News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: Lincoln fled from law enforcement tossing a bag of methamphetamine as he ran.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Daniel Giles, age 29, of Houston, Texas, and Romaris Smith, age 24, of Houston, Texas, were sentenced today. Giles was sentenced to 71 months in federal prison for one count of Bank Robbery...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: Participants in Hospital Development Project Resolve Alleged Liability for Improperly Obtaining Government-Insured Loan.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Ending the TCJA Tax on Houses of Worship, Charities, and Nonprofits." The hearing will be held on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. in room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Benjamin David Danneman, 37, of Eureka, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for healthcare fraud, social security fraud and aggravated identity fraud. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Ronnie White.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: LAPWAI, Idaho - On May 20 a high wind event blew down numerous large trees on the Heart of the Monster trail in Nez Perce National Historical Park. The trail was damaged and temporarily closed due to safety concerns. Park staff worked with local contractors, Herco Inc. Asphalt, to remove the fallen trees and repair the trail. The park would like to thank the community for their cooperation during this time.
By State Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following statement at a hearing of the full committee at which Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper is testifying on the Trump Administration’s declaration of a phony emergency to push through $8 billion in arms sales to Gulf countries...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The former Stanford University sailing coach was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his involvement in a scheme to use bribery and other forms of fraud to facilitate the admission of applicants to colleges and universities, including Stanford.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: For the fourth consecutive year, Buffalo National River will host a free concert by National Park Radio this Saturday, June 15, at Steel Creek Campground. National Park Radio, a modern folk band from Harrison, is widely known for its hopeful, heartfelt lyrics with themes about life, love, and difficult choices, all while echoing the enduring beauty of the band’s deep-seated roots in the Ozark Mountains.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY HUNT, 20, of Winsted, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 12 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for selling heroin to a teen overdose victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that QUINTON RISIN, a/k/a “Quentin Risin," age 36, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of conspiring to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. RISIN is facing a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years’ imprisonment, a maximum sentence of 40 years’ imprisonment, a possible fine of up to $5,000,000, and at least four years of supervised release upon his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: Hot Springs, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Rasheen Murdock, age 37, of Modesto, California, was sentenced today to 240 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for one count of Conspiracy to Distribute...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, from Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) during today’s hearing titled: “Under Pressure: The State of Trucking in America."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has issued three separate, but related, indictments, charging 33 residents of southwestern Pennsylvania with narcotics trafficking and firearm possession, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: Barrasso welcomes Mr. Fornstrom to the committee. Fornstrom's testimony.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Katie Fysh, 33, of Groveton, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A former executive of Preferred Family Healthcare, Inc., pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to bribe an Arkansas state senator to influence public policy for the benefit of the charity and its executives.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Lori V. Whitaker, 56, formerly of Carlsbad, N.M., was sentenced in federal court yesterday to 18 months in prison for wire fraud. She was also ordered to pay restitution for the loss to her employer in Otis, N.M., of approximately $816,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Five members of the Syndicato New Mexico prison gang were sentenced to life in prison this week in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M. after juries convicted them in 2018 of committing murder in aid of racketeering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Rick Guyon, a/k/a, Richard Guyon, a/k/a Rick Garrison, a/k/a Mark Thomas, 59, of Pocatello, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court, to 120 months in prison, for wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered the defendant...
