News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Mitchell Dewayne May, Jr., 28, of Hattiesburg, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kirk Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Adam Getts, 32 years old, of Ashley, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a frug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was indicted today by a federal grand jury for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business through which he charged customers fees to convert more than $2 million in cash into the digital currency Bitcoin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND- Joseph Taylor, 35, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced before District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen following his plea of guilty to possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon and distribution of five grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Federal authorities have arrested a Weslaco attorney following the return of an indictment alleging conspiracy and bribery involving immigration detention employees, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The number of passengers expected to fly this summer out of Charlottesville and airports across the nation is expected to be the highest in years with 263 million passengers and crew projected to pass through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints nationwide between...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Harrold, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Manslaughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Anibal Vega-Arizmendi, age 29, of Puerto Rico, was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute and attempted possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, by District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis, announced United States Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: An Akron man with a history of domestic violence convictions was indicted for illegally having five firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on July 23, 2019, Kevin Rhodes, age 25, of New Columbia, Pennsylvania, received a sentence of time served and two years of supervised release, including six months of home confinement, by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, for conspiring to commit bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: St. Croix, USVI -William Payne, 39, of St. Croix, pled guilty on July 24, 2019, in District Court to one federal count of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By State Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, this evening made the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: Wild horses will be available for public adoption and purchase, Saturday, July 27, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center, 12500 Bruceville Rd. in Elk Grove. Photos of the nine available horses are available online at www.friendsofr3c.com.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee's oversight hearing on U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Border Patrol.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, for the oversight hearing with former Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of California has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years’ (120 months’) imprisonment and five years’ supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy for possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for distributing crack cocaine.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation to reauthorize, strengthen, and support the United States Coast Guard in its critical missions to save lives, safeguard our shores, protect the marine environment, and help ensure a 21st century maritime transportation system for America. The bill now moves to the Senate.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two Long Beach, Mississippi, men pleaded guilty today for their roles in a long-running odometer tampering scheme, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Dudley, 31, of Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
