News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: A federal jury convicted two Cleveland men of brandishing firearms while robbing MetroPCS stores last year and shooting at an off-duty Cleveland police officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina - United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Angela Breitweiser Keith, age 53, and Ann Davis Eldridge, age 58, both of Sumter, were sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of making false statements to defraud Medicaid. United States Magistrate Judge Paige J. Gossett of Columbia sentenced Keith to 12 months in federal prison and Eldridge to 6 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A former member of the Virginia General Assembly was sentenced today to two and a half years in prison for his role in a conspiracy that resulted in the fraudulent award of over $80 million in government contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Thomas Alonzo Bolin, a/k/a Peter Vincent, 22, of Greece, NY, who was convicted of making a false statement to the FBI, was sentenced to serve time served (three months) and three years supervised release by U.S. District Judge David...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: BARTLETT COVE, ALASKA - The National Park Service (NPS) has approved a plan for managing the Bartlett Cove area of Southeast Alaska that features.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: Defendant pulled a firearm on a landscaper working outside of a Lawrence fast food restaurant.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Four executives of two information technology staffing companies have been arrested on charges of fraudulently using the H-1B visa program to gain an unfair advantage over competitors, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: Engineering Firms’ CPA Sentenced to Prison for Role in Tax Scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking public comment on a draft plan for federal government engagement in advancing artificial intelligence (AI) standards for U.S. economic and national security needs. The document recommends...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: U.S. Peter G. Strasser announced that United States District Court Judge, Barry W. Ashe, sentenced DILLON DAVIS, age 26, of Destrehan, to 151 months of imprisonment for committing a bank robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a). DAVIS’ two prior drug convictions qualified him as a career offender, thus enhancing his sentencing guideline range.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM deactivation and decommissioning (D&D) crew members used ingenuity and lessons learned to develop a conveyor system to safely remove material containing asbestos from inside a building at the West Valley Demonstration Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States District Judge David J. Hale has sentenced Kenneth R. Betts to 16 years’ imprisonment, followed by 20 years of Supervised Release, after he pleaded guilty in December of 2018 to enticement, attempted enticement, possession of child pornography, transfer of obscene materials...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - Five Perrine residents were arrested this morning for their involvement in a drug trafficking network believed to be the largest source of narcotics supply in the neighborhood of Perrine, as part of the Southern District of Florida’s Violence Reduction Partnership initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, Police Commissioner of the City of New York (“NYPD"), announced today the unsealing of a superseding indictment and the arrest of EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ, a police officer with the NYPD, for conspiring...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - Two prime contractors at EM’s Paducah Site were recently recognized by Kentucky’s governor for excellence in health and safety performance for the past year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dillon T. Boyington, 35, of Gates, NY, who was convicted of attempted online enticement of a minor, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison and 10 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 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 a federal jury has convicted Darryl M. Greene, 48, of Buffalo, New York, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that GREGORY ST. ANGELO (“ST. ANGELO"), age 54, a resident of St. Tammany Parish, pled guilty Friday, June 28, 2019 to conspiring to defraud First NBC Bank, the New Orleans-based bank that failed in April of 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Cesar Rivera-Figueroa, aka Fat Boy, 28, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise. The charge carries mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years in prison, a maximum of life and a $2,000,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2019
News Release: BISHOP, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office has issued seasonal fire restrictions for BLM-managed public lands in the Eastern Sierra effective Monday, July 1, due to increased wildland fire danger in the region. The restrictions will remain in effect until Nov. 1, or until wildland fire conditions on public lands in the region improve.
