News from June 2019
By USDA Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Washington - Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has more than $2 billion still available this year to invest in community facilities and infrastructure projects in rural areas. Baxley also released the names of 40 rural communities that are receiving a total of $50 million for projects that will benefit 631,000 rural residents (PDF, 140 KB) in 17 states.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that HARBIR PARMAR was sentenced in White Plains federal court to three years in prison for kidnapping and wire fraud. PARMAR pled guilty on March 11, 2019, before U.S. District Judge Vincent L. Briccetti, who imposed today’s sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that John Brown, 28, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 52 years imprisonment, lifetime supervised release, a $600 special assessment, and a $25,000 assessment under the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act by the Honorable Gene E.K. Pratter. The defendant was also ordered to have no contact with the victim or her family for the rest of his life.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: A Canton man was sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison for opioid and firearms crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - Yosbel Ponce Bernal, 26, has been charged with using gas pump skimmers in Butler and Hamilton counties. Ponce is a Cuban national with a Florida address. He was arrested in Louisville, Ky. on Friday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND- Michael Henry Minix, age 44, of Knox, Indiana, was charged in a 6 count Indictment with distribution of and possession with intent to distribute schedule II and III narcotics, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Scranton, PA - A U.S. Marshals fugitive task force in New York this morning arrested a 19-year-old Scranton man wanted for sexual assault of a child.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jharrod Armstrong, 21, of Capitol Heights, Md., was sentenced today to seven years in prison stemming from his role in several armed robberies, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An MS-13 member previously named one of the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives today admitted killing a Plainfield, New Jersey, man on behalf of the gang, and agreeing that a conspirator would commit multiple violent acts for the gang, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that John Brown, 28, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 52 years imprisonment, lifetime supervised release, a $600 special assessment, and a $25,000 assessment under the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act by the Honorable Gene E.K. Pratter. The defendant was also ordered to have no contact with the victim or her family for the rest of his life.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Has More Than 30 Criminal Convictions.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Federal officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 52 criminal aliens or immigration violators throughout South Texas during a four-day enforcement action, which ended Thursday.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jeffrey R. David, 44, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb to seven years in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Reward and New Information Offered on the Anniversary of a Burlington County Cold Case.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: DETROIT - Two Michigan companies were recently recognized by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) employment compliance program called IMAGE. The two companies were among more than 60 that attended a day-long informational open house about the program last fall.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on the numerous news reports detailing squalid migrant detention conditions and the subsequent transfer of hundreds of migrant children from a Border Patrol station...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that DOUGLAS D. CHENEVERT III, a 40-year old resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been convicted of possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon. As a result of his conviction, CHENEVERT now faces a maximum sentence of ten years in federal prison, significant fines and a period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Bryan Matthew Cooney (30, Casselberry) to 19 years in federal prison, to be followed by 30 years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography. The court also ordered Cooney to forfeit a cellphone, which was used in furtherance of the commission of the offense.
