News from June 2019

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Ohio man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud state and local governments of millions of dollars.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, woman convicted of Perjury was sentenced on June 17, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Branchland woman caught delivering fentanyl to another individual last year in Huntington was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Rebecca S. Bryant, 41, previously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in federal court in Huntington. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Huntington Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pierre, South Dakota, man convicted of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, one count of Travel With Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct, and four counts related to Transporting, Distributing, Receiving, and Possessing Child Pornography was sentenced on June 17, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Nathan Burl Cain II, the former warden of the Avoyelles Correctional Center in Cottonport, Louisiana, and his ex-wife, Tonia Bandy Cain were sentenced to 38 months and 8 months in prison, respectively, by United States District Judge Dee D. Drell. They were also sentenced to two years of supervised release following imprisonment and were ordered to pay $42,501.95 in restitution.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - An Irvine man who was part of a father-and-son crew that illegally distributed methamphetamine on one of the world’s largest darknet marketplaces pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal drug charge, 11 days after a federal jury found his father guilty of drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Wayne Martin, 47, of Cochiti Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 37 days in prison for violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by shooting and killing at least two dozen protected birds and selling them to an undercover federal agent.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Darren L. Fryson, of Verona, Pennsylvania, has admitted to distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Hugo Solano-Garcia has been sentenced for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Solano-Garcia was a manager in a sophisticated methamphetamine trafficking operation that sought to distribute more than $1 million worth of drugs in DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties.

By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: JERSEY CITY, NJ - An administrative law judge with the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) has issued a decision affirming all safety and health citations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) against Jersey City Medical Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that defendant LARMONDO ALLEN, a/k/a “Nino," 22 years of age, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty Thursday, June 13, 2019 before the Honorable Mary Ann Vial Lemmon to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: Defendants to pay more than $275,000 in community restitution.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - The National Park Service announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Saline Valley Warm Springs Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (plan/EIS). The Record of Decision outlines the agency’s actions for managing visitor use, natural resources, cultural resources, and facilities at this backcountry site.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: A man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported was sentenced today to more than two months in federal prison.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: Law enforcement throughout Northwest Iowa, and the United States Attorney’s Office are helping to make Iowa safer by addressing the problems of gun crime and violence. Assistant United States Attorney Timothy T. Duax announced charges in twenty-six recent federal gun-related cases at a press conference held today at the United States Attorney’s Office. Duax was joined by Sioux City Police Chief Rex Mueller, who stated.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: ORICK, Calif. - Redwood National and State Parks, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Eureka VA Clinic, and the Eureka Vet Center are hosting a Veterans Fishing Day at Freshwater Lagoon, in Orick, Calif., on Saturday, July 6, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This free fishing day is open to all...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Pennsylvania woman was sentenced today to 19 months in prison for unlawfully distributing prescription opioid pain medication in the Philadelphia and South Jersey areas, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Somerset County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for interstate travel to engage in sexual activity with a minor and receipt of images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

By State Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representatives Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ranking Member of the Committee, announced that they have introduced legislation to help North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies modernize their military forces and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Eva Symone Christian, 22, of Sacramento, was arrested on June 14, 2019, and Robert Pierre Duncan, 24, of Galt, was arrested by FBI agents on May 31, 2019. Duncan and Christian are charged in a two-count indictment, unsealed on June 14, 2019, that was returned by a federal grand jury...