News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank joined the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in announcing that DEA New England and its partners collected 89,366 lbs. of drugs during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27, 2019. The following is a breakdown of collected weights for the six New England states.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: The National Park Service is seeking public comment to evaluate whether to allow mountain bike use on the Jackson Gap Trail and the upper section of the John Smartt Trail in the Lookout Mountain Battlefield, within Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Comments on an environmental assessment evaluating the potential impacts of this action can be submitted electronically from May 6 to June 4, 2019, at.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Robert T. Donelon, age 56, of York County, was sentenced on May 3, 2019, by Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner to 96 months’ imprisonment followed by 10 years of supervised release for child exploitation offenses. Chief Judge Conner also ordered Donelon to pay $1,000 to each of the seven identifiable victims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Eric Eugene Smith, of Falling Waters, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 97 months incarceration for possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By State Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Pompeo and Secretary Mnuchin...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Former Banker Extradited from Malaysia to United States to Face Charges in Multi-Billion Dollar Money Laundering and Bribery Scheme Relating to the 1MDB Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison and three years of supervised release in connection with multiple armed robberies, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By Homeland Newswire | May 6, 2019
Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A Northern Onondaga County, New York, woman was stopped after Transportation Security Administration officers at Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) stopped her from bringing a handgun onto an airplane on Saturday, May 4. It marked the first gun caught at the airport’s checkpoint this year.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that three Anchorage residents have been sentenced for their roles in an Anchorage mail theft scheme, which involved obtaining checks from the mail, and then negotiating the stolen checks at different banks using stolen identities and bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Luis Acevedo Rivera, 23, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possessing with the intent to distribute, and distributing, 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Proclamations, Issued on: May 3, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: A federal jury convicted a Dallas man on multiple terror charges, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison and three years of supervised release in connection with multiple armed robberies, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By Commerce Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding a disturbing incident detailed by the Wall Street Journal in which the National Institutes of Health (NIH) initially prohibited two of its doctors from speaking with government officials regarding an ongoing investigation. When Grassley read the reports, he immediately contacted NIH with concerns.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: Today, the House Judiciary Committee noticed a markup of a contempt report for Attorney General William Barr’s failure to comply with a duly issued subpoena to provide Congress with the full, unredacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report along with underlying evidence. The contempt markup ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A jury has convicted a Northridge man of 51 counts of fraud, money laundering, identity theft and other federal offenses in relation to a scheme that generated at least $3 million.
By Interior Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN: Voyageurs National Park biologists conducted aerial surveys to determine the number and location of bald eagle nesting pairs present in the park. A second occupancy survey will be conducted in early June to check on the status of occupied breeding territories and search for late incubating pairs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: LARGEST HEALTHCARE FRAUD SETTLEMENT IN WEST VIRGINIA HISTORY.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolinians participating in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative held on Saturday, April 27, 2019, turned in 11, 825 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. The amount collected was the highest total collected during the previous 16 NTBI events.
By DOJ Newswire | May 6, 2019
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced the sentencing of the leader of a drug trafficking organization which distributed large amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine in the Indianapolis area. Brayan Quinonez, 25, was sentenced to 210 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Judge James R. Sweeney II.
