News from May 2019
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: MACON - A businessman convicted in a complex scheme to defraud the Bibb County School District (BCSD) will spend 50 months in prison for his crime, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Dave Carty, 49, of Macon, was found guilty on February...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - An administrator for a company that received a state grant for a recovery housing program was sentenced today for committing mail fraud relating to falsifying grant reimbursement requests to the State of West Virginia, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. David Stevens, 57...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that McAlester resident Darryl Emanuel Bickham, Jr., age 34, was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release for Felon in Possession of Firearm and Ammunition. The charges arose from an investigation by the McAlester Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, May 20, 2019, Shaun Gui Hale, 33, of Oak Springs, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to seven years’ imprisonment. Hale had previously pleaded guilty to domestic assault by strangling or suffocation, a domestic violence offense.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: American small businesses got nearly a $22 million boost from the Energy Department's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. As part of today’s announcement, small businesses are receiving Phase I Release 2 grants that demonstrate technical feasibility for innovations during the first phase of their research. Most Phase I awards are for $200,000 for less than one year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Eleven individuals from Cape Cod and Rhode Island were arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in a wide-ranging heroin conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: Liberty Island, NY - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today the release of the passenger ferry transportation and related services prospectus at Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration. The prospectus is for a 10-year concession contract opportunity and is available on the NPS website at.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - United States Attorney James Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Alex Mercado, 40, of Jamestown, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - The former manager of CBS Employees Federal Credit Union pleaded guilty today to one felony count of bank fraud for embezzling $40 million from his employer over the course of 20 years - spending the money on gambling; homes in California, Nevada and Mexico; and travel by private jet - in a scheme that ultimately led to the credit union becoming insolvent.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Four Texas men were sentenced in federal court today for stealing 654 firearms from United Parcel Service trailers in Springfield, Mo., en route to Bass Pro Shops.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A defendant charged as a part of an Operation Rio Grande Drug Task Force investigation will spend 130 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. U.S. District Judge Dale A. Kimball imposed the sentence in federal court Thursday.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Michael Wilson, age 26, of Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 90 Months’ imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release for distributing heroin and unlawfully possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: The FBI, Bryan Police Department and U.S. Attorney’s Office announced this morning that a Florida man was arrested and charged in federal court with attempting to hire someone to murder a social worker.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal jury has convicted a 27-year-old Houston resident and member of The Sauce Factory for conspiracy and sex trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The jury deliberated for less than eight hours before convicting Jaimian Sims after five days of trial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Khourtney Alexandra King, of Canton, Ohio, was sentenced today to eight months incarceration for using another person’s passport, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2019
Release: Congressman Pete Visclosky (IN-01), Chair of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee's markup of the fiscal year 2020 Defense bill.
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO - A federal jury found Anthony Lazzarino, 68, former Chief of Podiatry for the Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Northern California Health Care System, and Peter Wong, 61, founder and CEO of Sunrise Shoes and Pedorthic Service Corporation, guilty, Friday, May 17, of health care fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: PENDLETON, Ore.-While a flood watch remains in effect until Monday, May 20, updated weather forecasts have prompted the Bureau of Reclamation to decrease releases this morning to 100 cubic feet per second out of McKay Dam.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Jose Manuel Sotelo-Mendoza (Sotelo), 27, of Ceres, was sentenced today to eight years and four months in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 15 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
