News from March 2019
By State Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - A Galesburg, Ill., man, Marvin Louis Davis, 28, has been ordered to serve four years in federal prison after admitting that he lied when he purchased multiple guns from a licensed firearms dealer in Galesburg. On Sept. 27, 2018, Davis pleaded guilty to providing a false address to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: A U.S. District Judge has granted federal prosecutors’ motion to shut down a drug-infested hotel located just 1000 feet from a Dallas elementary school, U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: Defendant continued to cultivate marijuana after federal search warrant was executed.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A previously convicted felon was arrested last night on charges related to defrauding investors of a local newspaper, unlawful possession of firearms by a previously convicted felon, and making false statements to the FBI.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - Following an investigation by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York’s El Dorado Task Force, the former Venezuelan Vice President Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah (“El Aissami") and Venezuelan businessman Samark Jose Lopez Bello were charged Thursday with criminal violations...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that Zam Lian Mung, age 29, was found guilty of Attempted Commercial Sex Trafficking of Children following a federal trial in Rapid City, South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana and conspiracy to launder proceeds of marijuana trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Barbara “Basia" Skudrzyk, a/k/a Barbara “Basia" Najarro, 38, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for three counts of mail fraud. She appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Court Judge Sippel and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $381,583.50.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Casper Field Office is releasing a call for applications from interested commercial fishing guides in conformance with the number of commercial fishing guide permits in the 2006 Trappers Route Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Attorney General William P. Barr and U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced today the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud cases in history, surpassing last year’s nationwide sweep. The cases during this sweep involved more than 260 defendants from around the globe who victimized more than 2 million Americans, most of them elderly.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: On March 7, 2018, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Macomb County resident Tara Lynn Lee with eighteen counts of wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement after President Trump announced his intent to nominate David Bernhardt to be Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Brandon Barclay, 30, of Buffalo, NY, with distribution of fentanyl, and distribution of heroin and butyryl fentanyl. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury indicted a Birmingham man for a November 5, 2018 carjacking announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: Current Leader Konstantin Ignatov Arrested at Los Angeles International Airport.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: Distributed meth in a school zone.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Brandon Barclay, 30, of Buffalo, NY, with distribution of fentanyl, and distribution of heroin and butyryl fentanyl. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: Des Moines, IA-On March 8, 2019, Joseph Marchesini, age 35, of Des Moines, Iowa, appeared before United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger and was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment for distribution of child pornography, with eight years of supervised release to follow. Marchesini pleaded guilty in October 2018 to distribution of child pornography, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A(a)(2).
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $30 million for experimental research on magnetic fusion energy science at international fusion facilities known as tokamaks. The research will be conducted by U.S. scientists on existing facilities in the European Union, South Korea, and other countries that have existing bilateral agreements with the United States.
