News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel today sentenced Jamila Kibibi Hargrove, a/k/a Ms. Bossy, age 42; and Lonnell Staton, a/k/a Papi Chulo, age 38, both of Washington, D.C., to five years and eleven years in federal prison, respectively, for their roles in a cocaine distribution conspiracy. Hargrove and Staton each pleaded guilty in September 2018 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
By State Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement regarding Senate consent to ratify four bilateral tax protocols:
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Three Rhode Island men were arrested by FBI agents and arraigned today in federal court on a child pornography charge contained in indictments unsealed in U.S. District Court, announced United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman and Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Boston Division Joseph R. Bonavolonta.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, held a hearing on “To the Cloud! The Cloudy Role of FedRAMP in IT Modernization."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man appeared in court today on charges of mail fraud related to a scheme through which he submitted thousands of false insurance claims to courier delivery service companies, resulting in a loss of $1.7 million, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on July 16, 2019, Swann Michelle Thomas, age 37, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. Thomas was sentenced to 100 months in prison to be followed by a term of supervised release of four years.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., today issued a joint statement after the announcement of a final rule by the Trump administration that would ease restrictions on arbitration agreements that nursing homes can use to limit legal action in the event of harm or death of a patient.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Defendant Ordered to Forfeit Her Texas Residence, Two Hotels, $7.2 Million in Bail Bonds, $400,000 in Cash and 11 Gold Bars.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Jeffrey Hoyler, 56, of Parkersburg, was sentenced to 71 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Hoyler was prosecuted as part of Project Parkersburg - a major takedown and dismantling of a...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
Release: ELMIRA, N.Y. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day recruitment event on Thursday, July 25, to assist individuals applying for a job as a TSA officer to work at Elmira-Corning Regional Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND - Markquise Harris, 19 years old, of East Chicago, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Van Bokkelen on his plea of guilty to Hobbs Act Robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced JEFFREY BERNARD MOORE, also known as “COOKIE MAN," 49, of Wilson, North Carolina to 120 months imprisonment, followed by 8 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT DUDUKOVICH, 25, of Wakeman, Ohio, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of distribution of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: FREDERICK, Md. - Due to the forecast for extreme heat this weekend, the National Park Service is rescheduling the tour of the historic Worthington House at Monocacy National Battlefield to September 7, 2019. “Visitor and staff safety are our highest priority at Monocacy National Battlefield," stated...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Brandon Diggs, age 29, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on July 16, 2019, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 188 months’ imprisonment and to serve six years supervised release for trafficking in heroin and unlawfully possessing a handgun as a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on July 16, 2019, Mary Mayo, age 50, Tony Martin Mayo Jr., age 34, Jessica Lynn Gross, age 31, and Alex Lee Pleis, age 25, were sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey for Conspiracy to Distribute Oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Joaquin “El Chapo" Guzman, Sinaloa Cartel Leader, Sentenced to Life in Prison Plus 30 Years.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has released an Environmental Assessment (EA) for public comment for the proposed construction of a multi-use trail for recreational users (e.g., hikers, runners and cyclists) along the western boundary of Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park. The trail would...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: President of Insulation Contracting Firm Pleads Guilty to Antitrust and Fraud Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that on June 26, 2019, JAMES JACKSON, age 35, a resident of Hammond, Louisiana, was sentenced to serve 73 months in federal prison on gun and drug charges. JACKSON pled guilty back on December 6, 2018 to distribution of cocaine base (“crack") and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
