News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two men were sentenced today for their involvement in a heroin, oxycodone, and cocaine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Defendant stole more than $74,000 in Social Security benefits intended for her children who were no longer in her custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man who owned a janitorial supply company was sentenced today to 50 months in prison for submitting fraudulent bills to a customer and failing to pay taxes on the illicit proceeds of his scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man who owned a janitorial supply company was sentenced today to 50 months in prison for submitting fraudulent bills to a customer and failing to pay taxes on the illicit proceeds of his scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Paul M. Camara Jr., president and co-owner of an insulation contractor, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport, Connecticut, for his role in schemes to rig bids in violation of the antitrust laws and engage in criminal fraud on insulation contracts, marking the third conviction in this ongoing investigation, the Department of Justice announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today at the House Natural Resources Full Committee Markup, Ranking Republican Rob Bishop (R-Utah) emphasized the Democrats inability to consider thoughtful, bipartisan legislation and instead, make a mockery of good governance.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: DENVER - Walter James Winkler, age 48, formerly of El Paso County, Colorado, pled guilty this week to sexual abuse of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn and FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge Dean Phillips. The guilty plea was before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer. Winkler appeared at the hearing free on bond, which was continued at the hearing’s conclusion. He will be sentenced by Chief Judge Brimmer on Sept. 27, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C. - The House Natural Resources Committee today approved Assistant Speaker Rep. Ben Ray Luján’s (D-N.M.) H.R. 2181, the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, which withdraws federal land around New Mexico’s Chaco Culture National Historical Park from future oil and gas leasing. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - After a two-day trial, a federal jury in Madison, Wisconsin, found Alexander Kawleski, 42, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, guilty yesterday of 16 counts involving producing, attempting to produce, and possessing child pornography. U.S. Attorney Scott C. Blader for the Western District of Wisconsin announced the verdict.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: A federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict today against Ronell Watson for attempted murder of a federal officer, assault of a federal officer and possessing and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence in connection with the shooting of Christopher Harper, a Special Agent of the Federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Colorado Springs, Colorado, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine was sentenced on July 16, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - One year ago, the Justice Department announced the formation of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.), a program designed to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas as well as identifying wholesale distribution networks and international and domestic suppliers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: A Leesburg, Florida resident pled guilty today to attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A Lame Deer man who admitted stabbing two women on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation last year was sentenced today to 68 months in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
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 Interior Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has concluded a wild horse gather near Ely, Nevada. This joint operation by BLM’s Elko District (Wells Field Office) and Ely District (Bristlecone Field Office), was conducted at the Triple B Complex in eastern Nevada. The BLM gathered and removed 804 excess wild horses from public lands. Approximately 2,577 wild horses remain in the complex.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Mike Braun (R-IN) released the following statements on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2019 Air Trends Report. The report shows that between 1970 and 2018, the combined emissions of six key pollutants dropped by 74 percent, while the U.S. economy grew 275 percent. The United States leads the world in having clean air, while also having a growing economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Marcus Sales, 29, of Syracuse, N.Y., pled guilty yesterday to a federal cocaine distribution conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and FBI Albany Field Office Special Agent in Charge James N. Hendricks.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement on the passage of six consumer safety bills through the Energy and Commerce Committee.
