News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Robert Elliott Jones, 39, a/k/a/ "Lil Rob," a/k/a/ "Mac Rob" has pled guilty to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Willie Bryant (25, Parrish) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
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...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated four counties in Virginia as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and Warren counties who suffered losses caused due to the combined effects of excessive rain, flash flooding, flooding, and hail that occurred since April 15, 2018, may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the United States Department of Agriculture proposed a new rule to repeal the broad-based categorical eligibility policy within the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), that involves taking advantage of state flexibility in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Javontae D. Rucker, 27, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to production of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dracut man was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Boston of sex trafficking four different victims out of his residences in Dracut and Malden.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40), Chair of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's oversight hearing on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that David Rinehardt, age 20, of Statesville, North Carolina, was indicted on July 24, 2019, by a federal grand jury on robbery and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Marc Lionel Lewis (52, Jacksonville) to five years in federal prison for distributing images depicting the sexual abuse of young children over the internet. Lewis had pleaded guilty on April 4, 2019. Lewis was also ordered to serve a 12-year term of supervised release, pay $5,100 in court assessments, and register as a sex offender.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) during today’s hearing titled: “Examining the Federal Role in Improving School Bus Safety."
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO ― Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed Melvin Armando Cortez-Moreno, an active member of the 18th Street Gang, to his home country of El Salvador where local authorities took him into custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 47-year-old resident of Corpus Christi has entered a guilty plea to two counts of robbery causing an interference with interstate or foreign commerce, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: “Thank you, Chairman Neal, for calling today’s meeting.
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: Baltimore, Maryland - Three men pleaded guilty to federal charges for their roles in a drug distribution conspiracy that operated in Cecil County, Maryland. The following defendants pleaded guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Dunbar drug dealer pled guilty to federal drug crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Samuel Manriquez, 33, entered his guilty plea to distribution of furanyl fentanyl and U-47700. Furanyl fentanyl is an analog of fentanyl and U-477001 is a synthetic opioid. The investigation was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF") and the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (“MDENT").
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp has sentenced Robert Ray (47, Orlando) to 10 years in federal prison for bank robbery. Ray had pleaded guilty on April 9, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - The public is invited to check out the moons of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn during the annual Summer Night Sky Festival at Paramount Ranch on Saturday, August 3. This free event will take place from 7 to 10 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced MARK ANTHONY CRUDUP, 27, of Henderson to 192 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised released.