News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: A criminal complaint was filed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Ashiqul Alam with knowingly receiving two firearms with obliterated serial numbers in Brooklyn, New York. Alam was arrested yesterday and is scheduled to be presented this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Cheryl L. Pollak.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: 39th Time. June 4, 2019 - Blog - Press Releases. The news: This week, the House passed H.R. 2940. The bill extends federal funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, our nation’s cash assistance and services programs for low-income households with children. This is a...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fairburn, South Dakota, man convicted of Theft of a Firearm was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Aviation Subcommittee Rick Larsen (D-WA) sent letters to Boeing, United Technologies Corp. (UTC), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requesting a timeline and supporting...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Paul Creager, 40, of St Louis County, and William Glaser, 61, of Ellisville, were sentenced to 78 months and 36 months imprisonment, respectively. Creager pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud on Dec. 21, 2017 and appeared before U.S. District Court Ronnie White for sentencing. Glaser pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud on Feb. 26, 2019 and appeared before U.S. District Court John Ross for sentencing.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: The Coastal Inundation Dashboar d brings together real-time water level information, 48-hour forecasts of water levels, storm surge and historic flooding information into one online tool to help decision makers as well as coastal residents understand both short-term risks such as an approaching hurricane or nor’easter, as well as longer-term risks like high tide flooding and sea level rise. Boaters and fishermen can even use the tool to get their latest local tides.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Samuel Morris, 29, of Belmont, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: Fraudulent TennCare Claims Exceeded $932,000. NASHVILLE, Tenn. - June 7, 2019 - Richard N. Schott, 51, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was sentenced today to 33 months in federal prison for operating a scheme to defraud healthcare benefit programs, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court following the arrests of Zahida Aman, 77, Mohammed Naumann Chaudhri, 51, and Mohammed Rehan Chaudhri, 45, all of Midlothian, Virginia. The indictment charges the defendants with conspiracy, forced labor, and document servitude. Assistant Attorney General...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: MARINA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Central Coast Field Office plans to burn roughly 30 aces of noxious grass and brush outside the entrance to the Clear Creek Management Area, located south of Hollister, in San Benito County, starting Tuesday, June 11, depending on weather and air quality conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Dequan Forde, 21, of St. Croix, pled guilty on June 6, 2019, in District Court to one federal count of Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former California attorney has pleaded guilty to one felony count of wire fraud for falsely representing to his clients that he obtained favorable legal resolutions for them, and then perpetuating the scheme by delivering clients fraudulent documents, some with the forged signatures of judges, and by making disguised telephone calls to them.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced Jason Morgan, 24, of Augusta, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Lance E. Walker to 1½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for making a false statement to a federal firearms licensee. Morgan pleaded guilty on Jan. 17, 2019.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), former governor and top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released guidance for President Trump's executive order that, in clear violation of Congressional intent, undermines states' rights to review applications for Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 water quality certifications.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that two North Pole men were sentenced to federal prison for orchestrating a sophisticated fraud, identity theft, and mail theft conspiracy involving numerous victims and thousands of dollars in fraudulent purchases in Fairbanks and North Pole, Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-Poplar resident Dennis Red Boy, who admitted causing the death of an infant who would not stop crying, was sentenced on Wednesday to five and one-half years in prison and to two years of supervised release. U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Robert Mason Underwood, Sr., age 72, and his wife, Deborah Jean Underwood, age 63, both of Clinton Maryland, were convicted by a federal jury today of one count of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and four counts of filing false income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-A judge on Wednesday sentenced a Box Elder man to eight months in prison and three years of supervised release in the assault of his domestic partner on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - An effort focused on domestic violence in gun crimes resulted in federal charges against six defendants, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an Emergency Order revoking the repair station certificate of Tandem Aviation, Inc., of Hialeah, Fla., for allegedly improperly servicing aircraft parts and falsifying maintenance records.
