News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Donald W. Wyatt (Wyatt) Detention Center inmate has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, and a concurrent term of 24 months in federal prison for attempting to possess a controlled substance and possessing an 8-inch shank while detained at the Wyatt Detention Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of LUMINAIRE ENVIRONMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGIES, INC., and co-defendants JOHN D. MILLER JR., 61, and JOSEPH V. MILLER, 59, for a $1 million fraud scheme involving the improper disposal of toxic waste. Defendants LUMINAIRE and JOHN MILLER were sentenced today before Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Defendant JOSEPH MILLER was sentenced on March 5, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: VALE, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management announced that the Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet Thursday and Friday, April 4-5, at the Vale District office, 100 Oregon St., Vale, OR 97918.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: BLOOMINGTON, IL ‒ To raise awareness about the hazards in the grain handling industry, including potentially deadly engulfment and dust explosions, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is joining with industry leaders and safety professionals on March 25, 2019, to initiate the 2019 National Safety Stand-Up and Grain Safety Week, March 25-29 in Bloomington, Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Sean Patrick Farrelly (47, Palm Coast) with sex trafficking of a minor girl. If convicted, Farrelly faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William Jung has sentenced Joseph David Caltagirone (61, Tampa) to 12 months in federal prison for possessing an unregistered destructive device. Caltagirone pleaded guilty on Dec. 10, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Firearms, Drugs, and Cash Seized by Law Enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that GREGORY ST. ANGELO (“ST ANGELO"), age 54, a resident of St. Tammany Parish, was charged today with conspiracy to defraud First NBC Bank, the New Orleans-based bank that failed in April 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced BRANDON RAUL NAVARRO, 29, of Sanford, North Carolina to 180 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - On March 22, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers removed a fugitive wanted by Salvadoran authorities for aggravated homicide to his home country.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on President Trump’s announcement that he will reverse sanctions on North Korea...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A North Las Vegas man who operated two tax preparation businesses was arrested last night and appeared in federal court today for devising a fraud scheme to fraudulently obtain and launder millions of dollars from the sale of his businesses, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Joshua J. Ziegler, 29, of Anchorage, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess, to serve 57 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. In November 2018, Ziegler pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, federal authorities arrested Edward C. Wagner, who faces federal charges for allegedly conducting a fraudulent investment scheme and attempting to evade paying over $1 million in taxes, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash and IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Sarah Kull, Houston Field Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An Australian national was sentenced March 21 to two years in federal prison on four counts of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which criminalizes knowing transactions with Iranian entities without a license from the U.S. Department of Treasury.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Jacob Dinkelaker has been selected to serve as the Eisenhower National Historic Site Interpretation Program Lead. The Interpretation Program Lead will be responsible for the shaping and guiding of the interpretive and education programs at the site.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA -- A Waynesboro pharmacist is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to illegally obtaining opioids for his own use.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 300,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to China during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Former Officers and Employees of Indiana Loan Packager and Servicer Charged in Alleged $10 Million Scheme to Defraud the Small Business Administration.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Chamizal National Memorial Superintendent F. Gus Sanchez announces the performance schedule and lineup for this year’s Nuevo Siglo Drama Festival which includes both traditional Siglo de Oro period works as well as more contemporary works. This year’s Festival will occur on April 6-7 and April 10-13, 2019. Performance times will be at 7 p.m. each evening. Each performance will be followed by a brief question and answer session, moderated by park staff.
