News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A close associate of a Whittier street gang has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for committing a series of drug-related and violent acts, including the attempted murder of a Whittier Police officer during a narcotics transaction.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ADAM LUMPKIN, age 35, a resident of Hammond, Louisiana, pled guilty on Oct. 22, 2019, to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Magistrate Judge Carol B. Whitehurst sentenced Gilvin P. Aucoin Jr., 53, of Ville Platte Louisiana, to two years of probation, during which time he must complete 120 hours of community service related to environmental conservation...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Donovan Young, 22, of Albuquerque, N.M, pleaded guilty this morning in federal court to a felony information charging him with using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. In entering the guilty plea, Young admitted brandishing a firearm while committing a carjacking on Nov. 2, 2018, in Albuquerque.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that John Krasley, 51, of Kutztown, PA, was convicted at trial of distributing, transporting, receiving and accessing child pornography after a week-long trial in Easton, PA.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Woodbridge couple has pleaded guilty to illegally trafficking at least 26 firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- Francis Bankins, 37, of the District, was sentenced to 80 months in prison yesterday for the unlawful possession of a firearm announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Albert Hessberg III, age 64, a disbarred attorney residing in Slingerlands, New York, was sentenced today to 68 months in prison for stealing at least $2 million in the course of defrauding his former clients and law firm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez for the Middle District of Florida announces the return of an indictment today of four individuals, including two Chinese nationals, an active-duty United States Navy officer, and his wife, on charges relating to a conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States District Judge David J. Hale has sentenced Elijah Eubanks to 119 months in federal prison to run concurrent with Jefferson County Circuit Court Case No 18-CR-1201, and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Russell Coleman.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Anthony Hall, 45, of Philadelphia, PA was convicted of conspiracy to distribute PCP and other substantive drug charges following a trial which lasted a week and a half.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: FBI Uniform Crime Report shows 3.9% reduction in violent crime in 2018; Robbery rate down in the six designated PSN cities in Massachusetts.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
Release: LATROBE, Pa. - An Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (LBE) on Thursday, Oct. 31, when they detected a loaded handgun in his carry-on bag. It marked the fourth gun caught at the airport’s security checkpoint so far this year.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The skies above the New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 3, will be a No Drone Zone, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of HAKEEM MALIK DONTAE FLAX, a/k/a “Keem," 33, to 220 months in prison for crimes related to violent gang activity, including conspiracy, distribution of heroin, and firearms violations.FLAX, who was convicted by a federal jury...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: Defendant arrested in Nov. 2018 after leading officers on high speed chase.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OR - Crater Lake National Park’s North Entrance Road and Rim Drive closes for the season on November 1st. All visitors to Crater Lake National Park must use Highway 62 to access the park from the south or west during these closures. The North Entrance Road and Rim Drive, with elevations...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: (Washington D.C.)- Senator Patty Murray ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks yesterday at the Committee’s October markup hearing where members voted to advance several bills to address health challenges families face. In her remarks, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Yankton, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
