News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas announced that four individuals were sentenced by the United States District Court for their roles in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud in south Arkansas. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearings in the United States District Court in El Dorado, Arkansas.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have developed an optical switch that routes light from one computer chip to another in just 20 billionths of a second - faster than any other similar device. The compact switch is the first to operate at voltages low enough to be integrated onto low-cost silicon chips and redirects light with very low signal loss.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: OXFORD - A federal judge sentenced an Oxford, Mississippi man to serve 15 years in federal prison on Thursday afternoon for sex trafficking of a minor in Oxford between February and March 2018. Edward Earl Daniels pled guilty on May 19, 2019, to the charge of sex trafficking of a child by force, fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: On Nov. 14, 2019, the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced a multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional law enforcement effort that focused on drug trafficking in the areas of Newport and Saint Johnsbury, Vermont. During the month-long operation conducted by federal, state, local...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: CONCORD, N.H., - DEA New England Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Kidnapper Michael Webb has been sentenced to life in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 13 Georgia counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in Barrow, Clarke, Dade, Greene, Hancock, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Taliaferro, Walker, Walton, and Warren, 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: The TRUST Program event scheduled for Nov. 18, 2019, at Gray-New Gloucester High School has been postponed. The event will be rescheduled, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office will issue a press release with details regarding the new date.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: SEATTLE, Wash. - Each year, thousands of children around the world fall prey to sexual predators. These young victims are left with permanent psychological, physical, and emotional scars. Seeking to end this criminal activity and protect children worldwide, U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson announced today the appointment of a full-time Assistant U.S. Attorney to be stationed permanently in Roswell, N.M., to strengthen the efforts of the U.S. Attorney’s Office to serve the citizens of southeastern New Mexico, and to enhance the office’s partnerships with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies in the region.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - James P. Kennedy, Jr., United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, announced today that Benjamin Handley, 26, of Homer, Alaska, who was convicted of unlawful transportation of machineguns, was sentenced to serve five years in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: AVON PARK, Fla. - Samuel Martinez, 41, of Avon Park, Florida, was sentenced yesterday to 18 years in prison for armed drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: A Frankfort, Maine man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Bangor to attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Two Massachusetts men were arrested today and charged with conducting an extensive scheme to take over victims’ social media accounts and steal their cryptocurrency using techniques such as “SIM swapping," computer hacking and other methods.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ramiz Zijad Hodzic, aka Siki Ramiz Hodzic, 45, of St. Louis County, Missouri, was sentenced to 96 months in prison for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and providing material support to terrorists. Hodzic appeared today before Judge Catherine D. Perry.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Initiative emphasizes enforcing gun prohibitions based on.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of tax evasion, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: Initiative emphasizes enforcing gun prohibitions based on domestic violence convictions and mental health denials.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY: Tomorrow - Brady to Guest Host CNBC’s “Squawk Box".
By DOE Newswire | Nov 14, 2019
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