News from November 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: November is National Family Caregivers Month. Alzheimer’s is a devastating disease which robs individuals of their memories and then their life. The disease also profoundly affects family caregivers. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 16 million Americans are providing unpaid care for people with dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease, amounting to 18.5 billion hours annually. The brunt of this work is done by family members.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Nov. 18, 2019, Timothy Wayne Lewis, Jr., 34, of Casa Grande, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan M. Brnovich to 17.5 years in prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. The defendant pleaded guilty on May 20, 2019, to second degree murder.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Celebrate the holiday season with a French Christmas Concert at the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center on Sunday, December 8, from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Local folk trio, Trois Canards, made up of Marti Pizzni, Suzanne Keldsen, and Dot Pakin, will sing traditional French Christmas songs.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder and FBI Special Agent in Charge Jeffery Peterson announce the District of Alaska’s role in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Initiative, a national strategy to address missing and murdered Alaska Natives and Native Americans, recently...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Weston man was arrested and charged yesterday in connection with a scheme to defraud private high schools and international students of millions of dollars in tuition and other fees.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 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 27, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - On Nov. 25, 2019, Michael Joseph Davis, 36, of Florence, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 8 years in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. The defendant pleaded guilty on Aug. 12, 2019, to Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Demontra Sharod Lucear has been convicted by a jury of conspiring to steal guns from federally licensed firearms dealers and to possessing stolen firearms. Lucear was one of seven defendants charged with conspiracy to burglarize ten gun stores in Georgia and Alabama from October through November 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Jeffrey T. Ehlers, 60, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today in Lincoln, Nebraska, to 84 months in prison by Chief United States District Judge John M. Gerrard, for possession of child pornography. In addition to his prison sentence, Ehlers will be required to serve 12 years on federal supervised release and register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Anmol Singh Kamra, 27, of Upper Darby, PA was convicted today at trial with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone outside the usual course of professional practice and with no legitimate medical purpose.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - Registered Nurse La Vang, of Newport, Minnesota, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for stealing prescription pain medication from his patient between April and August, 2018, as announced Nov. 27, by United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: In Separate Cases, Federal Indictments were Unsealed Charging Two Defendants for Allegedly Distributing Fentanyl-One of Which Resulted in Death.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Larry James Cline, 31, of Buhl, Idaho, was sentenced on Nov. 19, 2019 in U.S. District Court to 60 months in federal prison followed by 5 years supervised release, for attempted use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Cline pleaded guilty on Aug. 22, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Aubrey Meyers was charged with possession of cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Hilliard couple were sentenced in U.S. District Court for conspiring to commit and committing health care fraud. The husband and wife owned and managed a pharmacy and Suboxone clinic in Dublin.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint under the PACA against Custom Fresh Cuts Inc. The company, operating from California, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 10 produce sellers in the amount of $696,769 from November 2017 through June 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder and FBI Special Agent in Charge Jeffery Peterson announce the District of Alaska’s role in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Initiative, a national strategy to address missing and murdered Alaska Natives and Native Americans, recently...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: Zachary Clark Allegedly Disseminated ISIS Propaganda and Bomb-Making Instructions In an Effort to Incite Acts of Terrorism and Violence In New York City and Elsewhere.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Jack Hiller, age 56, of Port Crane, New York, was sentenced on Monday to 36 months in prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possessing child pornography. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and James N. Hendricks, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: Made over a Million Dollars in Seven Years - Hid it From the IRS to Avoid Paying Over $300,000 in Back Taxes.
