News from June 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Ricky Fountain, 41, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 144 months’ imprisonment and five years’ supervised release after pleading guilty to four counts of distribution of cocaine base, one count of distribution of cocaine, and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Senior United States District Judge R. Barclay Surrick imposed the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - Former City of Chicago Alderman WILLIE B. COCHRAN was sentenced today to a year and a day in federal prison for pocketing money from a charitable fund intended to help families and children in his South Side ward.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced DEVANTI ALEXANDER ROGERS, 34, of Raleigh to 60 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised released.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - Following a memorable public concert in 2018, Cape Cod National Seashore will welcome back the US Navy Band Northeast’s popular music group, Rhode Island Sound, for a free concert at 7 pm on Tuesday, July 9 at the outdoor amphitheater at Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is seeking a review of allegations put forward by Senate Democrats, which called into question how the Social Security Trustees Report presented its predictions on solvency for the Social Security Trust Funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Two Mississippi-licensed physicians and two Mississippi-licensed registered nurses were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their roles in a multimillion dollar scheme to defraud TRICARE, the health care benefit program serving U.S. military, veterans and their respective family members, as well as private health care benefit programs Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi and United Healthcare of Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Romanian national, who was arrested at a bank ATM, pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges related to her role in a skimming operating that illegally stole credit and debit card information from bank ATMs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on June 21, 2019, Tou W. Vang, a/k/a “Meng Vang" (age: 38), of Neenah, Wisconsin, was sentenced for violating Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c) for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a), for possessing with the intent to distribute over 50 grams of pure methamphetamine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Mnuchin: We write to encourage you to intensify your efforts to convince the French government that it would be unwise and short-sighted to implement a digital services tax (DST) while France, the United States, and other countries are expeditiously working to reach a consensus at the...
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: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEXANDER PEDRAZA, 28, of East Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for sex trafficking of a minor.
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 US DOT Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment to H.R. 3055 offered by Rep. Peter DeFazio, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, that would prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from finalizing a rulemaking and issuing a special permit to allow the transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) by rail tank car. A comment period on the special permit is set to close July 8, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Harrisburg, PA - A U.S. Marshals task force arrested a 31-year old York man at about 10:30 a.m. today in York, where he was wanted on a number of charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence woman who was riding as a passenger in a vehicle she owned that was stopped by Rhode Island State Police in February 2017 and found to be carrying five kilograms of cocaine stashed inside a hidden compartment under the rear floor has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for trafficking the cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement in support of President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at improving transparency in the health care marketplace. The president signed the executive order today during a White House signing ceremony attended by Grassley, Iowa businessman Andy Butler and Iowa state Sen. Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
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 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: Texarkana, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Edward Barzar, age 41, of Presoctt, Arkansas, was sentenced last week to 108 months in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release for one count of Distribution of More Than 5 Grams of Actual Methamphetamine. The Honorable Chief Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Texarkana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Cornelius Michael Turner (32, Jacksonville) with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, possession with the intent to distribute cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. If convicted, Turner faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years, and up to life, in federal prison.
