton 619-546-9726. NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Feb. 28, 2019. SAN DIEGO - Peter J. Mazza, a trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor, rejoined the U.S. Attorney’s Office today as second-in-command of one of the busiest federal districts in the nation. Mazza, who was selected by U.S. Attorney...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Ariz.) today released the following statement on the pending Army Corps of Engineers permit for the Rosemont Mine, which is awaiting federal clearance to operate in Kirkpatrick’s district in Southern Arizona. Both lawmakers just concluded a briefing with the Army Corps, which is set to issue the last remaining permit for the mine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities have arrested two brothers from Woodland Hills who are charged in a stolen tax refund check scheme involving hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulently obtained federal income tax refunds, some of which were then laundered through bank accounts held in the United Kingdom.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) have arrested three criminal aliens in western Michigan over the last several weeks after they were released from Kent County Sheriff’s custody with an active immigration detainer in place.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Five Hampton Roads-area individuals pleaded guilty this week to their respective roles in a series of violent grocery store robberies in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Jovaun Patterson, 30, of Philadelphia. The indictment charges him with one count of attempted robbery which interferes with interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a)...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's "Female Veterans Access to VA Hearing".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Has Multiple Prior Felony Convictions, Including a Prior Federal Felony for Selling Crack Cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: With Extorting Sexual Images From Individuals.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A New York man was sentenced in federal court in Springfield yesterday for failing to register as a sex offender.
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: ATLANTA - U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay" Pak announced today that the Northern District of Georgia helped to collect over $77 million in civil and criminal restitution and financial penalties for Fiscal Year 2018, ending Sept. 30, 2018. Of this amount, the Northern District of Georgia directly collected...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: A Broward County resident pled guilty today to distributing information pertaining to explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Superintendent Jason Newman selected Chris Beagan as the Site Manager of Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, effective Feb. 3, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Andrew Campbell, 32, of Albion, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession of child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
