News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Introduction: Thank you for coming today. My name is Richard Donoghue and I am the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. I am joined here today by the Special Agent-In-Charge of the FBI New York’s Criminal Division, Michael Driscoll. We are here to announce that, after an exhaustive...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: On June 29 and 30, 2019, Katmai National Park & Preserve (NP&P) celebrated the grand opening of its new elevated bridge across the lower Brooks River. The event marked the end of a challenging project first conceived over a decade ago, as well as the beginning of a new era for Katmai.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-Dannie Kay Alston, 67, was sentenced today to 110 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for robbing four Oregon and Southwest Washington banks in a four-week period beginning in August 2017. Alston has no known permanent residence.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Search efforts have continued over the last week for missing person Mark Sinclair, who was last seen on Monday, July 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a three-count indictment charging DANIEL FRANCOIS, also known as “Bear," 29, of Norwich, with firearm possession and drug trafficking offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, sent a letter to Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Board of Directors Chair Paul Smedburg requesting all documents and communications about the ethics committee’s investigation into former WMATA Board Chair Jack Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A man who pleaded guilty to transportation of child pornography was sentenced today, announced Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - The EM Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ’s (WIPP) lightning protection system, which has weathered 30 years in the New Mexico desert, is getting needed repairs and upgrades.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered opening remarks during a Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security hearing on “Women and Girls in the Criminal Justice System." Below are Chairman Nadler’s remarks, as prepared...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Jesse R. Lohman, 37, of Lempster, was sentenced on Monday to 150 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A City of Paterson police officer today admitted conspiring to violate the civil rights of individuals in Paterson, using unreasonable and excessive force, and filing a false police report to conceal his criminal activity, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Today, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur, officials from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Baltimore Police Department, the Office of the State’s Attorney’s for Baltimore City, and other federal law enforcement officials...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal jury today convicted Dr. PATRICK EMEKA IFEDIBA, 60, of Shelby County and Patrick Ifediba’s sister, NGOZI JUSTINA OZULIGBO, 49, of Trussville of numerous crimes stemming from their involvement with Care Complete Medical Clinic, located in Birmingham, Alabama, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr., and Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of a 2017 charging Nelson Pablo Yester-Garrido (62, Cuba) with conspiracy to distribute large amounts of high-grade marijuana and possessing a firearm in furtherance of that conspiracy. If convicted on all counts, Yester-Garrido faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A criminal complaint has been filed in federal court charging a resident of Brackenridge, PA., with the July 10, 2019 armed robbery of the Allegheny-Ludlum Brackenridge Federal Credit Union, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Jesse R. Lohman, 37, of Lempster, was sentenced on Monday to 150 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marcus Smith, 46, from Charleston, West Virginia, was sentenced to 37 months in prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Smith previously pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has discontinued the annual Raisins: World Markets and Trade report as well as raisin-related updates to the Production, Supply, and Distribution (PSD) database. USDA’s National Agricultural Statistical Service is no longer reporting U.S. production data for several categories of raisin-type grapes, meaning FAS is no longer able to develop a comprehensive global PSD estimate for raisins.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Alfonso Tellez-Lopez, 40, an illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to time served, which was 170 days imprisonment, as well as one year of supervised release, for misprision of a felony, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Jere...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William McSwain announced that Hamed Ettu, 44, of Richmond, TX was sentenced today to three years’ probation, the first nine months of which he will be required to serve in home confinement, 120 hours of community service and a fine of $15,000. U.S. District Judge Gene E.K. Pratter also imposed a forfeiture judgment of $73,244, which the defendant has already paid.
