News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former Central Intelligence Agency case officer was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for his transmission of national defense information to an agent of the People’s Republic of China.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Matthew Chancler, 57, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania was charged by Information today with one count of wire fraud. The defendant was a Certified Public Accountant and the Director of Finance for an unnamed company located in Bristol, Pennsylvania. In this role, Chancler oversaw the financial operations of the company: accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and auditing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former engineer at Skyworks Solutions, Inc. surrendered to law enforcement today on a federal criminal complaint alleging he obtained his employer’s non-public financial results without authorization and then illegally used the confidential information to purchase large amounts of Skyworks securities prior to the information being made public.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - John Coffin, aka “Body," age 49, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced on Tuesday to 120 months in prison for illegally possessing a handgun and ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: MOAB, Utah - Memorial Day weekend is a great time to celebrate public lands with friends and family. These lands provide tangible goods and materials that Americans rely on and use every day, as well as an amazing array of recreation opportunities. There are many ways to have fun outdoors and keep public lands healthy and beautiful.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Overbilled the VA for Prescription Shoes and Lied to Win National Contract.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Defendant's records showed purchases from deceased individuals.
By Commerce Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the following statement in response to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s refusal to comply with Chairman Richard Neal’s, D-Mass., subpoena of President Donald Trump’s tax returns...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Agency Village, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for assault with intent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Buck Island Reef National Monument is one of fifteen known nesting sites on St. Croix for the least tern, Sterna antillarum, a locally protected migratory sea bird. Every year the least terns return to St. Croix to nest sometimes establishing a nesting colony on West Beach at Buck Island Reef National...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession with intent to distribute 10 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 41-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking and money laundering violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: PENDLETON, Ore. - With the National Weather Service Flood Watch in effect for the Pendleton area and significant rainfall expected over the weekend, the Bureau of Reclamation, in coordination with the National Weather Service, is closely monitoring weather conditions that inform the reservoir operations at McKay Dam and Reservoir.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Presley Dexter Sandoval, 25, of Pueblo Pintado, N.M., pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to committing aggravated sexual abuse against a child within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced that a federal grand jury has indicted Brian Fenner, 44, of Indianapolis, and Dennis Birkley, 59, of Wisconsin, with conspiracy to commit mail, wire, and bank fraud. The two men were arrested by the FBI and Indiana State Police. Birkley’s company, AMI Asset Management, was also charged in the indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that KENNETH CHARITY (“CHARITY"), age 54, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged Wednesday, May 15, 2019 with conspiracy to defraud First NBC Bank, the New Orleans-based bank that failed in April 2017.
By USDA Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following statement after U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced an agreement between the United States and Japan to eliminate restrictions on U.S. beef exports.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On May 16, 2019, Sean Michael Kinard, age 31, of Mount Pleasant, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 130 months imprisonment, after pleading guilty to Receipt of Child Pornography, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Kinard was ordered...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Charles Brown, Jr. 42, of Jackson, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to 18 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Dana Nichols, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives. Brown was also ordered to pay a $1,000.00 fine.
