News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Gerald Eugene Hampton, 34, a/k/a "G-30" has been sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) acting Special Agent in Charge Eben Roberts and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden have announced the results of a joint operation targeting child sexual abuse in the Treasure Valley over the weekend.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A previously convicted felon pleaded guilty today to possessing a firearm with a high-capacity magazine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge James C. Dever, III, sentenced JAMES ROBERT BONNETTE, 39, of Hubert, NC to 188 months’ imprisonment, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. BONNETTE pled guilty on July 22, 2019 to one count of receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI"), announced today the filing of a criminal indictment against...

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Nov. 25, 2019 - Lawrence J. Valdez, M.D., 50, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today to one count of unlawful distribution of controlled substances, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and Acting Special Agent in Charge Daniel D. Dodds of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Louisville Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - 42 individuals have been charged with federal drug and firearm offenses as part of a coordinated enforcement operation in the City of Holyoke dubbed “Operation Open Air.".
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: Buyers paid in bitcoin cryptocurrency. DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Timothy Howell, age 46, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez on Nov. 22, 2019, to 66 months imprisonment and 4 years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute cocaine...

By DOE Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: Draft Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment on Grazing Activities at Office of Legacy Management Sites.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - Salman Rashid, 23, of North Miami Beach, Florida, was arrested in South Florida based on a criminal complaint charging him with soliciting another person to commit a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - One man and two women are scheduled to be arraigned this morning on federal charges of defrauding elderly women by convincing the victims they needed financial assistance to cash purported winning lottery tickets.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Thirteen residents of Allegheny County, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, and six other defendants have been charged by criminal complaint, on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. The indictments...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ - On December 4, 2019 Casa Grande Ruins will host Dominic Henry as part of its annual speaker series. The presentation will begin at noon on December 4 featuring Casa Grande Ruins’ own Dominic Henry who will present a lecture titled "The Dimension of Uncomfortable Truths". The speaker series will continue every Wednesday at noon through March 4.

By USDA Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: Contact: press@oc.usda.gov. Washington, D.C., Nov. 25, 2019 - Consistent with the Commerce Department’s Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation on Sugar From Mexico (the Agreement), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today notified the Department of Commerce (Commerce) of...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham announced that Xavier Diaz, also known as “Coco," 30, of Willimantic, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dustin Post, 24, of Fredonia, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production of child pornography. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 30 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Morris County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for being a felon in possession of guns, possessing bombs, and precursor materials, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Malcolm M. Whiteside, 27, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 21 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Whiteside pleaded guilty to this charge on September 9, 2019.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service invites you to celebrate an Old West Christmas at Lees Ferry on Thursday, December 12 from 4 to 7 p.m. Lees Ferry is located 42 miles from Page, Arizona via Highway 89 south and Highway 89A west.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: Dear Chairman Capito and Ranking Member Tester...