News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Antonio Adrian Minnis, Jr., 26, of St. Louis, MO, was charged today in a superseding indictment with felony charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and distributing a controlled substance which resulted in the death of another. Minnis was originally charged with the federal gun crime in January 2019. Today’s superseding indictment added the federal drug charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A series of investigations led by the Drug Enforcement Administration has resulted in the arrests of nine defendants, most of whom are medical professionals, on federal charges of diverting dangerous narcotics - primarily highly addictive opioids - to the black market.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: Defendants Trafficked Crystal Ice, Oxycodone, and Other Drugs into Virginia from Georgia.
By State Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. President: As you prepare to participate in a second summit with Kim Jong Un, we reiterate our support for a diplomatic agreement that achieves the complete and fully verified dismantlement of the North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Should Chairman Kim choose to take this historic...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today warned the Trump Administration against the ongoing promotion and approval of harmful Medicaid waivers, citing the significant coverage losses taking place in states like Arkansas and the Administration’s failure to appropriately track or evaluate the impact of the misguided policies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Isaias Alvarado, also known as Cabo, 46, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to three counts of murder in aid of racketeering.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration announced today the expansion of its TSA Pre✓® expedited screening program to nine additional domestic and international carriers. The new partnering airlines are Air India, Asiana Airlines, China Airlines, Eastern Airlines, Elite Airways, EVA Airways, Japan Airlines, TAP Air Portugal, and Volaris. Today’s announcement brings the number of airlines participating in TSA Pre✓® to 65 domestic and international carriers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment yesterday charging ORLANDO SOTO, 27, of Hartford, with narcotics and firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Terrance Maurice Goss (32, Tampa) with four counts of bank robbery, two counts of attempted bank robbery, and one count of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Goss faces a maximum penalty of...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - “Fugitive of the Week," Kevin Sullivan, 24, was featured just this morning and was just arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and the Portsmouth Police Department at a hotel near the Portsmouth traffic circle.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging death-eligible offenses against 11 members of MS-13 for their role in the kidnapping and murder of two juveniles in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: A Jupiter resident pled guilty yesterday to committing a string of robberies in Palm Beach and Martin Counties in 2017 and 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Matthew J. Underwood, 45, of Walnut Grove, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Jersey City, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a cocaine distribution conspiracy operating in Jersey City, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Michigan resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: Manhattan Project National Historical Park is partnering with the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge (CMOR), and the Girl Scouts of USA to celebrate National Girl Scout Week on Saturday, March 9. Beginning at 10:00 AM (ET) at CMOR, individual girl scouts and/or troops are welcome to participate in hands-on activities until 2:00 PM. Admission to CMOR will be free on that day for any girl scout in uniform and their families.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - DEA New Jersey Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced a Jersey City man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a cocaine distribution conspiracy operating in Jersey City.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Fray Cayetano, 23, of Lawrence, Mass., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 69 months in prison and three years of supervised release for distributing fentanyl and conspiring to distribute fentanyl and cocaine base, commonly known as, “crack." Cayetano pled guilty on Oct. 17, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have “flash-frozen" a flat crystal of 150 beryllium ions (electrically charged atoms), opening new possibilities for simulating magnetism at the quantum scale and sensing signals from mysterious dark matter.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: A Miami, Florida-area medical clinic owner pleaded guilty today for her role in a scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting fraudulent billings from the clinic and by supplying patients to three home health agencies that submitted fraudulent bills for home health services.
