News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Ocala, Florida - David Walter Hendershot (41, Ocala) today pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with possession of a firearm and ammunition affecting commerce by a previously convicted felon. Hendershot faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has been set for Oct. 25, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal grand jury has indicted a Laguna Pueblo man on charges of aggravated assault of an intimate partner by strangulation or suffocation and domestic assault by a habitual offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: FBI Warns of Phone Scammers Posing as Federal Agents.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ten researchers from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in a ceremony today. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government to science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Cumberland, MD, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of kidnapping and aggravated sexual abuse of person under 12 years old, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that JIMMY E. LINDSEY, age 33, of Springfield, Louisiana, pled guilty on July 24, 2019, before U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, marijuana, and oxycodone, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. As a result of his guilty plea, LINDSEY faces a significant term of imprisonment, fine, and period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Suffolk man pleaded guilty today to fraud in connection with the failure of People Express Airlines in 2014 and the filing of a false income tax return.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey today delivered the following remarks on the House Floor in support of H.R. 3877, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, legislation to raise unworkable budget caps and suspend the debt ceiling.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: A Youngstown man was sentenced to more than 37 years in federal prison for taking still images of himself sexually assaulting a young girl.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Ways and Means Committee announced the creation of the “Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force." A bipartisan group of four co-chairs will lead the new effort: Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL), and Rep. Terri Sewell...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - A former South Bend senior executive at a Mishawaka business has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison and 1 year of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $1,666,721.10 in restitution for devising a scheme to defraud his former employer, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-IL) from today’s hearing entitled, “Examining the Federal Role in Improving School Bus Safety":
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Charles T. McRoberts, 49, of St. Louis, and Gernell Armour, 47, of St. Louis, were indicted today on two felony counts each - one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and one count of possessing with the intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - In a case led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Boston, a Massachusetts man was convicted July 24 by a federal jury of sex trafficking four different victims and now faces a possible 15 years-to-life federal prison sentence for his crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The former owner of a now closed Fall River-based glass company was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for failing to report and pay to the IRS taxes he had withheld from his company’s employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Nathan Winfield, age 21, South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced before United States District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. upon his plea of guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Camari Stinson, 32 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly Brady after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, distributing cocaine and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: For Possession Of A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Trafficking Crime.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald J. Trump announced the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent research careers and who show exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MARCOS ELIAS, a Brazilian citizen and resident, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $750,000 at financial institutions...
