News from March 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Former Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Contractor Pleads Guilty to Stealing Monthly Pension Payments by Commandeering Retirees’ Online Accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: 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 U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzing the potential impacts of the proposed Sonoran Valley Parkway in Maricopa County. The project, proposed by the City of Goodyear, would modernize and expand local transportation infrastructure, support economic and job growth, and facilitate emergency services in the fastest growing county in the nation.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Ron Johnson (R-WI), the Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued a bipartisan call for information following a recent news report that a review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
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: DAVENPORT, IA - On March 21, 2019, Maurice Lavon Cowan, age 26, of Rock Island, Illinois, was sentenced by United States Chief District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 70 months in prison on the charge of felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Cowan was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term, and pay $100 to the Crime Victim Compensation Fund. Cowan pleaded guilty on Nov. 16, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA) announced today that the Communications and Technology Subcommittee will hold a markup on Tuesday, March 26, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2019
News Release: SANTA FE, NM - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has scheduled a two-week public scoping period for input on 17 parcels (4,980 acres) of federal minerals proposed for the September 2019 competitive oil and gas lease sale. The public scoping period will begin April 1 and conclude on April 12. The lease sale is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 5, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Anthony Joseph Meaux, 38, of Crowley, Louisiana, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces an Indictment charging JAMAL MOHAMMAD ELEIDY, 57, of Apex, with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, two counts of attempted bank fraud, four counts of bank fraud, and two counts involving false and fraudulent statements in connection with his application for citizenship by naturalization.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A federal grand jury has returned a four-count superseding indictment charging three men with conspiring to sell 100 pounds of methamphetamine at a luxury hotel in Huntington Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that James Hill, of Philadelphia, PA, was convicted at trial of one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Sentencing is scheduled before United States District Judge Gerald McHugh.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that defendant ALBERT VEREEN, JR., age 37, of Port Sulphur, LA, pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of conspiring to traffic cocaine hydrochloride and cocaine base (“crack"), in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B)...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Jonathan D. Larsen, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (“IRS-CI"), announced the arrest of LORRAINE SHANLEY today on charges of...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr. Jack Shere is reminding pig producers and veterinarians of the signs and symptoms of a deadly swine disease that could dramatically impact the U.S. pig population. African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious foreign ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, ME - Acadia National Park has 4 campgrounds available for online reservation through Recreation.gov. Park campgrounds are very popular. Finding a campsite upon arrival is a rare occurrence during good weather, there are no first-come first-served sites. Please make your reservation in advance.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C., March 21, 2019) - To help residents, farmers, and ranchers affected by the devastation caused by recent flooding, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to aid people in their recovery efforts. USDA staff in the regional, state, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: Jacqueline Ramos, aka Jackie Acosta, of Salinas, California, was sentenced to 60 months in prison on conspiracy and bank fraud charges, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and United States Attorney David L. Anderson.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2019
News Release: A former candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives pleaded guilty today to wire fraud and willfully violating the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) by operating fraudulent and unregistered political action committees.
