News from July 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Garcia-Santiago, 61, of Niagara Falls, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Danny Joe Patrick, age 51, of Wilburton, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Firearm & Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Edward Weidow, Sr., age 65, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was charged today in a criminal information with making false statements to federal investigators in a public corruption investigation involving...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO - A Chula Vista man was sentenced today in federal court to 10 years in prison for distributing fentanyl that led to the non-fatal overdoses of five people in Alpine, some of whom were revived by first responders with naloxone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: MONROE, La. - A federal jury handed down guilty verdicts against three Monroe residents late Friday afternoon for trafficking illegal narcotics, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: A disbarred Seattle attorney pleaded guilty today to aggravated identity theft and wire fraud for his scheme to steal the identities of a romantic partner and his relatives and using that personal information for fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran. JOHN WILLIAM ALDERSON, 47, had a previous...
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: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to five years’ (60 months’) imprisonment and four years’ supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Timothy Floyd, a/k/a Tim Rod, age 28, of Baltimore, to 30 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a drug distribution conspiracy and a violent racketeering enterprise...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 22, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A man from Nellis, West Virginia, pled guilty to federal drug trafficking offenses, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Russell Lee Gillenwater, 39, pled guilty to two counts of distributing methamphetamine and one count of distributing heroin and methamphetamine before...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 21, 2019
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - The Copper River Basin area weather provided some cloud.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2019
News Release: Together, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area and the Whiskeytown Environmental School Community (WESC), a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, developed the concept of Redbud Recovery. The Redbud Recovery project invites community members and visitors to express their thoughts and feelings around the...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2019
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - Two lightning-caused fires continue to burn in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. The National Park Service is working with the Valdez-Copper River Area Division of Forestry to manage both the Chetaslina Fire (#606) and the Long Fire (#484) which are burning in a Limited...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: On July 19, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan is traveling to McAllen, TX to meet with a congressional delegation from the U.S. Senate on border security issues.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan reissued the National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin pertaining to the terror threat to the U.S. homeland. After carefully considering the current threat environment, as well as input from the Department’s intelligence and law enforcement partners, Acting Secretary McAleenan determined it is necessary to extend the NTAS Bulletin at this time.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C., July 19, 2019 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $100 million to 48 organizations through the Agricultural Trade Promotion Program (ATP) to help U.S. farmers and ranchers identify and access new export markets.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced three major developments related to the implementation of the First Step Act of 2018 (FSA): * Over 3,100 federal prison inmates will be released from the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) custody as a result of the increase in good conduct time under the Act. In addition, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of New York charging Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Kazakhstan with providing and attempting to provide material support, including training, services and personnel, to the Islamic State of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: Mahin Mojtahedzadeh (Mahin), age 74, a citizen of Iran, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to unlawfully export gas turbine parts from the United States to Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2019
News Release: A Dallas, Texas, area tax return preparer was sentenced to 63 months in prison today for conspiring to defraud the United States and for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox for the Northern District of Texas.
