News from November 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: Defendants believed guns were headed to Mexican drug cartels. Conviction also includes distribution of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - A former Pollock inmate was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison for attacking a Pollock staff member, said U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge William F. Jung today sentenced Howard Joseph Vorder Bruegge, III (36, Tampa) to 11 years and 8 months in federal prison for possessing and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - On Nov. 21, 2019, Keithley Parris, 32, of St. Croix, appeared before Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon for an Initial Appearance after his arrest by Homeland Security Investigations Special Agents on the charges of Conspiracy to Possess Cocaine with Intent to Distribute and Possession...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: DOLORES, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management will be offering Christmas tree permits in the greater Dolores area from Nov. 25 - Dec. 24. Permits may be purchased for $8 per tree at the BLM Tres Rios Field Office, 29211 CO-184 in Dolores, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. The BLM accepts cash, credit card, or check.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: Executive Paid Bribes to a Russian Official So His Company Could Win Highly Sensitive Nuclear Fuel Transportation Contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: Law Enforcement Commemorates 25th Anniversary of Deadly Shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - After deliberating an hour on Thursday afternoon, a federal jury of six men and six women found Scott A. Anthony guilty of eight counts of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DAVID PITTMAN, age 49, of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on Nov. 21, 2019 to conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: The former president of Transportation Logistics Inc. (TLI), a Maryland-based transportation company that provides services for the transportation of nuclear materials to customers in the United States and abroad, was found guilty today for his role in a scheme to bribe an official at a subsidiary of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation and on related fraud and conspiracy charges.
By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, this morning made the following statement on South Korea’s decision to conditionally suspend the termination of the Japan-South Korea General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA)...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that United States District Judge Terry F. Moorer sentenced defendant Deonta Terrell Felts, 26, to imprisonment for 147 months for interference with commerce by robbery and for brandishing a firearm during and...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: 11 Co-Defendants, Including Leader of Queens-Based Methamphetamine Distribution Organization, Previously Pleaded Guilty to Related Drug Distribution, Extortion and Illegal Gambling Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: New Jersey/Pennsylvania Doctor Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes and Kickbacks In Exchange for Prescribing Powerful Fentanyl Drug.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Ely District is accepting applications for temporary seasonal firefighters. The application deadline is Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Applications submitted by Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019 will receive first consideration.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: Attorney General William P. Barr today launched a national strategy to address missing and murdered Native Americans. The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Initiative places MMIP coordinators in 11 U.S. Attorney’s offices who will develop protocols for a more coordinated law enforcement...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY - The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered a permanent injunction against Foo Yuan Food Products Company Inc. (Foo Yuan) of Long Island City, New York, its Owner and President Hsing Chuang, and its Secretary Susan Chuang. The injunction permanently enjoins...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOHN T. FINKLE III, 58, of, East Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a scheme to defraud an Illinois-based company of more than $3 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former executive at StyleHaul Inc., a digital marketing company that represents “influencers" on Instagram and YouTube, pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for embezzling more than $22 million from his employer and then using the stolen money for personal expenses and crypto-currency gambling.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2019
News Release: This is the second federal trial conviction in Philadelphia on this charge just this week.
