News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS - A Crow Agency woman admitted today to attacking and seriously injuring an elderly man while she was under the influence of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that THAI THAI, LLC. d/b/a Sticky Rice Thai Cuisine and SOMPHON CHIWABANDIT, age 47, a native of Thailand, entered guilty pleas yesterday to harboring and unlawfully employing illegal aliens, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1324(a)(1)(A)(iii) and Title 8, United States Code, Section 1324a(a)(1)(A).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A South Los Angeles man was sentenced today to 121 months in federal prison for charges related to the armed robbery of an undercover United States Secret Service agent who was conducting an investigation into the trafficking of counterfeit money.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Mark Consiglio, 49, of Elsmere, Delaware pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware to possessing a destructive device, commonly known as a pipe bomb. Consiglio ...
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: 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 DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Kanawha County felon pled guilty to a federal gun crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Mason Laviro Scragg, 24, of Chesapeake, West Virginia, entered his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., March 12, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is launching a new “Pests and Diseases" webpage. The new page lists all pest and disease programs managed by APHIS as part of its mission to protect American agriculture and natural ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 18 years (216 months) in prison, followed by eight years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A federal grand jury today issued a four-count indictment against a Long Beach man for his role in the May 15, 2018 bombing of the Magyar Kozmetica spa in Aliso Viejo that killed the man’s ex-girlfriend and seriously injured two other people.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The former owner of a now closed Fall River-based glass company pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston on March 11, 2019, to charges that he failed to report and pay over to the IRS taxes he had withheld from his company’s employees.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Sanjay Burton’s (a/k/a Michael Peart) Victims Included Elderly Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Stephen Marando, 58, formerly of Franklin, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 66 months in prison for fentanyl trafficking charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A federal judge today sentenced a Minnesota couple to one day of time served in custody and to five years of supervised release after they were arrested in Miles City with nearly 1,000 pounds of marijuana in their recreational vehicle, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: KREMMLING, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management seeks the public’s help as it begins developing a management plan for the popular North Sand Hills in Jackson County.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that yesterday TROYNELL COOKS, age 39, of New Orleans, pled guilty to bank robbery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Two Portsmouth men were arrested today for their alleged roles in a racketeering conspiracy that included the murder of 23-year-old Delante Eley.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today questioned House Republicans’ recent series of embarrassing gaffes and confusing statements on how to address climate change, saying that time is short for Republicans to engage meaningfully on climate solutions. At a press conference this morning...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today that Jose Alfredo Rondon Castro, 40, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for illegal reentry in District Court before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez. Judge Gomez also sentenced Castro to three years of supervised release. Judge Gomez further ordered Castro to pay a special assessment of $100.00.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2019
News Release: Welcome to this afternoon’s hearing. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin is here to testify about the President’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget proposal.
