News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Adrian Romero is the First of Four Co-defendants to be Sentenced.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: LAWRENCEVILLE, Va., Nov. 4, 2019 - Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald “DJ" LaVoy announced USDA has invested nearly $3.8 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for more than 1,250 rural households in Virginia. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur announced that Saiontz & Kirk, P.A., a Baltimore-based law firm, has paid the United States $91,406.98 to resolve allegations that it failed to reimburse Medicare for conditional payments that had been made to medical providers on behalf of firm clients.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A pair of Houston men are set to appear in federal court for their alleged roles in the recent armored car robbery attempt at a local Walgreens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man was charged in federal district court with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, will begin selling Christmas tree cutting permits on Wednesday, November 13. The permit is valid from the date of purchase through December 24th. The permit allows the purchaser to cut only a pinyon pine or juniper tree (the cutting...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Ross Township, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Minor to Engage in Illegal Sexual Activity, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - Two men pleaded guilty Monday to selling fraudulent social security and U.S. permanent resident cards to individuals unlawfully living in the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - Brandy Kentia Steed, a/k/a "STEED," 40, has been sentenced to 180 months imprisonment on federal charges of possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. U.S. Attorney, D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of Houston Borough, Washington County (Pennsylvania), has been sentenced in federal court to more than 10 years and 10 months (130 months) in prison on his conviction for violating the federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Beatrice, Nebraska - On Sunday, November 10th Homestead National Monument of America will connect virtually with park rangers from Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site who will present their program: “People of the Earthlodge: Lifeways of the Hidatsa". This program with Knife River Indian Villages will take place at the Homestead Education Center at 2:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A pair of Houston men are set to appear in federal court for their alleged roles in the recent armored car robbery attempt at a local Walgreens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Edwin Rodriguez, a/k/a “Chaka," age 31, of Amsterdam, New York, was indicted on October 30 on charges that he distributed heroin mixed with fentanyl on two occasions, and possessed and intended to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin mixed with fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: The Des Moines Police Department and the United States Attorney’s Office announced the results of a summer enforcement effort, which took dozens of guns off the street and resulted in federal indictments against multiple violent criminals in Des Moines.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank joined the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in alerting the public to dangerous counterfeit pills killing Americans. Mexican drug cartels are manufacturing mass quantities of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid that is lethal in minute doses, for distribution throughout North America.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that Michael Allen Worley, age 57, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles to bank fraud and wire fraud. As a result of his conviction, Worley faces a significant term of imprisonment, a fine, and a period of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: A Madera County woman was sentenced today to 16 years and 8 months in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting the production of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service will commemorate Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11, with special events and free admission nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - On Nov. 1, 2019, Mark Alan Blankespoor, of Pella, Iowa, was sentenced to 80 months in prison by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Blankespoor was ordered by the Court to serve three years of supervised release to follow his prison term. Additionally, he must pay $8,464,103 in restitution to over 100 victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2019
News Release: Justice Department Resolves Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Against the Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
