News from July 2019
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) beginning on July 23 will expand the Low Altitude Authorization and Capability (LAANC) system to include recreational flyers. This action will significantly increase the ability of drone pilots to gain access to controlled airspace nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Gregory Alan Smith, 55, a Shreveport investment advisor, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sturgis, South Dakota, man has been sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court, for the November 2017 armed robbery of the Phillips 66 Speedy Mart in Spearfish.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A 16-count superseding indictment by a federal grand jury was unsealed today against Darron Dimitri Ross, 33, of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Joshua Bilal George, 36, of San Diego, including charges of conspiracy to defraud and commit crimes against the United States, theft of government property, aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and money laundering, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: Today we’ll focus on an issue that has affected many families in Iowa and throughout the country: elder justice. Congress has a key role to play in ensuring the protection of our nation’s seniors, as about 1 in 10 Americans age sixty or older will fall victim to elder abuse each year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: Jury Convicts Flynn Intel Group Founder of Conspiring to Act as an Undisclosed Agent of Turkey.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS -- United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler, announced today an Indianapolis woman was sentenced for her illegal purchase of the handgun used to murder Boone County Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Pickett in March 2018. Dawn Love Rochon, 30, was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge James R. Sweeney at the federal courthouse in Indianapolis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A U.S. citizen who resided in the Republic of Uganda, has been sentenced in federal court to six years and two months (74 months) in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $230,890 in restitution on his conviction of conspiracy to manufacture/pass/transfer/sell...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. B U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced late yesterday Keith Antonio Barnett, 47, of Gastonia, N.C., to 23 years in prison and six years of supervised release on drug conspiracy and related drug charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. * -The Public Use Microdata Sample Files will be released and provide a 1% sample of the U.S. population for users to create their own tabulations. Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 (embargo begins at 10 a.m. EDT, Dec. 17). * - The statistics derived from five years of data collection...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A North Bergen man was arrested today on charges that he attacked a postal worker, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Teodor Laurentiu Costea, Robert Codrut Dumitrescu, and Cosmin Draghici have been sentenced to federal prison on wire fraud conspiracy, computer fraud and abuse, and aggravated identity theft charges. Their scheme originated from Romania and resulted in the illegal intrusion into computer servers in the United States. They also deployed phishing messages to thousands of victims and subsequently stole victims’ social security numbers and bank account information.
By State Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, submitted a statement to the Congressional Record condemning the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions - or BDS - movement. McCaul called on House Democrat Leadership to stop capitulating...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Cassandra Elaine Riggs, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury today on firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: Four Chinese Nationals and Chinese Company Indicted for Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and Evade Sanctions.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
Release: Washington, DC, July 23, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today proposed closing a loophole that allows states to make participants receiving minimal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits automatically eligible to participate in USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Gregory Alan Smith, 55, a Shreveport investment advisor, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that John Shannon Simpson, age 44, of Lee County, Florida, was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to Wire Fraud. United States District Judge David C. Norton of Charleston sentenced Simpson to four years...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 23, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - Nickolas Atkins, 40, of Selmer, TN., was indicted for possession with the intent to distribute and distribution of hydrocodone pills after having been placed on pre-trial release. Atkins had previously been indicted along with nineteen co-defendants in two indictments for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana in the Western District of Tennessee. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the new indictment today.
