News from November 2019
By USDA Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Oct. 2, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision with Jonathan Allen Sivertson Jr., doing business as Sivertson Farms (Sivertson), of Souris, N.D., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Marty, South Dakota, man convicted of Kidnapping was sentenced on November 4, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sean Bernard Williams, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 51 months incarceration for his role in a major drug distribution operation that spanned two states, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA -- Special Agent in Charge Jonathan A. Wilson of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Philadelphia Field Division announced today that 40,798.33 pounds of prescription drugs were collected across Pennsylvania and Delaware by the DEA and its partners during the Prescription Drug Take-Back Day event on Oct. 26, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: HAGERSTOWN, Md. - At approximately 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 5, 2019, the Hagerstown Police Department and the Washington County Narcotics Task Force were alerted to the presence of suspected methamphetamine production in the 400 block of Guilford Ave., Hagerstown, Md.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Philadelphia, PA - On November, 6th, at approximately 7:30pm, members of the U.S. Marshals Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crimes Fugitive Task Force and Philadelphia Police arrested Khalif Moore, 33. Moore was wanted by the Philadelphia Police Department for homicide by vehicle in relation to a October...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
Release: TULSA - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today joined with the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety to update Oklahomans on the status of REAL ID in their state. Starting Oct. 1, 2020, travelers in all U.S. states will need a REAL ID-compliant driver license or ID card or another acceptable form of identification to board a flight at all U.S. airports.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on November 5, 2019, a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment against Shawn Karst (age: 43) of Oshkosh. The indictment charged Karst with Perjury, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1623(a). If convicted, Karst faces a maximum of 5 years’ imprisonment, up to a $250,000 fine, and up to 3 years of supervised release.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced approximately $8 million in federal funding for three projects through DOE’s 2019 Grid Modernization Lab Call. These three projects are part of a larger Department-wide funding announcement totaling approximately $80...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that William C. Read, 34, of Bath, NY, who was convicted of the online enticement of a minor, was sentenced to serve 132 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Jennifer Riccardi, 46, a former U.S. Postal Service employee who worked at the main mail processing center in Cleveland, was sentenced for her role in a scheme to steal from the U.S. mail and commit access device fraud. Judge John R. Adams sentenced Riccardi to 56 months of incarceration, three years...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Peever, South Dakota, man convicted of abusive sexual contact was sentenced on November 4, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Defendant connected to seizure of over 1,500 kilos of cocaine bound for Europe and the Caribbean aboard fishing vessels.
By State Newswire | Nov 6, 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 Ambassador William Taylor, Chargé d’Affaires Ad Interim For U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River District’s fire personnel will conduct prescribed burning in Parker, Ariz. between November 15 and Dec. 15, as weather conditions allow. The burn area is located seven miles northeast of Parker and half-a-mile west of Parker Dam Road near Crossroads, on the California side of the Colorado River.
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 Plum Boro resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the results of the 2019 Grid Modernization Lab Call with funding of approximately $80 million over three years. This funding aims to strengthen, transform, and improve the resilience of energy infrastructure to ensure the nation’s access to reliable and secure sources of energy now and in the future.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - James Vincent Scott, of Hudson, Ohio, was sentenced today to 50 months incarceration for a sex charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Defendant allegedly sold drug as supplement to online customers in Massachusetts.
