News from June 2019
By USDA Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Chairman Filemon Vela held a hearing on Crop Insurance, Risk Management, and Federal Disaster Programs, “How Farm Policy Helps Farmers in Adverse Conditions." The hearing included six witnesses...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An indictment by a federal grand jury was unsealed today charging an unlicensed advance nurse practitioner (APRN), two doctors, and two others for conspiring to distribute buprenorphine, a Schedule III Controlled Substance, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI’s Las Vegas Division.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Appomattox Court House NHP News ReleaseJune 20, 2019 Contact: Beth Parnicza.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Federal Jury Convicted David Fischer on All Counts Earlier this Year.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant U.S. Attorney Héctor Ramírez-Carbó of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Puerto Rico was one of 172 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director James Crowell, IV at the 35th Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA A former resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 8 1/2 years’ (102 months’) imprisonment, followed by 10 years’ supervised release on his conviction of distribution of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. Russell was also sentenced to pay $8,600 in restitution, in varying amounts, to 13 child victims.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) is seeking public input regarding a proposal from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Ferry Division. NCDOT is requesting structural shoreline protection measures to mitigate for severe erosion causing damage to the ferry basin bulkhead and stacking lanes along the north end terminus of Ocracoke Island within Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH) to provide grants to nonprofits and faith-based organizations to help secure their facilities against potential terrorist...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Mexican nationals have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy that distributed more than 14 kilograms of heroin in the Kansas City, Missouri, metropolitan area, some of which is believed to have resulted in overdoses and deaths.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Junction City woman was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Detroit, Michigan and recent resident of Washington, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in federal court to eight years and four months (100 months) of federal imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release on his conviction of federal drug and firearms offenses, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A Garryowen woman who admitted killing a man by running over him with a minivan as he was walking along a road on the Crow Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and to five years of supervised release, said U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Elvin Castron-Murcia, 20, a Honduran native residing in Louisiana, was sentenced in federal court today to ten years in prison for traveling for illicit sexual conduct and transporting a minor for criminal sexual activity involving a Northwest Florida girl. The sentence was announced by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Walmart Inc. (Walmart), a U.S.-based multinational retailer and its wholly owned Brazilian subsidiary, WMT Brasilia S.a.r.l. (WMT Brasilia), have agreed to pay a combined criminal penalty of $137 million to resolve the government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). WMT Brasilia pleaded guilty today in connection with the resolution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Mexican nationals have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy that distributed more than 14 kilograms of heroin in the Kansas City, Missouri, metropolitan area, some of which is believed to have resulted in overdoses and deaths.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - The final defendant in a maritime smuggling venture involving nearly 1300 kilograms of cocaine has been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Smith of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Montana was one of 172 members of the Department of Justice recognized by Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director James Crowell, IV at the 35th Director’s Awards Ceremony today in Washington D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA A former resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 8 1/2 years’ (102 months’) imprisonment, followed by 10 years’ supervised release on his conviction of distribution of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. Russell was also sentenced to pay $8,600 in restitution, in varying amounts, to 13 child victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Duck Boat Captain Faces Additional Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - United States District Court Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell sentenced Kyle W. Humphrey to two years imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for stealing pre-retail prescription medications, mislabeling prescription medication in order to defraud or mislead, and wrongful ...
