News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Brandon J. Fremin, who also serves as the Executive Director of the National Center for Disaster Fraud, announced today that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced RENATA FOREMAN, age 39, of Independence, Louisiana, to serve 111 months in federal prison following her convictions on multiple...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comment on six Special Recreation Permit applications.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Stonewall, Texas - Make plans to pedal your bicycle through the historic LBJ Ranch and along peaceful Texas Hill Country roads on Saturday, March 30, during the 12th annual LBJ 100 Bicycle Ride. The ride begins and ends on the LBJ Ranch near Stonewall. Cyclists will launch from the ranch’s airstrip at...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the fiscal year 2019 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Notice of Funding Opportunity. The program encourages domestic small businesses to engage in federal research and development (R&D) that has the potential for commercialization.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jorge Alvarez, 24, of Los Angeles, CA, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production of child pornography. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum penalty of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Marlon Caldwell, 52, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 13 months in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for un-redacted accident reports while a police officer with the City of St. Louis. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Loren Young Park, age 52, formerly of Falls Church, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain business loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA), with resulting losses of over $100 million. Loren Park was a fugitive for eight years and was extradited from South Korea to face these charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: A man who was responsible for distributing pounds of ice methamphetamine was sentenced today to more than ten years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on March 5, 2019, a federal grand jury returned a two-count superseding indictment against two men and a woman allegedly involved in a burglary and unlawful possession of a firearm on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The indictment named.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita street gang member with a prior felony conviction for robbery was sentenced Wednesday to 17 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was charged in federal court in Boston yesterday with illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Adrian L. Foster, 50, of Florida, was sentenced today as a result of her conviction for making a false statement to a federal agency, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Jamie Rivera, a member of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation street gang, pleaded guilty to the 2005 murder of C.W. Post student and basketball star, Tafare Berryman. The guilty plea was entered before United States Magistrate Judge Anne Y. Shields.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: The Medical Director of a substance abuse treatment center in Wellington, Florida, was sentenced to prison today after having previously pled guilty today to unlawfully distributing controlled substances (opioids, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - An Allentown, Pennsylvania, woman was indicted today on additional charges stemming from her scheme to defraud the government, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND - Man Young Kim and Kyong Ja Kim, aka Angie Kim, pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland today to conspiracy to defraud the United States, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Special Agent in Charge Kareem Carter. The guilty plea was accepted by the Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Shailesh (“Shue") Kothari, the former owner and CEO of Primera Medical Group, Inc., and Timothy McMenamin, Primera’s former Chief Operating Officer have been sentenced for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: It’s budget week on Capitol Hill. There’s a lot to discuss this morning, so I’ll get right to it.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. (Mar.14, 2019)-This week, the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Subcommittee on Government Operations held a joint hearing on “The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act (H.R. 1076)."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Haverhill licensed practical nurse was charged on March 12, 2019, in federal court in Boston with drug tampering.
