News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: North Carolina Mental Health Executive Sentenced to Prison for Failure to Pay Employment Taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina member of the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the United Blood Nation (UBN or Bloods) street gang, who was convicted of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy, was sentenced yesterday to more than 17 years in prison. 74 defendants have now either pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial from this investigation, and 65 have been sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Decatur, Ill., area man, Gary L. Boyle, 34, made his initial appearance in federal court today on child sexual exploitation and child pornography charges. During his appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long, in Urbana, Boyle waived his detention hearing and was ordered to remain in law enforcement custody. A preliminary trial date for the federal charges has been scheduled on May 7.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Friday, U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced James Jay Hitt, 51, of Anderson, to 40 years in prison for distribution and receipt of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Katmai National Park & Preserve, King Salmon, AK - Katmai has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze the environmental impacts associated with the issuance of a Right-of-Way Certificate of Access for a private inholding in the Olga Lake and Headwaters Creek area of the park, southwest of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - United States District Court Chief Judge Greg N. Stivers sentenced, Campbellsville, Kentucky, attorney, Danny Butler, to 8 years in federal prison followed by 2 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $1,293,072.84 in restitution for a scheme to obtain money from clients...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Ocala, Florida - U.S. Senior District Judge James D. Whittemore has sentenced Richard Mel Phillips (36, Fruitland Park) to 18 months in federal prison for transmitting threatening communications in interstate commerce. Phillips had pleaded guilty on November 8, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - Federal and state authorities in the San Antonio area have arrested 12 individuals, including ringleaders Andrew Sanchez and Joe Anthony Ramirez, of San Antonio, for their alleged roles in a narcotics distribution operation, announced DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy and U.S. Attorney John F. Bash.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following opening remarks at a full committee markup of H.R. 920, H.R. 854, H.R. 1477 last week...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina member of the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the United Blood Nation (UBN or Bloods) street gang, who was convicted of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy, was sentenced yesterday to more than 17 years in prison. 74 defendants have now either pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial from this investigation, and 65 have been sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Cleddie Ferlisi Stone, 41, of Montgomery, Alabama, has been charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Stone was previously indicted on this charge by a federal grand jury.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy launched the second round of the American-Made Solar Prize, a $3 million competition designed to revitalize U.S. solar manufacturing. The Solar Prize encourages competitors to develop new solutions capable of advancing technologies for the domestic solar market. In February, the 20 semifinalists from round one were announced. The newly launched second round and the final stages of round one will run concurrently.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three men have been found guilty by a jury of federal narcotics charges following an investigation into a drug market that was operated out of the Next Level Cuts barbershop and surrounding property in Southeast Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Danny Porter, of Salyersville, Kentucky, was convicted by a federal jury this week, for conspiring with two Indiana women to traffic oxycodone pills in Magoffin County. The jury also convicted Porter of possessing oxycodone pills with the intent to distribute them. Porter was acquitted of a firearm offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - In response to flooding throughout Minnesota and surrounding states, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) urges federal firearms and explosives licensees and permittees to have a plan in place to secure their firearms/explosives inventories and records should flooding affect their area.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Dr. Michael L. Cummings, 63, a family practitioner in Albany, Kentucky, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, March 18, 2019, to 13 counts of prescribing controlled substances without any legitimate medical purpose and outside the course of professional medical practice, announced First Assistant United States Attorney Michael A. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Defendant Called Extortionate Collection of Loan to Victim “A Beautiful Thing".
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Ely District, Bristlecone Field Office is asking the public to review and provide comment on a preliminary environmental assessment (EA) analyzing a Kinross Gold Corporation (KG Mining) proposal to expand the Bald Mountain Mine located on private and public lands about 65 miles northwest of Ely, Nev. The 15-day public comment period concludes Tuesday, April 9, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Porter Bingham, 57, of Roswell, Georgia, was arrested today in Georgia by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Bingham is charged in a federal criminal indictment with wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering arising from his role as a the Financial Advisor for the City of Rolling...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Help the National Park Service kick off National Park Week (April 20-27) with National Junior Ranger Day on April 20, 2019!.
