News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: FBI Recovered Crack, Cocaine, PCP, Fentanyl, and Firearms During Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Marquis D. Reasonover, of St. Louis City, 42, and Hairl Johnson, 48, of Ferguson, each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and heroin and one count of using a firearm to commit murder in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Johnson pleaded guilty on May 14, 2019. Reasonover appeared today before United States District Judge E. Richard Webber.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Philip Narducci, 56, of Philadelphia, and James Gallo, 44, of Philadelphia, entered pleas of guilty today before Judge Timothy Savage on several counts relating to making and collecting upon extortionate loans. Narducci is a member of the Philadelphia organized crime family La Cosa Nostra (LCN), and Gallo is his associate.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph recognizes the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local and tribal police officers during National Police Week, which is being observed this week, Sunday, May 12 to Saturday, May 18, 2019. Today is National Peace Officers Memorial Day.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - Two men have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions for conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving a fraudulent invoice scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-A federal jury in Portland returned guilty verdicts today against a Portland man who was accused of distributing large quantities of methamphetamine throughout Multnomah County, Oregon.
By Homeland Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - On Wednesday, May 15, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, announced that a resident of Erie, Pennsylvania man, has been sentenced in federal court for visa fraud and false statements, following an following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Philadelphia and U.S. Border Patrol.
By Commerce Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today hailed House passage of a pair of bills affirming Native American tribal land rights, including Rep. Tom Cole’s (R-Okla.) measure to resolve a decade-long conflict over the fate of more than 1 million acres of potential tribal trust land instigated by a widely criticized 2009 Supreme Court ruling. Grijalva’s remarks in favor of both bills on the House floor are available at.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Force Multiplier Solutions CEO Robert C. Leonard was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison and ordered to pay $125 million in restitution for his role in a bribery scheme that took down multiple public officials and precipitated the collapse of Dallas County Schools, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By Interior Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: CORTEZ, Colo. - On May 18, 2019, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tres Rios Field Office will celebrate the opening of several miles of non-motorized trails and a new trailhead in the Phil’s World Trail System. The event recognizes BLM’s efforts with its partners, the Southwest Conservation Corps and Southwest Colorado Cycling Association, to expand recreation opportunities on BLM-managed public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The owner of a closed Springfield gun shooting center has been indicted on charges of arson and insurance fraud. John W. Jackson, Jr., 45, of Springfield, Ill., made his initial appearance in federal court today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Schanzle-Haskins. The indictment, returned by the grand jury on May 8, 2019, had remained sealed pending Jackson’s arrest and initial court appearance.
By State Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representatives Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Michael McCaul (R-TX), the Committee’s Ranking Member; Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Majority Leader, and Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), House Minority Leader; Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chairwoman of the House Appropriations...
By State Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today convened a hearing on "The Future of Arms Control Post-Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty," with testimony from Andrea L. Thompson, under secretary for arms control and international security at the Department of State, and David J. Trachtenberg, deputy under secretary for policy at the Department of State.
By US DOT Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) and Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) from today’s hearing entitled, “Status of the Boeing 737 MAX":
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Philip Narducci, 56, of Philadelphia, and James Gallo, 44, of Philadelphia, entered pleas of guilty today before Judge Timothy Savage on several counts relating to making and collecting upon extortionate loans. Narducci is a member of the Philadelphia organized crime family La Cosa Nostra (LCN), and Gallo is his associate.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Michael Lee Graves, 20, of Anchorage, has been charged by criminal complaint with illegal possession of a machinegun and possession of an unregistered firearm (silencer). Graves was arrested on the charges on May 7, 2019, and was ordered detained pending trial.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Tipton County woman has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for fraud. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - "We are extremely thankful for the immediate, effective response of the Pensacola Police Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the United States Marshals Service to this morning's incident," said Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. The U.S. Attorney's Office highly values our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, and we greatly appreciate everything they did to help us today.".
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2019
News Release: Conspiracy Obtained more than $2 Million in Fraudulent Tax Refunds.
