News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A Corona man has become the first individual to plead guilty to federal charges for fraudulently obtaining tens of thousands of dollars in mortgage assistance benefits under the portion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) intended for homeowners hardest hit by the 2007-09 economic downturn.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: Complaint Names 23 Coal Operators and Seeks Over $4.7 Million in Unpaid Fines.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: Defendant recruited minors, enticed them with drugs, and profited by encouraging them to engage in prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Derek Mountz, age 35, of Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on May 6, 2019, to 105 months’ imprisonment followed by four years on supervised release, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo, for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed heroin and methamphetamine in the Schuylkill County area in 2016.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: RAPID CITY, S.D. - The Bureau of Reclamation and South Dakota Game Fish and Parks (GFP) will be hosting an open house meeting on Wednesday, May 29, at the Belle Fourche Community Hall from 5:00-8:00 p.m. MDT. The meeting will be held at 512 6th Avenue, Belle Fourche, SD.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Timothy Allen Crowe, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand today on a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former nurse pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston today to diverting liquid morphine intended for hospice patients at a Lowell nursing home.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was convicted today on charges that he conspired to distribute at least one kilogram of heroin, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: Defendant Shot Suspected Rival to Earn Full Membership in MS-13.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - DWAYNE EDWARD RASMUSSEN, 65, has been charged with robbing the Community Bank of Oklahoma in Chickasha, announced First Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jason M. VanBuren, age 44, of Cobleskill, New York, was sentenced today to serve 180 months in prison for receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STANLEY HUGOCHUKWU NWOKE, also known as “Stanley Banks," “Banks," “Hugo Banks," “Banky," and “Jose Calderon," 28, a citizen of Nigeria, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to a fraud offense stemming from his role in a business e-mail compromise scheme.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, May 25, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present a special 1-hour program near Tour Stop 3 in Chickamauga Battlefield. This program will focus on local farmer turned Confederate soldier Larkin Poe and his experiences during and following the Battle of Chickamauga. Participants should meet inside the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center for a brief overview before caravanning to the program location.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: The public is invited to celebrate Kids to Parks Day at an event on May 18, 2019 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center in the Ventura Harbor.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service would like to remind the public that even though the Porcupine Bay roadwork has been completed by Lincoln County Public Works, the Porcupine Bay campground, day-use, and boat launch remains closed until further notice. Our tentative timeline is to have the boat launch open by Memorial Day weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Derek Mountz, age 35, of Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on May 6, 2019, to 105 months’ imprisonment followed by four years on supervised release, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo, for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed heroin and methamphetamine in the Schuylkill County area in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: SAN JOSE - Ariel Guizar-Cuellar pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose today to sex trafficking of children and sexual exploitation of children, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The Honorable Beth Labson Freeman, U.S. District Judge, accepted the plea.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Mexican man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today introduced the Tribal Heritage and Grizzly Bear Protection Act, which ensures that grizzly bears are permanently protected for their ecological and cultural value and guarantees Native American tribes a role in conserving and managing the species. Grizzly bears are considered sacred by many tribes, but only a small fraction of historic grizzly populations now exist in the lower 48 states.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Jerrinon Tate, 28, of St. Louis, MO, pleaded guilty to two counts of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. He appeared today before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for Aug. 13, 2019.
