News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jacob Thomas Decker, age 28, of Dallas, Texas, entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C), punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, a fine up to $1,000,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WILKES-BARRE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Kyme Ashby, age 29, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Nov. 13, 2019, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo to 30 months’ imprisonment for her role in a Monroe County-based heroin and cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - An alleged shooter and member of the Barrio Azteca (BA), a transnational border gang allied with the Juarez Cartel, was extradited from Mexico to the United States to face charges related to the March 2010 U.S. Consulate murders in Juarez, Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury today found Dameon Kerk Allen (42, St. Petersburg) guilty of attempted enticement of a child to engage in sexual activity. Allen faces a minimum mandatory term of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Feb. 13, 2020.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, announced his decision to retire at the end of the 116th Congress...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Philadelphia - It is with a heavy heart that Independence National Historical Park announces the sudden passing of one of our National Park Service (NPS) family members and beloved coworker, K-9 Law Enforcement Ranger Ken Franklin. Ken was an active duty member of our law enforcement team and passed away Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019 from a sudden medical illness.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) team at Tweed New Haven Regional Airport (HVN) was named the top smaller-size Airport of the Year for 2019. The award, which was announced earlier this month, recognized the best of TSA with outstanding team achievements in security operations and mission support.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Raminder Singh Rekhi pleaded guilty to theft, embezzlement, or misapplication of bank funds in connection with a scheme to illegally make loans, announced Adam A. Reeves, Attorney for the United States (acting under authority conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515), and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The plea was accepted on Nov. 13, 2019, by Charles R. Breyer, Senior U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for his role in a food stamps fraud and his subsequent flight to avoid prosecution, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today highlighted a report by an independent federal watchdog showing gaps in hospice care. The report found that Medicare beneficiaries sometimes do not receive any visits from hospice providers in the final days of their lives and other shortfalls in oversight.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Thomas Rowland (51, Pennsylvania) to 25 years in federal prison for attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation and the San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority will enter into contract negotiations for the transfer of operation, maintenance, and replacement activities related to the San Luis and Delta-Mendota canals, C.W. Jones Pumping Plant, O’Neill Pumping/Generating Plant, California Aqueduct Intertie Pumping Plant, the San Luis Drain, and associated facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FRANCISCO BETANCOURT, 70, a citizen of Cuba last residing in New York, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 168 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a kidnapping and extortion scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Iranian Businessman Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Violating U.S. Sanctions by Exporting Carbon Fiber from the United States to Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Somerset County, New Jersey man, today admitted to engaging in a Ponzi scheme targeting elderly investors and to subscribing to a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Taunton man was indicted yesterday in federal court in Boston on firearm and drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Jean Jameson 36, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida was sentenced to 30 years in prison today for distributing the fentanyl that resulted in the death of another individual. Jameson was sentenced to a total of 365 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, ...
By State Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-FL) initiated a process for the Senate to quickly pass their Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (S. 1838). The process, known as the hotline, allows for Senate business to be conducted by unanimous consent. The amended bipartisan bill was passed unanimously by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in September.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Varnell Coe, age 28, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady upon his plea of guilty to maintaining a drug involved premises, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - The United States has reached agreement with Paul Mangione, a former Deutsche Bank executive, to settle a civil action filed in September 2017 in which the United States sought civil penalties for Mangione’s conduct in connection with Deutsche Bank’s marketing and sale of two residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) in 2007. The agreement provides for payment of $500,000 in civil penalties in exchange for dismissal of the complaint.
