News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Vermont Christina E. Nolan announced that Esperanza Delarosa, 52, and her daughter Susan Mateo, 28, were both sentenced to prison terms for conspiring to distribute heroin, fentanyl and oxycodone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A former resident of Monmouth County, New Jersey, was indicted today on charges that he made threatening telephone and email communications to elected state officials, judges, law enforcement officers, and attorneys, and phoned in false bomb threats to local and state government offices, a police department, two law firms and a commercial establishment, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on the Stop the Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act, bipartisan legislation introduced today by Reps. John Katko (R-NY) and Kathleen Rice (D-NY) to combat illicit fentanyl, of which Walden is an original cosponsor.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Dear Archivist Ferriero: I write to request email communications between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama. In January 2018, I requested the Department of Justice (DOJ) produce emails Secretary Clinton sent to President Obama while she was located in the “territory of a sophisticated...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Burlington, VT - The U.S. Marshals Service arrested a fugitive for the Vermont Department of Corrections that had been on the run for 11 years.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated 24 Georgia counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Brian Scheckla, 61, of Burney, charging him with unlawful dealing in firearms, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: Superintendent Scott Tucker is pleased to announce that Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) will be fee-free on Monday, Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day. Come and enjoy your park during this special time of year and on this special fee-free day!.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Brian Scheckla, 61, of Burney, charging him with unlawful dealing in firearms, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MICHAEL BELLE, also known as “MB," 21, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 87 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a violent street gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Daniel Joseph Zirk (23, Spring Hill) has been arrested and charged by a federal criminal complaint with attempted bank robbery and using a firearm during a crime of violence. Zirk made his initial appearance in federal court today and was detained.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was charged in federal court Tuesday with five armed robberies, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced that Vito Gallicchio, 50, a Staten Island resident, was sentenced yesterday to 144 months in prison for conspiring to distribute oxycodone.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site is pleased to announce upcoming dates for the 2019-2020 Lantern Tour program. These popular guided tours lead participants on an after-dark experience through either the reconstructed Fort Vancouver or the historic Vancouver Barracks.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) received the 2019 Leadership in Homeland Security Award from the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) at their annual meeting in Chicago. DHS I&A received the award jointly with the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Boston Police Department.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 2019 -- Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new partnership with the Food Waste Reduction Alliance, the latest effort in the Winning on Reducing Food Waste Initiative launched by the three federal agencies in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Fredrick Brown, 38, of Las Vegas, Nevada, a former civilian medical records administrator for the U.S. Army at the 65th Medical Brigade, Yongsan Garrison, South Korea, admitted yesterday to his role in an identity-theft and fraud scheme that victimized thousands of U.S. servicemembers and veterans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: A Texas man pleaded guilty today to defrauding victims around the United States by selling them fake “standby letters of credit” and other forged and fraudulent bank documents. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Assistant Director in Charge Timothy R. Slater of the FBI’s Washington Field Office made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it will require Symrise AG to divest its chicken-based food ingredient manufacturing facility in Banks County, Georgia, in order to proceed with its proposed $900 million acquisition of International Dehydrated Foods LLC (IDF) and American Dehydrated Foods LLC (ADF) from IDF Holdco Inc. and ADF Holdco Inc.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: The former CEO and chief operations officer (COO) of a Monaco-based intermediary company have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to corruptly facilitate millions of dollars in bribe payments to officials in multiple countries. These included Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya and Syria. The company’s former business development director also pleaded guilty for his role in paying bribes in Libya.
