News from November 2019

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Evelyn P. Mack, the owner and principal of a Charlotte-area private school, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on charges of conspiracy to harbor aliens, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. also ordered Mack, 65, of Charlotte, to serve one year under court supervision upon completion of her prison term.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes Explorer Now Includes Graduate Employment Flows in Addition to Earnings Charts.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Tulsa, OK - On Friday, the U.S. Marshals’ Northern Oklahoma Violent Crimes Task Force finalized a five-day operation targeting fugitives wanted for violent criminal offenses in Creek County, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. As part of the operation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office provided legal guidance and reviewed cases for prosecutorial action if of significant federal interest.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) is pleased to announce the winning name in our Railfest 2019 “Name the Train" contest for visitors ages 6 and under. Three-year-old Gracee Straut, of Old Forge PA, offered the name “Rover" for our Baldwin Locomotive Works 0-6-0 steam switching locomotive...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, convicted Paul Senat today of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns and theft of government funds, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Mississippi Department of Health and Mississippi Department of Public Safety Receive Awards Totaling $1.7 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Brandon.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Yellowstone hosted 170,038 visits in October 2019. This is a 22% decrease from October 2018.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Hongjin Tan, a 35 year old Chinese national and U.S. legal permanent resident, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to committing theft of trade secrets from his employer, a U.S. petroleum company.

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: SAN JOSE- Michael Rice, a/k/a Redwood, and Alberto Moreno, a/k/a Doughboy, pleaded guilty today to racketeering conspiracy charge for their respective roles as associates of the Nuestra Familia prison gang, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The guilty pleas were accepted by the Honorable Beth L. Freeman, United States District Judge.

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: WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan, Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, FBI Director Christopher Wray, U.S. Cyber Command Commander and NSA Director Gen. Paul Nakasone, and CISA Director Christopher Krebs today released the following joint statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the 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"), and Jay N. Lerner, Inspector General of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC")...

By EPA Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 9:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.

By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) announced today that the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee will hold a markup on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 9:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.
By State Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on President Erdogan’s visit to Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND - Saul Espinoza was sentenced today to seven years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, 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 Jeffrey S. White, U.S. District Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kingman Field Office will host a public scoping meeting November 19 to present a proposed mine plan from Kalamazoo Materials Inc. that would allow for expansion of an existing decorative rock mineral material site near the town of Chloride in Mohave County.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 12, 2019
News Release: Abingdon, VIRGINIA - A former Scott County Sheriff’s Deputy pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Abingdon to embezzling more than $20,000 of unworked overtime payments from a federal DMV program over the course of three years and wire fraud for his role in a scheme to defraud the Department of Criminal Justice Services, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced.