News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Ron Luclaire Houser, 42, of Mathews, North Carolina, pleaded guilty in federal court to seven counts of Hobbs Act robbery and two counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-A Missouri resident overheard on jail calls threatening to kill law enforcement officers and witnesses was sentenced today to federal prison for 10 years for possessing a firearm in Arkansas. Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced that multi-convicted felon Jimmy David McVay, 34, of Steele, Mo., was sentenced to the statutory maximum 120 months in prison for his illegal possession of a firearm in Blytheville in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a four-count indictment charging Otis L. Lyons, Jr., a/k/a Cracks, a/k/a C, 31, of Lockport, NY, Bryheem Edwards, a/k/a Philly, a/k/a Leroy, 28, of Buffalo, NY, and Dalvin Brant, a/k/a Turtle, 26...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Branchland woman caught delivering fentanyl to another individual last year in Huntington pled guilty today to a federal drug charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Rebecca S. Bryant, 41, entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in federal court in Huntington. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Huntington Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that she hosted a discussion entitled, “China’s Threat to Our National Security: An Economic and Private Sector Perspective." The discussion featured William R. Evanina, Director of the National Counterintelligence and...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Covidien LP has agreed to pay $17,477,947 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by providing free or discounted practice development and market development support to physicians located in California and Florida to induce purchases of Covidien’s vein ablation products, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Peter Farnum, age 42, of Clifton Park, New York, was sentenced today to 87 months in prison, to be followed by a 20-year term of supervised release, for possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Ronald Eugene Stover, 65, of Tualatin, Oregon, was sentenced today to five years of probation including two years’ house arrest for money laundering and engaging in a scheme to defraud investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: Defendant allegedly surreptitiously recorded high school students while they used urinals and bathroom stalls.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Terrance Duane King, 30, of Alexandria, was sentenced last week to a year and six months in prison by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced. King was also sentenced Friday to three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Rudy Cook, 51, of St. Thomas, pleaded guilty in District Court before Judge Curtis V. Gomez, to two counts of calling in bomb threats, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, kicked off “Sunshine Week"-which is held each year to improve government transparency and openness. Cummings is highlighting the unprecedented secrecy of the Trump Administration and plans to hold several events and hearings seeking information that has been withheld from Congress for months.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - March 11, 2019 - Levi West, 35, of Palmyra, Tennessee, was sentenced Friday to 20 years in federal prison, as the result of an incident in February 2013, during which he fired a handgun at Clarksville police officers, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Ronald Eugene Stover, 65, of Tualatin, Oregon, was sentenced today to five years of probation including two years’ house arrest for money laundering and engaging in a scheme to defraud investors.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: Vernal, UT - The Raptor Inventory Nest Survey needs volunteers to become involved as citizen scientists in a long-term nest monitoring project. Volunteers do not need prior knowledge of how to identify a raptor or discover a nest; complete training is provided. The annual Raptor Inventory Nest Survey...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Covidien LP has agreed to pay $17,477,947 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by providing free or discounted practice development and market development support to physicians located in California and Florida to induce purchases of Covidien’s vein ablation products, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Kevin Mark Simms, of Moundsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months incarceration for drug distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Donald Allen Poling, of Hambleton, West Virginia, has admitted to drug distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that U.S. District Judge Janet Neff sentenced Tammy Sue Burdette, 52, of Battle Creek, to 36 months in prison and ordered her to pay $569,852 in restitution for filing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 11, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus Vice Detective has been arrested and charged with crimes related to kidnapping victims under the guise of an arrest and forcing those victims to engage in sex for their freedom.