News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Malden, Mass., man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence today to 84 months in federal prison for transporting, distributing and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to six years and ten months in prison and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $1,000 on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two men who are charged based on the seizure of more than 20 kilograms of fentanyl made their initial court appearances in Newark federal court today, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A former U.S. Navy sailor was sentenced today to two and a half years in prison for trafficking at least 60 firearms, including several firearms that ended up in the hands of prohibited persons.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ALFRED HUMBLES, age 48, was charged Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019 in a one-count indictment with Stalking, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2261A(2)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Social Security Administration employee today admitted unlawfully accessing the Social Security accounts of individuals and falsifying their records in order to steal funds for his own use, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary Bill Northey today announced that David M. Warner was sworn in to serve as the Director of External Affairs for USDA’s Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) mission area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: Harrisburg-The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has asked more than 300 doctors to review their opioid prescriptions patterns, as part of its ongoing effort to combat the opioid epidemic. In a letter sent last week, U.S. Attorney David J. Freed informed each of the providers...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty in federal court to charges regarding his trafficking of cocaine and money laundering, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - During the month of February, Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, recognized the contributions of African Americans by participating in the events below and looks forward to future collaboration and outreach opportunities throughout the year.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced DEMETRIE EVERETT, 24, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to 72 months imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Franklin man was sentenced today to more than seven years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to straw-purchase firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Maximillian Sams, 31, of Elmira, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue, was sentenced to serve 210 months in federal prison by Chief U.S.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) will host a series of public meetings to provide information, solicit input and answer questions about the Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas (OKT) Draft Joint Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Bureau of Land Management...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) are seeking public input for an Elk Management Plan that would address resource issues associated with an increasing population of reintroduced elk throughout the Buffalo National River region. Two public meetings are scheduled...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The former Callaway County Collector was sentenced in federal court today for embezzling nearly $300,000 from Callaway County taxpayers.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Nancy Lopez Perez, 44, of Lemoore, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that, on Feb. 27, 2019, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned a five-count indictment alleging that LYDIA CABRERA, 36, of Southington, embezzled from her employer.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is calling on the Treasury Department to explain why it omitted bank records sought in a congressional inquiry into Russian influence that were later leaked to the news media. Grassley also wants to know what steps the IRS is taking to hold accountable an employee who leaked sensitive banking information related to Michael Cohen.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 4, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DANA ALVAREZ, age 49, a resident of Holden, Louisiana, was charged Friday, March 1, 2019 in a one count bill of information for conspiracy to defraud the United States with regard to tax returns announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser.
