News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: Michel, an Atlanta-Based Business Owner, Facilitated Bribes To a Former Auburn University Men’s Basketball Coach In Order To Secure College Basketball Players As Clients For Both Michel And a Financial Adviser.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with making false statements on a loan application.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A 30-year-old Cuero resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of assault on a federal agent and related firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Joseph Brent Benoit pleaded guilty Jan. 7, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. Department of Energy will hold public workshops in four western states between May 29 and June 6, 2019, to get local input on an ongoing review of federally designated energy corridors across BLM- and Forest Service-managed lands.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Terrence Morgan, aka Young, 24, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, cocaine, and heroin. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
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: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - May 7, 2019 - Jay Costa Kelter, 49, of Alpharetta, Georgia pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court, to wire fraud and securities fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.), along with Representatives Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), today reintroduced the Data Breach Prevention and Compensation...
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: For Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On May 6, 2019, Robert Edward Kinsler, 49, of Bean Station, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Pamela L. Reeves, Chief U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 151 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: Teen's Mother Confronted Man Posing As A Teen, Alerted Authorities To Threats.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A California parent charged in the college admissions case pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with paying $400,000 to facilitate his child’s admission to Georgetown University.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a fourteen-count federal indictment charging ALAN DENNIS WOLFF, 56, with sexually exploiting children in the Philippines. WOLFF was initially charged in a criminal complaint on April 5, 2019, and was indicted on May 6, 2019. He is currently in custody in the Sherburne County Jail pending further court proceedings.
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: VICTORIA, Texas - A 30-year-old Cuero resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of assault on a federal agent and related firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Joseph Brent Benoit pleaded guilty Jan. 7, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -This week, the Subcommittee on Government Operations held a field hearing examining the effects the longest ever government shutdown had on federal contract employees.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was convicted by a federal trial jury today of illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | May 7, 2019
Release: OAK RIDGE, TN - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced a contract with Cray Inc. to build the Frontier supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which is anticipated to debut in 2021 as the world’s most powerful computer with a performance of greater than 1.5 exaflops.
By DOJ Newswire | May 7, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that John Shedd, 71, of Albion, Michigan, and Terry Tooley, 64, of Spring Arbor, Michigan, pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute prescription drug controlled substances, and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. Shedd and Tooley, who...
