News from November 2019
By USDA Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE SCHEDULE. Week of Nov. 18, 2019. [new]. Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019 - 10:00AM. 1300 Longworth House Office Building. Washington, D.C. Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit Subcommittee Hearing. RE: "Review of Credit Conditions: Report from the Farm Credit Administration (FCA)"...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced today that Dr. Damien Brezinski and his practice group, Wilmington Health, agreed to pay more than $244,000 to settle civil claims under the False Claims Act for improper payments made under the Medicare and Tricare programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A San Bernardino County woman has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging she produced child pornography of her boyfriend’s daughter, who is under the age of 12 years old.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that William Wayne Anderson, a/k/a "Buffalo", age 40, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 72 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for two counts of Possession with Intent to...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Cochranton, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of Hobbs Act robbery and using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Charlotte Man Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Defraud the Government.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and NASA will hold the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) Pilot Program (UPP) Phase 2 Industry Workshop in December. Building on UPP Phase 1 , UPP Phase 2 will showcase additional technologies, including Remote Identification (ID) and operations with increasing volumes and density. The UPP’s success is dependent upon the ability to work with industry, various FAA Test Sites and IPP participants.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Shelby Garigen, 41, of Clarence Center, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to access with intent to view child pornography. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Jared Elias Case, 26, of Umatilla, Oregon, was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release after repeatedly assaulting his significant other.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Henrico man was sentenced today to over twelve months in prison for making false statements when acquiring firearms and possession with the intent to distribute marijuana.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today met with officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. During his visit, Peters participated in a demonstration...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Darrin Chase, Jr., 22, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 104 months in prison on federal firearm and narcotics charges tied to the robbery of a pharmacy in which he stole Oxycodone, OxyContin, and other controlled substance medications while armed with afirearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The former secretary/treasurer of the Plattsburg Special Road District was indicted by a federal grand jury today for stealing from the agency.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: BISHOP, Calif. - Seasonal closures for Bureau of Land Management’s Crowley Lake and Horton Creek campgrounds are in effect from now until spring; however, three campgrounds will remain open for winter.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
Release: HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Florida resident was issued a summons by police on Saturday, November 9, after Transportation Security Administration officers at Harrisburg International Airport caught him with two guns in his carry-on bag. The guns marked the fifth and sixth guns caught at the airport so far this year, tying the number caught during all 12 months of 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - DEA New Jersey Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito announced a Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for narcotics trafficking, possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, and using a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Heidelburg, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to 22 years in prison for brandishing a firearm and carjacking the vehicle of a 73-year-old man in Richmond.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - Wildland firefighters from the Bureau of Land Management’s Elko District Office will host a firefighter recruitment event on Wednesday, November 20 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Great Basin College, High Tech Center (building 5), and room 139.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jeoffrey R. Williams, 57, of Southeast Washington, DC, pled guilty to two counts of voluntary manslaughter stemming from a traffic collision last July where he struck and killed two men who were sitting on a bench in James Monroe Park on Pennsylvania Avenue NW while driving drunk, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Gregory Monahan, Acting Chief of the United States Park Police (USPP).
