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 against Four R Ranch LLC, Greg Ryan and Tim Ryan (Four R Ranch), Rineyville, Kentucky, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act (Act).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on November 4, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers arrested 19 individuals in several counties throughout Massachusetts during a four-day enforcement action, targeting criminal aliens who have been convicted or charged with fentanyl, heroin, and other drug-related trafficking crimes. Many of these criminal aliens were released from local law enforcement custody into Massachusetts communities with no notification to ICE.
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 Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Tuscarora Field Office, is seeking public comment on Clover Nevada II, LLC’s proposed expansion to their Pony Creek Exploration Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Stamatios “Tom" Kousisis, 62, of Downingtown, PA was sentenced to 70 months’ imprisonment, three years’ supervised release, and a $17,500 fine by United States District Judge Wendy Beetlestone for a multi-million dollar fraud he perpetrated against the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Kousisis was found guilty of wire fraud and related charges after a 19-day jury trial in August 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Special Agents of the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch are seeking help from the public to recover a stolen artifact from John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez, California. On the night of July 23, 1978, an unknown person(s) broke into a park display case and took a gold pocket...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $182,700 to Toronto-based Mavennet Systems, Inc. to adapt its oil and gas industry blockchain security technology for Custom Border Protection (CBP) to track cross-border oil imports.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Lachann Alexis Green, age 36, of Laurel, Maryland, on federal wire fraud charges in connection with a scheme to embezzle money from her employer. The indictment was returned on November 4, 2019, and was unsealed at her initial appearance today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Kirk Johnson, 43, of Pearl River County, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 33 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Resident Agent-in-Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Task Force. Johnson was also ordered to pay a $1500 fine.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Campers can explore the wilds of the park and experience the wonders of nature as they are guided by experienced and enthusiastic staff. Campers will set up tents and string up tarps for shelter at their base camp, learn how to use a backpack stove to cook hot chocolate and soup, discover the desert’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MARILYN VEGA, 35, and BEKIM MUCA, 46, both of Waterbury, have pleaded to federal offenses stemming from an investigation of a drug overdose death in Plymouth.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS - After a three-day trial, a jury today convicted a Lodge Pole man accused of assaulting his girlfriend on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: I’m here to share a secret with the American people.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Charges Los Lunas Man with Making Threats.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: The Defendant is also Charged with Structuring Offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Mitchell Dewayne May, Jr., 28, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 60 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release and a $3000 fine, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 6, 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 imposed sanctions on Huxtable’s Kitchen Inc. (Huxtable’s), Vernon, California, for failing...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Acted as Illegal Agents of a Foreign Government by Providing Information About Twitter Users to Representatives of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh and charged with violations of federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
