News from May 2019
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to release of the IRS 2018 Data Book, which shows declining audits of wealthy taxpayers...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Bryan Vonderahe, 45, of Kirkwood, Missouri, was charged on Thursday, May 16, in a federal indictment for three counts of Wire Fraud. He appeared this morning in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Cohen.
By State Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. President: At a time of grave insecurity in the Middle East, we are deeply concerned about the role that terrorist and extremist groups and U.S. adversaries continue to play, particularly in Syria. As some of our closest allies in the region are being threatened, American leadership and support...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: A man who was responsible for distributing pounds of ice methamphetamine while he was in state prison was sentenced May 17, 2019, to ten years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that HECTOR OVIDIO DIAZ GARRIDO, 41, a citizen of Guatemala last residing in Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 21 months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the U.S. after being deported.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Foster parents need a strong support system.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Owner of Miami Home Health Agency Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Role in Medicare Fraud Scheme.
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa of California issued the following statement in response to a deal announced today to remove tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: OXFORD, MS. - William C. Lamar, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, announced today that several alleged members of the Simon City Royals have been charged in a two-count indictment for participating in a violent assault in aid of a racketeering enterprise. The indictment was returned by a grand jury on April 23, 2019, and unsealed today in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 84 months of imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release on his conviction of receipt of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Kentucky man was sentenced today to spend 46 months in prison for traveling in interstate commerce in order to engage in illicit sexual activity with a minor, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Upon his release from prison, Caudill will be required to serve a 15 year term of supervised release. He will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that two California men have been sentenced for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy to transport methamphetamine and heroin from the Lower 48 to Ketchikan for distribution.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2019
Release: Washington D.C. – U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry today announced that the Department of Energy will award 231 grants totaling $46 million to 202 small businesses in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Funded through DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, today’s selections are for Phase I research and development.
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2019
Release: BOISE, Idaho - An officer with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Boise Airport (BOI) discovered two firearms and 50 rounds of.380 caliber ammunition in the carry-on luggage of a male traveler Monday at approximately 7 a.m. MDT.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former chief marketing officer at the now-defunct Mirae Bank was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme that caused the Koreatown-based lender to issue more than $15 million in fraudulent loans, and ultimately caused the bank to suffer severe losses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jorge Alberto Alvarez, 35, a Cuban native living in Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to bank fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison, and a fine of $1,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal indictment was unsealed charging 37-year-old Justin John Shorey of Schertz, TX, with aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs and San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Sean Fager, 54, of Reading, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment, followed by lifetime supervised release by Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl. In January 2019, Fager pleaded guilty to charges of production, transportation and possession of child pornography, including amassing a collection of more than 400 digital images and several videos found on his personal computer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of DAKOTA JAMES LAFAVE, aka “Biggs," 30, to 366 months in prison for assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, witness retaliation, and discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. LAFAVE, who pleaded guilty on Jan. 22, 2019, was sentenced before Chief Judge John R. Tunheim in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Between December 1811 and February 1812, the central U.S. experienced three major earthquakes, each having a magnitude of 7.0 or greater. The United States Geographic Survey indicates the probability of a similar quake of magnitude 6.0 or greater occurring during the next fifty years is somewhere between...
