News from January 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Brandon Lee Wright, 33, a federal inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Yazoo City (FCI Yazoo), was sentenced on Friday by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to 78 months in federal prison for assaulting a corrections officer at the Bureau of Prisons facility, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 118 during a 5-day period, from January 14-18th, in New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer has been ordered to federal prison for accepting a bribe in exchange for issuing an I-94 permit, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jose Javier “J.J." Gonzalez, 38, of Mission, pleaded guilty Feb. 28, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: Two Houston, Texas physicians were sentenced to 25 and three-year prison terms for their roles in separate schemes to defraud Medicare out of payments for medical services.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: Normal operations are resuming at Bryce Canyon National Park as staff returns to work following the partial government shutdown. Thanks to multiple generous donations and the commitment of partners, volunteers and staff, the Visitor Center and portions of the park remained open through the 35-day lapse in federal funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Cherry Creek, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Tampering and Misprision of a felony.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Citing the negative fiscal effects of the Republican tax law and the recent government shutdown, Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) today sent a letter to Department of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asking when the Trump Administration plans to request that Congress...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today announced the Democratic leadership team and subcommittee memberships of the Natural Resources Committee for the 116th Congress. Photo highlights of the recently concluded Democratic organizing meeting are available at.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Monroe felon was sentenced on Jan. 2, 2019 to more than nine years in prison for possessing a 12-gauge shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of Abusive Sexual Contact of a Person Incapable of Consent, was sentenced on Dec. 17, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - FF Acquisition, Inc. (Farm Fresh), headquartered in Virginia Beach, has agreed to pay $1 million to settle civil penalty claims stemming from alleged record-keeping violations by its pharmacies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that HAROLD GORDON, 69, of Templeton, Massachusetts, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of wire fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: Following the enactment of the continuing resolution to fund the operations of the National Park Service, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is open and has resumed regular operations. The park visitor center is operating on its winter schedule with daily hours of 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. “We are excited...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL LUCIANO, 33, of New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Hanford ’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) team achieved a significant accomplishment recently as construction crews completed turnover of the Analytical Laboratory systems to the full startup phase.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Sexual Abuse of a Minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A North Las Vegas resident was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distributing images of child pornography to his Tumblr account, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: Research by scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of Maryland released today sheds new light -- and reverses decades of scientific dogma -- regarding a honey bee pest (Varroa destructor) that is considered the greatest single driver of the global honey bee colony losses. Managed honey bee colonies add at least $15 billion to the value of U.S. agriculture each year through increased yields and superior quality harvests.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kana Chanel Hill and Aaron James Dempsey, formerly of Rochester, NY, who were convicted of wire fraud, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa. Hill and Dempsey were sentenced to 35 and 41 months respectively. The defendants were also ordered to pay $275,000 in restitution to their victim, Nordon, Inc.
