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 DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Timothy Elliot Wheeler, of Petersburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms violation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - VERNON WAYNE BROCK, 70, of Alva, has pleaded guilty to hiring someone to commit murder, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Providence man who admitted selling fentanyl and firearms on multiple occasions was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) is considering changing how visitors access the Fletcher’s Cove area in Washington, DC. The NPS invites the public to comment on alternatives that could.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ga. -The defendants involved in an online illegal gun purchase scheme targeting a Columbus firearms store have been sentenced for their crimes, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. U.S. District Judge Clay Land handed down the sentences on November ...
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 Elmira J. Corn (Age: 29), 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: FBI Uniform Crime Report shows 3.9% drop in violent crime in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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 Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
Release: ITHACA, NY - A Florida man was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration this morning with a 9 mm handgun and a magazine loaded with seven bullets, at the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport checkpoint. The TSA officer who was staffing the checkpoint X-ray monitor detected the handgun tucked inside the man’s backpack.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced selections for $128 million in new projects to advance solar technologies. Through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office, DOE will fund 75 innovative research projects that will lower solar electricity costs, while working to boost solar manufacturing, reduce red tape, and make solar systems more resilient to cyberattacks.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Jacques Orsini-Martinez, a/k/a “Papi" (43, Puerto Rico), Juan Orsini-Martinez a/k/a “Tio Cano" (44, Atlanta), Jose Manuel Robles Negron a/k/a “Chelo" (25, Puerto Rico), Pedro Javier Hernandez Sosa...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - An Iowa man is scheduled to appear in court today on charges of producing and distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced legislation Tuesday to create a Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices to help schools and their faculty, parents, and community officials identify school safety measures and resources for implementing them.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - U.S. Attorney John Milhiser and FBI Springfield Special Agent in Charge Sean M. Cox announced that nine Central Illinois men were arrested over the weekend related to a FBI Springfield Operation. The men have been charged in separate criminal complaints with attempted enticement of a child...
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 DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Braddock, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of narcotics trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO -Ali Alzabarah, Ahmad Abouammo, and Ahmed Almutairi, a/k/a Ahmed Aljbreen, were charged for their respective roles in fraudulently accessing private information in the accounts of certain Twitter users and providing that information to officials of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 6, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Southwick man pleaded guilty today to sending two packages, containing white powder, to federal agencies in Springfield.
