News from July 2019
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: NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey company and its principal will pay $2.4 million to resolve allegations that it improperly obtained contracts set aside for companies owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell has sentenced Aaron Troupe (30, Tampa) to five years and one month in federal prison for theft of government property and aggravated identity theft stemming from the filing of fraudulent tax returns using stolen identities. The court also ordered Troupe to pay $449,529.97 in restitution to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Little Eagle, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with Holder Construction Group LLC to promote worker safety and health during the construction of Project Fusion on West Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Direct Deposit Scams.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) officially requested that the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Andrew Wheeler, provide records and analysis linked to the Trump administration’s effort to potentially...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Tyler Chance Bateman, 29, of Anchorage, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to serve four years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for using the internet to threaten Bateman’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sioux City, Iowa, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Charlene Honeywell today sentenced Edwin Santiago (43, Lakeland) to 41 years and 8 months in federal prison for attempted production and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of the Interior (DOI) has confirmed that its investigation of former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s email use - an investigation requested by Committee on Natural Resources Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) - has been folded into a larger criminal probe being coordinated with the Department of Justice (DOJ).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: GUNNISON, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Gunnison Field Office announced that free permits will be available for cutting and collecting firewood from avalanche slide paths on public lands along the Alpine Loop Backcountry Scenic Byway in Hinsdale and San Juan counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.VA.- United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that a Detroit, Michigan man pled guilty to an indictment charging him with federal drug crimes. Edward King, 29, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute oxycodone. The case was investigated by the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Manuel Medina, 33, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 46 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: The owner of a Thomson, Ga., medical equipment company was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison Tuesday, July 30, for a wide-ranging Medicare fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Travis Sanders, 40, has been sentenced to 204 months imprisonment as a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 30, 2019
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-Randall Neal Wynn, 59, of Goshen, Oregon, was sentenced today to 125 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release for possessing methamphetamine.
