News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: North Bay Village resident and former employee of Dylan’s Candy Bar, located on Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, pled guilty to, and was sentenced to, 10 years for armed robbery of Dylan’s Candy Bar.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Arturo Zavaleta, 39, of Mexico, charging him with trafficking in heroin, methamphetamine, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug crime, United States Attorney McGregor Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former Hadley Police Department officer was sentenced today in federal court in Springfield for using unreasonable force during an arrest and then falsifying a police report of the incident.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of obtaining controlled substances through fraud and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former Pittsfield attorney was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for smuggling $125,000 into the United States from Bermuda.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Maurice Johnson, Kimberly A. Selmore, and Edward N. Stamm of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Florida were among 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 Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement on the National Taxpayer Advocate’s annual report...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BOISE - David William Fischer, 33, of Kuna, was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison for possession of over five grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, unlawful possession of firearms, and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also sentenced Fischer to eight years of supervised release once he has completed his prison term.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that JOHN PAUL FUNES, age 49, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles to wire fraud and money laundering. As a result of his conviction, FUNES faces a significant term of imprisonment, a fine, and a period of supervised release.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: OAK CREEK, WI - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with Ryan Companies US Inc., the Milwaukee Building & Construction Trades Council, and Wisconsin Safety and Health Consultation Program to promote worker safety and health during the construction of a two million-square-foot Amazon Distribution Center in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Sherri Walker Hobson (619) 961-0287.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Teams of innovators and municipal governments around the world who are using technology to address challenges such as disaster response, energy management and mass transit improvement will share their work at the Global City Teams Challenge/Smart and Secure Cities and Communities Expo on...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, June 20, 2019-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have taken the first step towards a weapon against the major honey bee parasite Nosema ceranae.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury has indicted the man caught on camera last month abducting an 8-year-old girl in Fort Worth, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy announced today that 14 people were arrested and arraigned in connection with a major heroin/fentanyl trafficking organization operating in Methuen and Lawrence, MA. During the investigation, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Tyrone Yancey (49, Sarasota) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Yancey to forfeit the firearms and ammunition. Yancey had pleaded guilty on March 27, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that JOHN PAUL FUNES, age 49, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles to wire fraud and money laundering. As a result of his conviction, FUNES faces a significant term of imprisonment, a fine, and a period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against three former car dealership employees for participating in a long-running scheme to defraud companies, including financial institutions, in connection with car loans in the Rio Grande Valley area, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant United States Attorney Timothy Duax, Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Iowa’s Sioux City brank office, 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: NEWARK, N.J. - DEA New Jersey Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced today a Paterson, New Jersey, man was indicted for conspiring to distribute heroin.
