News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Randy Stevens, 29, of Farmington, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for conspiracy to possess fentanyl with intent to distribute and possession of fentanyl with the intent to distribute, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former Allston man was sentenced on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, in federal court in Boston for his role in a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering ring operating between Massachusetts and California.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will celebrate “Christmas at Connemara" with storytelling, music, crafts, warm cider, and cookies, on Saturday, Nov. 30, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced that on Nov. 12, 2019, 35 year-old Kentriss Thomas Rhodes, 33 year-old Ashley S. Fleming, and 45 year-old Antoine Sanders, all residents of Chicago, Illinois, were sentenced by District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance (Oxycodone).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement for the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security hearing on "The Administration of Bail by State and Federal Courts: A Call for Reform"...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Drew H. Wrigley, District of North Dakota, announced that on Nov. 14, 2019, Catherina Knecht, a/k/a Catherina Rheeder, age 43, formerly from Cleveland, ND, now residing in Williston, ND, pleaded guilty before Chief Judge Peter D. Welte, U.S. District Court, Fargo, ND, to an Indictment charging her with False Statement, False Swearing in an Immigration Matter, and Mail Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that BEHZAD POURGHANNAD was sentenced yesterday to 46 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to export carbon fiber from...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - Three former co-owners and clinical directors of a group of purported substance abuse treatment centers and sober homes pleaded guilty yesterday for their roles in a conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud that resulted in an actual loss of more than $3.8 million, and through which the conspirators sought to obtain more than $21 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: On November 8, 2019, a federal jury found Anthony Michael D’Amico, 39, of Boca Raton, Florida, guilty of wire fraud and money laundering, in a scheme where he secretly accessed his employer’s computer network to steal $2.7 million in propriety information.
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: A man who was involved in distributing pounds of methamphetamine throughout Northern Iowa was sentenced on Nov. 13, 2019, to more than five years in federal prison.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated six Tennessee counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, and Sequatchie counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Margaret Garnett, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation (“DOI"), and Michael...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Adolphus P. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Rick Maglione, Chief, Fort Lauderdale Police Department announced that 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.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture, After Dark in the Park talks, stewardship programs and opportunities to explore the Kahuku Unit during December 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Two Massachusetts Men Arrested and Charged with Nationwide Scheme to Steal Social Media Accounts and Cryptocurrency.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Former Head of China Subsidiary Also Charged With Perjury and Destruction of Records in Federal Investigations.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 14 Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent weather events may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Brady op-ed in USA Today: New tax cuts would lock in the gains.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
Release: Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Chair of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection’s failures at the VA.
