News from May 2019
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: Harrisonburg, VIRGINIA - A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment this week charging five individuals in connection with heroin trafficking from Maryland into Shenandoah County, Virginia that caused one fatal and one non-fatal overdose, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today.
By USDA Newswire | May 24, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., May 24, 2019 -- The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is reopening the comment period for proposed updates to the Animal Welfare Act licensing requirements, to allow the public an additional 15 days to prepare and submit ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after TransDigm-a defense contractor that overcharged the Pentagon for dozens of spare parts for military aircraft-agreed to repay $16 million after last week’s Committee hearing with company executives...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: Morris & Dickson Company to Pay $22 Million in Civil Penalty Claims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Derrick Stubbs, 54, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of bank robbery, was sentenced to serve 84 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND- Laron Jamal Johnson was sentenced to 91 months in prison today for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and for violating the terms of his supervised release, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Jon S. Tigar, United States District Judge.
By Interior Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,678,000 visitors came to Death Valley National Park in 2018 and spent over $140 million in Inyo County and Southern Nevada communities. Despite the partial government shutdown over the December holidays, those numbers are both records and up from 1,294,000 visitors spending $107 million the previous year. That spending supported over 1,700 jobs in the local area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment Thursday against Ivan Lopez, 34, of Mexico, and Erick Olivas Lopez, 39, of Mexico, charging them with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute at least 400 grams of a substance containing fentanyl.
By State Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement about the Trump Administration’s utilization of an emergency waiver to facilitate arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Jordan...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominical national was arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston with identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: Possessed Firearm at Rainier Valley Business that was Focal Point of Gang Activity including Drive-By Shootings and Homicide.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A North Carolina man was sentenced to prison today for health care fraud related to the submission of false claims to Medicaid and for tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that former New York City Police Department (“NYPD") detective SAED RABAH was sentenced to 24 months in prison for knowingly providing misinformation to a federal law enforcement officer in order to obstruct a narcotics investigation. RABAH pled guilty Dec. 14, 2018, and was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vincent L. Briccetti.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that PATRICIA HARGIS, age 70, of Gretna pleaded guilty yesterday to filing a false federal income tax return, a crime punishable by up to three years’ imprisonment. HARGIS admitted to intentionally understating her income in each return for the years 2011 through 2015, causing her taxes to be understated by a total of approximately $110,810. Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon scheduled sentencing for Sept. 19, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was convicted today of robbing two banks, and attempting to rob a third bank over a 10-day period in July 2018, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By USDA Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Richard Fordyce reminds producers of the May 31, 2019, deadline to apply for crop year 2018 marketing assistance loans for feed grains, upland cotton, soybeans and minor oilseeds.
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man pled guilty to a federal drug and firearm charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Randall Lee Patton, 26, pled guilty to aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by a felon before Senior United States District...
By Homeland Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Representatives from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, as well as nonprofit organizations, came together Wednesday and Thursday to target potential human traffickers and aid victims during the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 Race.
By Commerce Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Chairman of the House Government Operations Subcommittee, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), Ranking Member of the House Government Operations Committee, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Demetrius Lowry, a/k/a Little D, 24, of Buffalo, NY, with false declarations before the grand jury, and obstruction of justice. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
