News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Federal prosecutors in Maryland have filed a federal criminal complaint charging Gregory Ray Blosser, age 37, of Tampa, Florida, on a federal wire fraud charge in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud clients of The Surrogacy Group (TSG), which he operated. Blosser was arrested on April 29th in Florida. The criminal complaint was unsealed at his initial appearance.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 43-year-old Beaumont man has been indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Arnold Boon, 33, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today by Judge Paul L. Friedman, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, to over seven years in prison and three years of supervised release resulting from his guilty plea to federal charges stemming from a robbery in which he...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lawrenceburg, Ky., man was indicted today for threatening a school shooting, making threats to and intimidating other individuals over social media, illegally possessing a firearm in furtherance of those threats, and related crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Joshua Hooper, 36, of Manchester, pleaded guilty in federal court to felon in possession of a firearm, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man pleaded guilty today to possession of a firearm by felon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Paris Church, 57, of Chester, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 360 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Gerald A. McHugh. Church was convicted three separate times by a federal jury in March 2016, February 2017, and again in...
By DOL Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is partnering with worker safety organizations on #MySafeSummerJob, a social media campaign to educate young workers about safety rights in the workplace, how to speak up about dangerous work conditions, and how to protect themselves on the job.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Michael Cozzens Possessed a Pistol in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: GLENNALLEN, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Haines Amendment to the Ring of Fire Resource Management Plan. Comments will be accepted through Aug. 1, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Marcus Remus, age 21, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 90 months in federal prison by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard following a federal jury trial. In addition to the 90 months of imprisonment, Remus will be placed on 5 years...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA - A resident of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of four years and six months, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal jury convicted a Las Vegas man Tuesday of drug and firearm crimes that resulted in the death of a man during a drug deal in November 2013, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) New Orleans Field Division today announced a Mississippi man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for arson that destroyed an historic African-American house of worship and brought national attention to the Mississippi Delta during the presidential election period in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Robert Elias Padilla, 41, of Vacaville, was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 14 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine for distribution, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By USDA Newswire | May 2, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., [May 2, 2019] - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared and is accepting comment on a pest risk analysis that evaluates the risks associated with importation of fresh mombin fruit (Spondias mombin L. and S. purpurea L.) from ...
By State Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Since 1992 the United States has pursued an “Open Skies" policy designed to eliminate government intervention in airline decision-making about routes, capacity, and pricing in international markets.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Nolly King, 36 of St. Croix, was sentenced Thursday for distribution of crack cocaine, and Thaddeus Hendricks, 39, was sentenced for distribution of cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. According to court documents, both men were associates of Robert Klyvert who is pending sentencing in federal court.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: Remaining Two Daughters Also Sentenced for Roles in Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Tom Lewis, 29, De Soto, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to three years in federal prison for using a telephone to facilitate the of distribution of methamphetamine. Lewis pleaded guilty to this charge on Feb. 19, 2019.
