News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JERROD STEELE, 31, of Ledyard, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing cocaine.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint under the PACA against Genaro Produce Incorporated. The company, operating from Florida, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to ten produce sellers in the amount of $284,981 from September 2016 through October 2018.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: Today, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published in the Federal Register a notice on a Diabetes Protocol for Applicants Seeking to Exercise Air Transport, Commercial, or Private Pilot Privileges. The innovative new protocol makes it possible for airline transport or commercial pilots with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) to potentially receive a special-issuance medical certification.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge today sentenced a Chicago man to 15 years in prison for robbing suburban retail stores at gunpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DR. ANDREW J. VAN ATTA, age 37, from Wasilla, Alaska, was charged today with wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal jury convicted a Charleston man today after a two day trial, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. The jury found Michael Q. Cottrell, 23, guilty of being a felon in possession of firearms on Aug. 25, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Aaron Lee Patrick, 30, of Loomis, was sentenced today to five years and 11 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley for crashing a truck into a gun store and stealing at least five guns, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA - Malik Martinez was sentenced to 72 months in prison for committing heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine trafficking and firearm crimes, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Resident Agent in Charge David Pharo, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Major Alfredo Escanio, Southern Region B Commander, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, announced that defendant, Alan Francisco Wheelock, 33...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Kansas City, Missouri, men were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a series of armed robberies.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON (Nov. 7, 2019) The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation announced today that Ovation and REELZ will broadcast the 2019 National Christmas Tree Lighting on Monday, Dec. 9. Viewers can tune in to watch the broadcast at 8 p.m. ET on REELZ and 9 p.m. ET on Ovation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI -United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today that V.I.P.D. Officer Yomont King pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JERROD STEELE, 31, of Ledyard, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 70 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - The Department of Justice today announced awards of approximately $95 million to support public safety efforts in the state of Tennessee. The funding from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), and Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for possession of a loaded firearm and possession with intent to distribute heroin in Newark U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Miami, FL pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiring to distribute kilograms of cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: Dwyon Moore was sentenced to 322 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for the armed robberies of five separate businesses in Cleveland, Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Hampton woman pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and 40 grams or more of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Scottsdale, Arizona, has been sentenced in federal court to 32 months' imprisonment and two years of supervised release on his conviction of mail fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: Charges Stem from 680 Detained at Largest, Single-State Worksite Enforcement Action in Nation’s History.
