News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, New Jersey, man appeared in court today on charges of producing, receiving, and possessing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: A Sioux City man involved in two separate robberies, after several convictions for violent state offenses, was sentenced on Nov. 22, 2019 to twelve years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management Southern Nevada District today announced the availability of a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) to address potential environmental consequences, emergencies and public safety issues associated with excess wild horses and burros. The BLM, Southern Nevada District preliminary 10-year Wild Horse and Burro, Emergency, Public Safety and Nuisance Gather EA will be available for public review and comment for a period of 30 days.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Nov. 22, 2019, the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Puerto Rico, filed a complaint and a settlement agreement against the Muncipality of Sabana Grande in the United States District Court, for violations of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §3729 et seq., announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., Nov. 25, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has prepared and is accepting comments on data sheets regarding certain taxa of plants for planting that are quarantine pests or hosts of quarantine pests. Based on the scientific ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: Richland Man Found Guilty of 47 Counts in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: On Nov. 21, 2019, four Georgia residents had their initial appearances in South Florida on charges related to their alleged involvement in an international scheme to defraud retirees of their veterans and social security benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Dustin Grant, 34, of Colebrook, was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison for the distribution of Suboxone, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: White, who also robbed a taxi cab driver, had a violent criminal history.
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 DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced the former sheriff of Pickens County to 18 months in prison for wire fraud and filing false tax returns, announced United States Attorney Jay E. Town, FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr. and IRS-Criminal Investigations Atlanta Field Division Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Holloman.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jonathan York and Tommy Morris, two former correctional officers at the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee, with federal civil rights, conspiracy, and obstruction offenses, announced Assistant Attorney General Eric...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - A Cranston man who, two days after being arrested on domestic violence charges in May 2018, was discovered to be in possession of images of child pornography pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to distributing and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: The defendant faked a record as a decorated Navy SEAL to collect numerous forms of compensation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: For Possession with Intent to Distribute More than 500 Grams of a Mixture or Substance Containing a Detectable Amount of Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 72 months in jail on his conviction of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasnaow today sentenced Ricky Sanabria, Jr., age 27, of Salisbury, Maryland, to five years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of stolen firearms.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior’s National Park Service today announced $47.8 million in emergency supplemental assistance grants for the recovery and repair of historic resources in areas impacted in 2018 by Hurricanes Florence and Michael, as well as Typhoon Yutu. Communities in Alabama...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Nov. 22, 2019, the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Puerto Rico, filed a complaint and a settlement agreement against the Muncipality of Sabana Grande in the United States District Court, for violations of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §3729 et seq., announced W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 25, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Dan Zhong, a former diplomat of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), was sentenced by United States District Judge Ann M. Donnelly to 190 months’ imprisonment and a $50,000 fine. Zhong, the former head of U.S. operations of Chinese Liaoning Rilin Construction...
