News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has sentenced a South Los Angeles man to more than 10 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography he obtained over a peer-to-peer computer network.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today a federal jury convicted Richard Farmer, Sr., 44, of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and ecstasy after a four-day trial before the Honorable Robert J. Jonker, Chief United States District Judge. Farmer faces up to thirty years in prison when he is sentenced on October 9.
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: Grand Teton National Park, Teton County Search and Rescue and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort coordinated a successful rescue of a backcountry skier today.
By DOL Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: NAPLES, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited four Florida-based residential construction contractors for exposing employees to safety hazards at a Naples, Florida, worksite. The four companies received 12 citations collectively, totaling $220,114 in proposed penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - Eight Chicago-area residents are among ten individuals charged as part of an international investigation into online fraud schemes, including “romance scams" and “mystery shopper scams.".
By Interior Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: Contact: James Dunphy. Contact: Kathy Krause. Patchogue, NY - The National Park Service announced today that the Fire Island Lighthouse tower will undergo a series of tests on the exterior coating to better understand how the building performs structurally, and to determine the cause of on-going problems...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Samuel Martinez, 40, of Highlands County, has been charged by indictment with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Michalewski, 54, of Blasdell, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor. The charges carry mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Paterson-based contractor today admitted conspiring with a commissioner of the now-defunct Paterson Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA) to steal funds and pay kickbacks in return for obtaining work from the authority, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Cyrano Jones, Jr., 48, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 84 months in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine base (crack). He appeared before U.S. District Judge Ronnie White today.
By Homeland Newswire | May 29, 2019
Release: HONOLULU - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is prepared for what is projected to be the busiest summer travel season ever when a record number of passengers will depart Daniel K. Inouye Honolulu International Airport (HNL) between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: A Highlands County, Florida man has been charged with armed drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A southwest suburban man who described himself as a “one stop shop" for narcotics and firearms has been sentenced to eleven and a half years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMAL WEIR, 30, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 21 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally purchasing and possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Logan Nedo, 33, of Irondequoit, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with producing and possessing child pornography involving prepubescent minors. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum 50 years, along with a lifetime term of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
By State Newswire | May 29, 2019
Release: In February 2014, Russian military forces invaded and occupied Crimea. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262 adopted on March 27, 2014, and entitled Territorial Integrity of Ukraine, states the Autonomous Republic of Crimea remains internationally recognized as within Ukraine’s international borders. The U.S. government does not recognize the purported annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and considers that Crimea remains a part of Ukraine.
By USDA Newswire | May 29, 2019
Release: USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has assessed the potential environmental impacts associated with releasing the Japanese knotweed psyllid (Aphalara itadori) to biologically control Japanese, Giant, and Bohemian knotweeds (Fallopia japonica, F. sachalinensis, and F. x bohemica) ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Robert Saint John, 32, of Laconia, was sentenced to 46 months in prison for fentanyl trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Mark William Sharp, 42, of Boise, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to 60 months in prison followed by 5 years supervised release for attempted use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. As a result of his conviction, Sharp will be required to register as a sex offender. Sharp was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Court Judge David C. Nye. Sharp pleaded guilty on March 11, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Vernon Poleahla, 34, of Zuni, N.M., was sentenced in federal court yesterday to 79 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter and assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country.
