News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Merrideth Christina McMillian, 46, of Vancleave, Mississippi, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to theft from a credit union, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: RAWLINS, Wyo. - The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management today approved the expansion of the Lost Creek uranium in-situ recovery project, an existing uranium mine operated by Lost Creek ISR in Sweetwater County, Wyo. The Record of Decision, signed by Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Lands and Minerals Joseph Balash, will strengthen energy security, expand infrastructure and bolster the local economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that OMAR ELI PEREZ-MURCIA, age 35, a native of Honduras, was charged Thursday, March 18, 2019 in a one-count indictment with illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Utopia Produce Inc. satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An Australian woman who assaulted a flight attendant during a United Airlines flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles International Airport earlier this year has been found guilty of federal charges.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
Release: Summary: The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) completed an evaluation of the Mexican State of Baja California and determined the region is free of fever ticks. If Baja California is declared free of fever ticks, cattle entering the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - FELIPE GUTIERREZ, 48, of Oklahoma City, pleaded guilty yesterday to making a false statement and representation to the Department of Labor ("DOL") to employ Mexican workers, announced First Assistant United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: Louisiana-Based Licensed Clinical Social Worker Pleads Guilty to Medicaid Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: A Waynesboro pharmacist is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to illegally obtaining opioids for his own use.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced the addition of a whistleblower webpage to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee website. This page is intended to serve as a resource for those who wish to share information or concerns about programs, projects, conflicts-of-interest or incidents that fall within the Committee’s jurisdiction.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for drug trafficking and illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: JACKSON, MISS. - Five Greenville, Miss. men were taken into custody by law enforcement on Tuesday after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of felon in possession of a weapon, and three of the five are additionally charged with drug trafficking and related weapons charges, announced William C. Lamar, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi and Christopher Freeze, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Burlington man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for illegally possessing 30 pieces of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that it will be hosting a regional Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conference (PDAC) on March 27, 2019. The PDAC is designed to educate and assist doctors, veterinarians, dentists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Daroy Murphy was sentenced to one year and three months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute heroin and para-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl in 2018, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - ANTHONY DEWAYNE HILL, 52, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, was sentenced yesterday to serve thirteen years (156 months) in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for discharging a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, announced First Assistant United States Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Michigan Church Religious Land Use Case.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Zakhary Wayne Pryer, age 39, of Old Lycoming Township, Pennsylvania, was indicted on March 14, 2019, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - United States Attorney Nicola T. Hanna announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California collected over $317 million in criminal, civil and forfeiture actions in Fiscal Year 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty today to producing and possessing child pornography in 2015 and engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign place between 2014 and 2015, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
