News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WILLIAM BURANK pled guilty today to defrauding investors in a scheme in which he solicited funds based on false and fraudulent pretenses to purportedly invest in dinar, the currency of Iraq. Upon obtaining...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that THOMAS MALONE, 49, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling approximately $1 million from a New Haven biotech company that receives federal research grants.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This week, the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, chaired by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, held a hearing on “Improving Cybersecurity at Consumer Reporting Agencies."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A City of Paterson police officer was sentenced today to 66 months in prison for violating an individual’s civil rights by assaulting him at a hospital and repeatedly distributing narcotics, including drugs he stole from a crime scene while on duty, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced that five men involved in the distribution of multiple kilograms of crack cocaine in the Charlotte area were sentenced today to prison terms ranging from five to ten years.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Hoodsport, WA: Road repairs on Staircase Road are set to begin Thursday, March 28 and will last for up to eight weeks. The road will reopen to vehicles by Friday, May 24 in time for Memorial Day weekend.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt today announced the signing of a lease agreement between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors allowing the Maricopa Parks and Recreation Department to expand recreational opportunities on 1,046...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Local Agencies and Law Enforcement to Present Park Celebration for Crime Victims and Survivors.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Outstanding women have served with distinction at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today in observance of Women’s History Month.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond woman pleaded guilty today to her role in a conspiracy to defraud the City of Hopewell of funds intended for at-risk school children, and filing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced a federal criminal complaint against JOSIAH RAUL MOSQUEDA, 27, charging him with coercion and enticement of two separate minors, transfer of obscene material to a minor, and receipt, distribution, and production of child pornography. MOSQUEDA made his...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Pecos, NM:- Pecos National Historical Park will offer two special backcountry hikes this April.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Purdy, Mo., man has been convicted by a federal trial jury of possessing methamphetamine to distribute and of illegally possessing a firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today launched an investigation into the potential abuse of syndicated conservation easement transactions, which may have allowed some taxpayers to profit from gaming the tax code and deprived...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - On March 25, 2019, Leon Arthur Dosela, 51, of San Carlos, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven P. Logan to prison for 20 years followed by five years of supervised release. Dosela had previously pleaded guilty to second degree murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties hearing on examining the constitutional role and limits of the presidential pardon power...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), thevice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, introduced the Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act today to fund water infrastructure projects in tribal communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Yesterday, Shane Anthony Vernon, 28, from Kellyton, Alabama was arraigned in federal court on eight-felony charges, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. The eight charges include one count of kidnapping, two counts of carjacking, two counts of being a felon in...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following joint statement congratulating Karyn Temple on her appointment as the 13th Register of Copyrights.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 27, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A third person indicted by a federal grand jury for their participation in a conspiracy to traffic heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine has been sentenced to six years in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Aaron L. Weisman, Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves, and Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Kelly D. Brady.
