News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Kevin R. Palmer, age 37, a Jamaican citizen residing in Suwanee, Georgia, pled guilty today to stealing more than $320,000 from an elderly Albany couple in a mail-based prize scam.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A leading luxury travel retailer and a company recognized for their expertise in the crowd management field are the latest Los Angeles-area employers to join a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) program designed to strengthen hiring practices and reduce unauthorized employment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet hearing on the lack of diversity in patent inventorship and its impact on the innovation economy...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - William Charles Pelletier, 36, of Andover, Maine, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to unlawful transportation of a firearm in interstate commerce and misdemeanor assault, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs' fiscal year 2020 budget request.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that the criminal complaint against Delshawn K. Trueheart, 43, of Buffalo, NY, has been amended to include an additional charge of production of child pornography. The defendant was arrested and charged by criminal complaint on March...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that the District of South Dakota collected $2,163,413.25 in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 from civil and criminal actions. Of this amount, $1,457,048.53 was collected in criminal actions, and $706,364.72 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois has returned a seven-count indictment charging James K. Young, 66, of Dupo, Illinois, with five counts of distributing child pornography and two counts of receiving child pornography, U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft announced today. According...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois has returned a three-count indictment charging Brandon W. Junge, 33, of Baldwin, Illinois, with transportation of child pornography, possession of prepubescent child pornography and attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor, U.S. Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RAFAEL LOPEZ-MACIAS, 46, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to narcotics trafficking and immigration offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - United States Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Joseph Delisio, 47, of Rochester, N.Y., pleaded guilty to possession of heroin with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $2,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - William Charles Pelletier, 36, of Andover, Maine, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to unlawful transportation of a firearm in interstate commerce and misdemeanor assault, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - National Park Week, running from April 20 through 28, has something for everyone! Join the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation for nine days of fun, including National Junior Ranger Day and National BARK Ranger Day. Visit www.NationalParkWeek.org for more information and a list of special events.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Andrew Rollins, 28, of Jackson, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released a letter he sent to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mazars USA LLP on March 20, 2019, requesting documents relating to the Committee’s investigation into allegations that President...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management is pleased to announce an opportunity to be the next Artist-in-Residence in the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area. The program offers professional artists the opportunity to pursue their art, inspired by the majesty of Idaho public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Clarksburg, West Virginia men have admitted to their involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - United States Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Felix Calderon-Valcarcel, 28, of Orchard Park, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with the intent...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA - A Bozeman woman who ran a money management service for court-appointed clients unable to manage their own finances on Tuesday admitted embezzling funds from the clients and spending most of the money on gambling debts, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The two owners of a South Carolina-based company and a manager at one of the country’s largest private companies (“Victim Company") appeared in federal court today and pleaded guilty to conspiracy, in connection with an extensive bribery and kickback scheme involving more than $35,000,000 of fraudulent overcharges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
