News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND - Bruce Williams, 48 years old, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge James T. Moody after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Michigan has pleaded guilty in federal court on charges of Aiding or Assisting in the Preparation or Filing of False Federal Income Tax Returns, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - An information technology specialist has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for hacking into the servers of a north suburban company where he formerly worked as a contractor.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE -The National Park Service (NPS) has issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final Transportation Plan/ Environmental Impact Statement (FTP/EIS) for Acadia National Park that will improve visitor experiences and reduce congestion in the park.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Edgar Dekay, 38, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of RICO conspiracy and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, was sentenced to serve 123 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND- Mohammad Amara, 28, of Griffith, Indiana, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James T. Moody upon his plea of guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in Vermont First Amendment Free Exercise Case.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Blanca Quintero (619) 546-7118.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Steamtown National Historic Site invites the public to hop aboard a train excursion to Jessup PA to witness a passionate celebration of heritage and pride that traces back to Old World Italy! Steamtown NHS’s “Race of the Saints Express" departs the site at 3:00 pm on Saturday, May 25, with a return to the park after 8:30 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX Ariz. - On May 7, 2019, Duraid Hussein, 25, of Glendale, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to 54 months in prison. Hussein is a citizen of Iraq who entered the United States as a refugee. On December 6, 2018, Hussein was convicted by a federal jury of being a felon in possession of a firearm. In July 2017, Hussein sold a stolen firearm to another individual. As a convicted felon, Hussein is not allowed to possess firearms or ammunition.
By Homeland Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Honduran man was sentenced today to 33 years in prison for leading a drug trafficking organization that smuggled at least thousands of kilos of cocaine into the United States over the last decade.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Ohio Man Arrested for Arson. Caleb T. Poole, 26 years of age, was placed into custody without incident in Dublin, Ohio, at approximately 2 p.m. on May 7, 2019, by FBI Lima and Columbus Resident Agency special agents and Dublin police officers. Poole is suspected of committing arson at a Walmart located...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Dr. Domenick Braccia, 57, of Perkasie, PA entered a plea of guilty before Judge Wendy Beetlestone on one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. The charges against the defendant stem from federal and state investigations into an elaborate insurance fraud scheme involving a Bucks County-based addiction treatment center, Liberation Way.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An illegal alien and violent felon who has previously illegally entered the United States on at least four occasions, pleaded guilty today to his fifth instance of illegally entering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an indictment against four defendants charged with conducting a wide-ranging business email compromise fraud scheme.
By USDA Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on May 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued an administrative complaint against Hatch Auction Inc., doing business as Cow House and Raymond L. Hatch (Hatch Auction) of Fruitland, N.M., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Shane Harrigan (619) 546-6981, Caroline Han (619) 546-6968 and Peter Ko (619) 546-7359.
By DOL Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (NC-05) released the following joint statement after the White House summit on surprise medical billing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Christopher T. Tersigni, the Special Agent in Charge of the Special Operations Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), today announced that Estonian residents JEVGENI BOKOV, VIKTOR LITVINTSUK...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An indictment was unsealed today charging a former intelligence analyst with illegally obtaining classified national defense information and disclosing it to a reporter.
