News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: A seven-count indictment was unsealed charging a Canton man with using a firearm to traffic heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine and crack cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a webinar to show participants how to access data using data.census.gov. The Census Bureau has developed a new way of accessing data and is close to the official launch of data.census.gov and the retirement of American FactFinder in June. Starting in July, data.census.gov...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina is promoting the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Elder Justice Initiative (EJI) throughout the Wake County area. On June 13, 2019, the Eastern District partnered with Meals on Wheels in Wake County to conduct outreach to approximately...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Marybeth Jiron, 56, of Isleta Pueblo, N.M., appeared in federal court yesterday on charges of assaulting a federal officer in Indian Country.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - As part of its commitment to serve local communities through the management of sustainable, working public lands, the Bureau of Land Management has analyzed two proposed bentonite mining expansion projects in Big Horn County. The BLM Cody Field Office will accept comments on the environmental assessment through July 15, 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) officially opened the first stage of the Waves to Water Prize, which seeks to accelerate the development of wave energy powered desalination systems and launch novel technologies to address critical water security challenges. The prize is divided into four stages, and the first concept stage is now open for applications through Sept. 11, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Ismael Huazo-Jardinez, 33, a Mexican citizen residing in Yuba City, CA, charging him with two counts of possessing a firearm while being an alien unlawfully in the United States, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Physician who operated weight-loss clinics admitted handing out prescriptions for opioids and amphetamines.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Two Georgia men are among nearly 1,700 arrested for child sex exploitation crimes as part of a nationwide Department of Justice initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, before Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, CALVIN MARK WILSON, also known as “Bali," 35, of New Bern, North Carolina was sentenced to 35 years (420 months) in federal prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute one thousand (1,000) grams or more of heroin and a quantity of marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Three Brockton men were indicted yesterday in federal court in Boston on charges of conspiring to manufacture and distribute controlled substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that NICHOLAS ROTUNDA ALLEN, age 39, an inmate in Jimmy Autry State Prison in Pelham, Georgia, pleaded guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Martin L.C. Feldman to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 371, for his role in perpetrating a grand jury fraud scam and victimizing a resident of the Eastern District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: A 16-count indictment was unsealed charging three people for their roles in a conspiracy to steal people’s identities and personal information to obtain stolen or unauthorized credit cards to buy electronics, clothing, appliances and other items.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Kelly Thornton (619) 546-9726. NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - June 13, 2019. SAN DIEGO - Margaret E. Hunter admitted in federal court today that she and her husband, U.S. Rep. Duncan D. Hunter, knowingly and willfully used campaign funds as their personal bank account for years, spending lavishly on things they...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Naven Conley, age 75, of Cazenovia, New York, pled guilty today to three counts of sexual exploitation of a child, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, Kevin M. Kelly, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and New York State Police Acting Superintendent Keith Corlett.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Michael Wustrow, the former musical director at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, New York, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Central Islip to receipt of child pornography. The proceeding was held before United States Magistrate Judge Gary R. Brown. When sentenced, Wustrow faces up to 20 years’ imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Wright, 56, of New York, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The charges carry a minimum penalty of two years in prison, a maximum of 22 years, and a $500,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: ATHENS - A Honduran national who admitted to transporting people entering the United States illegally from South America to other areas of the country pleaded guilty to his crimes in federal court Monday, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Carlos...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Miami County man who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, the defendant was ordered to pay $5,000 to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act Fund and $3,000 to each of 15 victims who requested restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2019
News Release: Justice Department Settles Suit Against Indiana Bank to Resolve Lending Discrimination Claims.
