News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man detained in federal custody since his arrest in December 2018 on drug and firearm charges pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to trafficking heroin and fentanyl, and to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union Township, New Jersey, resident with businesses in Newark will appear in court today on charges that he operated a massive unlicensed check cashing operation that cashed over $400 million in checks, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Keith Forney, 60, formerly of Clinton, Md., was sentenced on Friday to 6 months in prison for making 11 illegal campaign contributions to three different campaigns for D. C. Council. Forney was also sentenced to an additional 36 months, suspended, for fraud, perjury, and corrupt election practices.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Joseph Michael Bragg, 40, of Columbus pleaded guilty to charges connected with at least a dozen threats he sent to a sheriff in Oklahoma during a two-month period in 2018, and threatening a Columbus FBI agent who came to Bragg’s residence to interview him.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A Moreno Valley man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for leading a crew that committed at least 15 armed robberies of AutoZone stores in the Inland Empire, making off with a total of more than $11,000 in cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced that Microsoft Magyarország Számítástechnikai Szolgáltató és Kereskedelmi Kft. (Microsoft...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 16, 2019, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against a man allegedly involved in a firearms offense on the Menominee Indian Reservation. In addition, the grand jury returned a one-count indictment...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -This week, the Committee on Oversight and Reform will convene a business meeting to hold White House officials accountable for their violations of law and a hearing to examine the gut-wrenching choices families make because of skyrocketing prescription drug prices.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: “Robert Morgenthau, the legendary U.S. Attorney and Manhattan District Attorney, passed away yesterday just 10 days shy of his 100th birthday. Mr. Morgenthau’s contributions to law enforcement and to the Southern District of New York were extraordinary. Among his...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Joel Seth Hood, age 37, of Idabel, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Aaron Fein concealed use of an AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Two men, including the lead defendant, have agreed to plead guilty in the MS-13 racketeering case to multiple murders and serve life in prison. Two others have agreed to plead guilty and potentially serve 35-40 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe, of the Northern District of Florida, announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted a Pensacola business owner for conspiring to sell and export power generating equipment to a recipient in Iran, and concealing the scheme, as well as...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday evening, the Congressional Delegation led by Ways and Means Committee Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) concluded their trip to Mexico. The members spent time in three locations - Mexico City, San Luis Potosi, and Tijuana - meeting with Mexican Government officials...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Paris, Kentucky man admitted in federal court today that he conspired to commit crop insurance fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A pain management doctor who practiced in Las Vegas was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison today to be followed by 3 years of supervised release for unlawfully prescribing addictive opioids Fentanyl, Hydrocodone, and Oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two residents of Pittsburgh, PA, have pleaded guilty in federal court to charges arising from a wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in Pittsburgh’s West End neighborhood, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Tuesday, July 23, 2019, Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, will hold a hearing on “Restoring the Partnership: The Future of Federalism in America."
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Paris, Kentucky man admitted in federal court today that he conspired to commit crop insurance fraud.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY-17) today issued the following statement on the bipartisan agreement to raise unworkable budget caps and suspend the debt ceiling.
