News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: DALLAS - 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, DEA Dallas Division Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Todd Levant Asbey, Sr. (48, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Asbey, who qualifies as an Armed Career Criminal, faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $161,500 civil penalty against Redtail Air of Moab, Utah, for allegedly operating an aircraft on more than 100 flights when it was not in an airworthy condition and for allegedly failing to perform maintenance on the damaged area of the aircraft.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Joamary Rosario (28, Tampa) with conspiring to distribute a substance that contained a mixture of heroin, fentanyl, and acetyl fentanyl and distributing a substance that contained a mixture of heroin, fentanyl, and acetyl fentanyl, causing the death of an individual. If convicted, Rosario faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 20 years, and up to life, in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Meet visitors from throughout the world. Demonstrate traditional Native American skills, or perform old fiddle tunes in the pioneer camp. Teach young students about the unique plants that grow in the Great Basin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing firearms stolen overnight from parked vehicles.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: Van Buren, MO: Ozark National Scenic Riverways, in partnership with Ozark Heritage Project, will host “An Evening with Henry Schoolcraft" on Thursday, March 21, at 7 p.m. at Park Headquarters in Van Buren. Dr. Eric “Rick" Mansfield will portray early Ozark explorer Henry Schoolcraft, and Cynthia Dea...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND - Oscar Rene Noguera Baeza was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for distributing cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Jon S. Tigar, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2019
News Release: Southfield resident Mervin E. Hawk, 59, the former president of Local 1640 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), was sentenced yesterday for embezzling over $300,000 in union funds, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: A Struthers man was indicted for failing to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the sentencing of STEVEN PHILLIP SVOBODA, 37, to 15 months in prison for stealing more than $100,000 in Social Security benefits. SVOBODA, who pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government funds on November 6, 2018, was sentenced by Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $7.2 million to Florida as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Attorney General Focuses on Threats Posed by Technical-Support Fraud-Four Cases Filed in Western District of Washington.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $2.5 million to Washington State as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - Christopher Paul Murphy, 68, of Golden Valley, Ariz., was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 12 months and one day in prison for intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2019 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced a formal agreement to jointly oversee the production of human food products derived from the cells of livestock and poultry.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr and multiple law enforcement partners today announced 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 two ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: A Florida man had his initial appearance in court yesterday after being arrested on an indictment charging him with filing false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: A Miami, Florida, certified public accountant (CPA) was sentenced today to 39 months in prison for tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida, and Chief Don Fort, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2019
News Release: Moscow-based Mobile TeleSystems PJSC (MTS), the largest mobile telecommunications company in Russia and an issuer of publicly traded securities in the United States, and its wholly owned Uzbek subsidiary, KOLORIT DIZAYN INK LLC (KOLORIT), have entered into resolutions with the Department of Justice and ...
