News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that KENNETH CHARITY (“CHARITY"), age 54, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud First NBC Bank, the New Orleans-based bank that failed in April 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-An Oregon couple was sentenced today to federal prison for robbing six banks in four Southern Oregon counties over a two month period.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of Child Pornography was sentenced on July 29, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Hingham man who was convicted earlier this year of money laundering has been indicted by a federal grand jury on new charges of wire fraud, unlawful monetary transactions and money laundering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that KENNETH CHARITY (“CHARITY"), age 54, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud First NBC Bank, the New Orleans-based bank that failed in April 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho-To facilitate the completion of maintenance activities, the Bureau of Reclamation began reducing flows at Anderson Ranch Dam on Monday, July 29, 2019. By Thursday morning, Aug. 1, 2019, the South Fork of the Boise River below Anderson Ranch Dam will be flowing at about 600 cubic feet per second.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: The total loss for SSA is $469,454.40; two Defendants Charged with Defrauding FEMA for Hurricane Maria Relief Benefits and two other Defendants charged for selling unapproved new drugs. The total combined loss of other federal agencies is $718,474.31.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that John Leroy Gordon, 27, of Chester, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty to carjacking before the Honorable Gerald J. Pappert yesterday, just before trial was set to commence.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Oak Ridge Site crews recently mobilized to begin constructing the Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility, vital infrastructure to fulfill EM’s regulatory commitments to reduce mercury levels in the East Fork Poplar Creek and begin large-scale cleanup and demolition at the Y-12 National Security Complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A federal jury returned a guilty verdict against a 42-year-old Corpus Christi man for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ROBERT LYONS, age 34, of Covington, was sentenced on Thursday, July 25, 2019 for federal firearms violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A former high-ranking official in a labor union admitted in federal court today that he accepted $325,000 in unlawful cash payments from a Chicago business and failed to report the payments on his federal tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man pleaded guilty today to being a felon in possession of a firearm and uttering counterfeit money.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Potosi, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for enticing a child victim in Lawrence County, Mo., to engage in illegal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A jury today found a Lawrence developer guilty on charges of disposing of asbestos in violation of the Clean Air Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-An Oregon couple was sentenced today to federal prison for robbing six banks in four Southern Oregon counties over a two month period.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-Former Miles City high school athletic trainer James E. “Doc" Jensen, Jr., who admitted to sexually abusing numerous boys under the pretense of a program he claimed would improve their physical performance, was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 years in prison and to three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, AL - On Tuesday, July 30, 2019, Dr. James Henry Edwards, III, 72, of Fairhope, Alabama, appeared in court for an arraignment after being charged with drug distribution offenses, announced United States Attorney Louis v. Franklin, Sr. Until his arrest on July 11, 2019, Dr. Edwards was a practicing psychiatrist with offices in Opelika and Gulf Shores, Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Stephanie Barnett, 36, of Kanawha County, entered a guilty plea in court today to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A jury today found a Lawrence developer guilty on charges of disposing of asbestos in violation of the Clean Air Act.
