News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, Senator Abel Nazario-Quiñones and seven other defendants were arrested and charged in a one-count indictment alleging theft or bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds, announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The FBI is in charge of the investigation with the collaboration of the Puerto Rico Comptroller’s Office, and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Inspector General (OIG).
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Metal detectors now appear routinely in the entrances of many schools, airports and even houses of worship. They serve as portals to correctional facilities, prisons and courthouses, and guards often wave the hand-held models around the bags of incoming ticketholders at sports arenas, too. The increased...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The former chairman of the Blackfeet Tribe today admitted charges in an overtime pay scheme in which persons who worked in the tribe’s Head Start program, including his wife, defrauded the child assistance program of $174,000, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Tiffany Edmundson, age 31, of Greenbelt, Maryland, today to 78 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to commit two armed robberies. Judge Grimm also ordered Edmundson to pay restitution of $1,740.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: As Prepared for Delivery. I’m pleased to have the opportunity to fill in for Senator Sanders in his role today. I assume it comes with 8.8 million twitter followers and a cameo on Saturday Night Live. This afternoon, this committee will have an important debate about fixing the federal budget. It’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Law Enforcement Arrests Three After Seizure of Approximately 114 Pounds of Methamphetamine and Two Pounds of Heroin on Mississippi Gulf Coast.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 37-year-old Alton resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for conspiring to smuggle nearly 20 kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BENJAMIN GREGOR, 34, of Uncasville, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a southeastern Connecticut drug trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TYLON CEASAR, 19, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of distribution of heroin.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: CATOOSA, Oklahoma, November 6, 2019 - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to improve tribes’ and tribal members’ access to farm conservation programs to advance conservation in Indian Country. The MOU was...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge convicted 47-year-old Bradley Lane Croft, owner of Universal K-9, Inc., of scheming to defraud the federal government with respect to the use of GI Bill benefits to train service canines and their handlers, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Special Agent...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY-17) released the following statement after Congressman Pete Visclosky announced his retirement at the end of the 116th Congress.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, NV - The Bureau of Land Management 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 Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Kula, Maui - Haleakalā National Park is proposing to allow the use of Type 1,2 and 3 electric bicycles (e-bikes) on all roads where traditional bicycles are currently permitted. This change would be reflected in the Superintendent’s Compendium, a listing of public regulations for both the Summit and Kipahulu Districts of the park.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., have launched an investigation into the Treasury Department’s Opportunity Zone designation of Storey County, Nev., and whether political appointees interfered in the process to potentially steer millions in tax breaks to longtime associates.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that HUGH BRIAN HANEY pled guilty in Manhattan federal court today to money laundering charges, based on his attempt to launder the proceeds of a narcotics trafficking operation that HANEY ran on the Dark Web site known as “Silk Road." U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff presided over the defendant’s guilty plea.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-An East Glacier woman who taught elementary school on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced today to two years in prison and five years of supervised release for sexually abusing two students, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
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 Robert J. Kapishkowit (Age: 26), an enrolled member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, and a resident of Neopit, which is on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Ridgway, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 23 years in jail, lifetime supervised release and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,396 on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Waitman Larry Frederick, of Glenville, West Virginia, has admitted to his role in a drug distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
