News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Tampa, FL - Maria Chapa Lopez recognizes the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and tribal police officers on the occasion of National Police Week, which is being observed Sunday, May 12 to Saturday, May 18, 2019, and remembers those law enforcement officers killed and assaulted in 2018.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has announced the selection of Jeff Hawk as the Mid-Pacific Region’s Public Affairs Officer. Hawk will manage public affairs, public involvement, public education programs, internal communications, media and congressional relations.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim C. Beck has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. The 38-count indictment alleges that Beck stole more than $2,000,000 from his former employer, the Georgia Underwriting Association, during the five years just prior to Beck’s election to statewide office in November, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. -In keeping with the Administration’s goal of promoting American energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 83 parcels, totaling 78,691 acres in Cheyenne, Garfield, Jackson, Kiowa, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt, and Weld counties at its September 2019 quarterly oil and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Bank of Oklahoma Robbery. FBI Seeking Information from Armed Bank Robbery in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Bank of Oklahoma. 10912 N Rockwell Avenue. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73162. The suspect was identified as a white female, approximately 5'6'' tall and 110 pounds. She was wearing a light blue ball cap and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 2 years probation and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine on his conviction of visa fraud and false statements, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Fort Lauderdale.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Second Defendant Pleads Guilty in Multimillion Dollar Prize Promotion Scam Affecting Elderly Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man today admitted his role in a phony check scheme that resulted in the theft of over $2 million in merchandise from multiple home-improvement stores throughout the country, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Making sure that victims of federal crimes are treated with compassion, fairness and respect.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: Congress should do more to encourage, facilitate retirement savings.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a physician working in Aberdeen, South Dakota, convicted of distributing oxycodone, was sentenced on May 14, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jacob Tunison, 30, of Olean, NY, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum penalty of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Royal Gorge Field Office, in coordination with the U.S. Forest Service, announced a 30-day public scoping period to help guide efforts for a combined Resource Management Plan for the 21,600-acre Browns Canyon National Monument.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The ex-wife of an MCI-Cedar Junction inmate pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with smuggling drugs into the facility.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim C. Beck has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. The 38-count indictment alleges that Beck stole more than $2,000,000 from his former employer, the Georgia Underwriting Association, during the five years just prior to Beck’s election to statewide office in November, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Nicholas J. Mathis, of Warren, Michigan, has admitted to drug distribution and firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town recognized the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and tribal police officers on the occasion of National Police Week, which is being observed Sunday, May 12 to Saturday, May 18, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: The United States Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) today awarded $1 million to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) to help law enforcement agencies respond to the increased homicides and gang crime in the city of Selma and the surrounding area. BJA...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2019
News Release: U.S. District Court Judge Robin L. Rosenberg has ruled that a Florida-based company, RM Broadcasting LLC (RM Broadcasting), was acting as an agent of a foreign principal and must register as such under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA).
