News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND- Deborah Black, age 62, of Merrillville, Indiana, was charged by Information with one count of theft from a local government entity receiving federal funds, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By State Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: Washington-Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Acting Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released the transcript from the joint deposition of George Kent, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the European and Eurasian Bureau at the U.S. Department of State.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a two-year term of probation on her conviction of assisting her bank robber son evade law enforcement, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: Visitors to Glen Canyon National Recreation Area are advised to expect nighttime traffic delays on the Glen Canyon Bridge beginning at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 12 through 5 a.m. on Wednesday, November 13. This schedule will repeat each night through the morning of Saturday, November 16.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today held a hearing titled, “Implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill: Rural Development and Energy Programs."
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Anselmo Padron Martinez, age 47, a citizen of Mexico residing in Middletown, Virginia, was arrested Tuesday in Amsterdam, New York, during an effort to smuggle six Mexican citizens.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A federal jury found three men associated with a Texas health care company guilty today for their roles in a $150 million health care fraud scheme, one of which was a mayor in Texas at the time.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment and six years of supervised released on one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Zachary Cook, age 27, was sentenced today to 168 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Fayetteville.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sisseton, South Dakota, man convicted of abusive sexual contact was sentenced on November 5, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Sisseton, South Dakota, man convicted of abusive sexual contact was sentenced on November 5, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, NV - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Winnemucca District Office is seeking public comment on a proposal for a patent to transfer the Unionville Cemetery from Federal to County ownership. If the proposal is approved, Pershing County will be able to continue using the historic cemetery for family members closely related to those already buried there and will be able to create a new addition for other new burials.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan, in coordination with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, designated Poland into the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). Starting Nov. 11, 2019, citizens and nationals of Poland will be able to apply to travel to the United States for ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: CLINTON, N.C., Nov. 6, 2019 – Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald “DJ” LaVoy announced USDA has invested $23.7 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for nearly 8,750 rural households in North Carolina. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Ahmadreza Mohammadi-Doostdar, 39, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, and Majid Ghorbani, 60, an Iranian citizen and resident of California, have entered pleas of guilty to charges stemming from their conduct conducting surveillance of and collecting identifying information about American citizens and U.S. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: A fugitive and former Hillsboro, Oregon, tax fraud promoter, who had been on the run since he was supposed to start serving a 10 year prison sentence, was caught in Arizona and apprehended on Nov. 1, 2019, by the U.S. Marshals Service, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Electro-Plating Services Inc. (EPS), located in Madison Heights, Michigan, was sentenced in federal court in Detroit to five years of probation, and was ordered to pay restitution of $1,449,963.94 joint and several with Gary Sayers to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Sayers, EPS’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: U.S. District Court Judge R. Bryan Harwell sentenced defendant Bobby Paul Edwards, 54, of Conway, South Carolina, to 10 years in prison and ordered him to pay $272,952.96 in restitution to the victim. The defendant pleaded guilty on June 4, 2018, to one count of forced labor for coercing an African-American man with an intellectual disability to work extensive hours at a restaurant for no pay.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: As we mark Veterans Day 2019, the Justice Department announced two settlement agreements under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to protect and advance equal access for veterans with disabilities who use service dogs. One agreement is with Deerfield Inn & Suites, in Gadsden, Alabama. The second ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted a Hillsboro Beach, Florida, businessman today for tax evasion, employment tax fraud, and other tax crimes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
