News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: HONOLULU - Neil Kauhi, 51, pleaded guilty today in federal court to one count of wire fraud. Kauhi faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years. His wife, Lyndie Kauhi, 49, pleaded guilty to one count of misprision of a felony. She faces a maximum term of imprisonment of three years. Both Lyndie and Neil Kauhi are detained without bail until their sentencings on Oct. 17, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that GEORGE CARTER, age 63 of New Orleans, pled guilty Thursday, June 27, 2019 to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Grant County, North Dakota, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses caused by drought between July 3, 2018, and Dec. 31, 2018, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: A Key Biscayne, Florida, resident and the former CEO and Chairman of a now-bankrupt multinational pharmaceutical company was sentenced to 30 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release yesterday for his role his role in a $100 million scheme to defraud Westernbank of Puerto Rico (Westernbank). The losses triggered a series of events leading to Westernbank’s insolvency and ultimate collapse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Tarrell Hendrix, 35, of Lackawanna, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skrenty to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, crack cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: This Settlement is part of the Justice Department’s Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: Dr. Raymond Moore Charged With Acquiring Drugs by Fraud, Failing to Maintain Records, Making False Statements.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today sent a letter to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt pushing for clarification on how the Trump administration is funding the president’s military parade and campaign rally on the Fourth of July. The Washington Post recently reported that Trump officials...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 40-year-old Mission man has been charged with importing oxycodone into the United States from Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington today sentenced Terrese Colston (29, Polk County) to 30 years in federal prison for carjacking, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The sentence...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Damon Johnson, an inmate at Federal Correction Institution Gilmer in Glenville, West Virginia, has admitted to indecent exposure, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) is pleased to host a special temporary exhibition by noted railroad and commercial photographer, Dan Troy. Titled, “Transcontinental Railroad Photography," the exhibition highlights modern railroading through the west-central United States, which...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Francisco Javier Palillero, 28, Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico, was sentenced in federal court in Las Cruces yesterday to 121 months in prison for Sexual Abuse, committed against a civilian employee at Holloman Air Force Base.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, NY - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, Special Agent in Charge Raymond Donovan announced today that Maulana Lucas, 45, of Buffalo, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute one kilogram...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Kermit Tyler Poulson, 40, pleaded guilty today to one count of transmitting threatening communications with the intent to extort Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Tarrell Hendrix, 35, of Lackawanna, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skrenty to possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, crack cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: United States Coast Guard search efforts have been suspended for a 60-year-old male who was last seen swimming near Oregon Inlet.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: A Denver man pleaded guilty Wednesday to making multiple threats of violence against county, federal and Shriners employees in northeastern Oklahoma from April 24, 2017 to Aug. 8, 2017, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: Agent Allegedly Used All-Cash Offer Loan Promises To Lure Homebuyers & Obtain Down Payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 3, 2019
News Release: A Denver man pleaded guilty Wednesday to making multiple threats of violence against county, federal and Shriners employees in northeastern Oklahoma from April 24, 2017 to Aug. 8, 2017, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
