News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: Doniel A. Heard, 37 of Canton, pleaded guilty on Oct. 29, 2019, to assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Little remains of the Plutonium Finishing Plant’s (PFP) main processing facility at the Hanford Site after workers completed demolition of its lower-risk portions last week.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A duo accused of conspiring to possess meth now face up to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to their respective roles in the crime, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: DENVER - Americans nationwide have once again shown their strong support for DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by dropping off nearly 883,000 pounds of medications during the October 2019 Take Back event.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor Mission Support Alliance (MSA) recently hosted the 2019 Connect Tri-Cities, an event that brought together 1,200 high school students, job seekers, employers, educators, labor union representatives, tribal members, veterans, and others to help build the local workforce of the future.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys John Parmley (619) 546-7957 and Caroline Han (619) 546-6968.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter Strasser announced today that JOSE ARMANDO VILLALOBOS (“VILLALOBOS"), age 49, pleaded guilty on Oct. 31, 2019 to a one-count indictment for preventing or hampering his departure from the United States after he was ordered removed by a U.S. Immigration Court in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1253(a)(1)(C).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Mexican national man was sentenced to twelve months and one day of incarceration for the felony offense of reentry of a removed alien, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jose Guadelaupe Camarena-Jacinto, 38, entered a guilty plea on September 4, 2019. At the conclusion...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today the formation of the new Procurement Collusion Strike Force (PCSF) focusing on deterring, detecting, investigating and prosecuting antitrust crimes, such as bid-rigging conspiracies and related fraudulent schemes, which undermine competition in government procurement, grant and program funding.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: Laurel Falls Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park reopened today, November 5, 2019, following road work on November 4. Road crews will continue to pave pullouts and parking areas on each side of Fighting Creek Gap Road and Little River Road from Sugarlands Visitor Center to the Townsend “Wye" intersection over the next few weeks, weather permitting. Motorists should expect short delays and allow extra time when traveling in these areas of the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Donora, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to fourmonths incarceration, followed by three years of supervised release, the first sixmonths of which will be home detention, on his conviction of violating a federal narcotics law and federal firearm law, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today announced he is conducting an investigation into the rising costs of prescription drugs and the short supply of critical medications affecting hospitals and patients...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Four of the region’s top law enforcement officials will speak with students.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Nigerian woman pleaded guilty today to leading a conspiracy to import more than five kilograms of cocaine, as well as to her role in a separate bank fraud scheme, and to making false statements relating to fraudulent claims submitted to Medicaid for reimbursement.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - Employees at EM’s West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Site routinely communicate their efforts to be good stewards of the environment to a variety of people, from stakeholders in the surrounding community to the site’s cleanup crews.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C., November 5, 2019 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will lead a trade mission to Mexico November 6-8 to forge new opportunities with U.S. agriculture’s largest bilateral trading partner and second-largest export market. The Secretary will be joined by Under Secretary for Trade...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - A federal jury has found Augustin Dalusma guilty of 12 counts of filing false claims against the Internal Revenue Service and three counts of making or subscribing to false tax returns. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison for each count of filing a false claim and up to three years’ imprisonment for each count of making a false tax return. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 27, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for evading more than $2.3 million in personal and corporate income taxes between 2002 and 2011, and in 2015, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 40-year-old Laredoan faces up to life in prison for importing a large amount of cocaine via the Gateway to the Americas International Bridge, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Sandra Haar, 59, of Merced, was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neil to five years in prison and ordered to pay $6,107,846 in restitution for health care fraud and conspiracy to receive kickbacks, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Haar was ordered to self-surrender on Jan. 15, 2020, to begin serving her sentence.
