News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: Oliver distributed heroin near 4 local parks and an elementary school.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hoboken, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to promote a voter bribery scheme during a municipal election, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy released a groundbreaking analysis detailing how the United States can benefit from the vast potential of geothermal energy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On May 29, 2019, Larry Steven Covington Jr., 40, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas W. Phillips, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 180 months in federal prison. Covington pleaded guilty on May 28, 2019, to an information charging him with assault upon a federal officer, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and failure to surrender for service of sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Jesse N. Perez, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, was sentenced to 30 months incarceration for a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: An annual voluntary closure for rock climbing at Devils Tower will be in effect through the month of June. June 1 -30, visitors are strongly encouraged to refrain from climbing on the Tower out of respect for the spiritual and cultural significance of the Tower. The closure zone includes all areas inside...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a federal jury convicted George Earl White Jr., 36, of Alexandria, for his role in distributing illegal narcotics in Rapides Parish.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The mother of an MCI-Cedar Junction inmate was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with smuggling drugs into the facility.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Guatemalan man who has illegally entered the United States six times, was sentenced today to prison for his second conviction for illegally entering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Kirk Gross, age 32, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 16 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: A neurologist from Mandeville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to unlawfully prescribe controlled substances, namely oxycodone and hydrocodone, without performing required face-to-face examinations, and his role in a scheme to commit health care fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that WILMER ADONYS OSORTO, a/k/a OMAR ORLANDO CUADRADO, age 41, a citizen of Honduras, pled guilty to a one-count bill of information with making a false statement in a U.S. passport application, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 1542.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court TONY MCELVEEN, SR., pled guilty to Bank Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft before the Honorable Terrence W. Boyle.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sanford Austin Mays, of Fairmont, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 90 months incarceration for drug possession and firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: Sold a Car in Exchange for Cash He Believed to be Proceeds from Drug Sales.
By Homeland Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - Federal authorities this morning arrested eight people named in a federal grand jury indictment that alleges check-kiting schemes that used hundreds of altered Armenian passports to fraudulently open bank accounts and steal nearly $1.5 million from Bank of America and Wells Fargo. A ninth defendant in this case is currently being sought by authorities.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Two former clean room pharmacists at New England Compounding Center (NECC) were sentenced this week in federal court in Boston in connection with the 2012 nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury today indicted City of Chicago Alderman EDWARD M. BURKE on racketeering and bribery charges for allegedly abusing his position to solicit and extort private legal work and other benefits from companies and individuals with business before the city.
By USDA Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: Washington - Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that USDA is providing $858 million in loans to upgrade rural electric systems in 17 states (PDF, 111 KB). The funding includes $64 million to finance smart grid technologies that improve system operations and monitor grid security.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2019
News Release: North Carolina Tax Return Preparer Convicted of Filing False Income Tax Returns.
