News from October 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Cipollone: On Sept. 25, 2019, the White House released a memorandum roughly transcribing a July 25, 2019 call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. During the course of this conversation, President Zelensky thanked President Trump for the aid and support...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Nevada business owner and operator was arraigned in federal court today on charges related to a fraud scheme that allegedly defrauded from investors over $5 million, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Oct. 16, 2019, Jason Nicholas Feller, age 38, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance. Feller was sentenced to 200 months in prison to be followed by a term of supervised release of 5 years. Feller pleaded guilty in April of 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A New York man was indicted in federal court in Boston with the Aug. 19, 2019, armed robbery of a branch of the Bank of America in Revere.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment today against Gildardo Barrios, 40, and Marisa Munguia, 40, both of Chowchilla, and Maria Barrios-Alvarez, 44, of Stockton, charging them with multiple counts of distributing narcotics, including methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin. Barrios and Barrios-Alvarez were also charged with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 39-year-old Ore City, Texas man has been indicted for child exploitation charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Assistant United States Attorney Sandra R. Hebert, Deputy Criminal Chief for the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island, has been awarded a 2019 Neil J. Houston, Jr. Memorial Award by Justice Assistance.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - An Indianapolis man was indicted Thursday for conspiring to launder money illegally obtained from victims of elder financial exploitation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Chad Jeremy Monaghan, age 42, of Omak, Washington, and an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on June 3, 2019, to one...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Hector Absi, 51, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and securities fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Warmer-than-average temperatures are forecast for much of the U.S. this winter according to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. Although below-average temperatures are not favored, cold weather is anticipated and some areas could still experience a colder-than-average winter. Wetter-than-average weather is most likely across the Northern Tier of the U.S. during winter, which extends from December through February.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Josevan Arias, 25, of Posen, Illinois, and Elmer Rodriguez-Colio, 30, of Sacramento, charging both with conspiracy to distribute, and distribution of, heroin, and charging Arias separately with dealing firearms without a license, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: DEKALB AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES, Al. (Oct. 17, 2019) - Today, The Conservation Fund and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announce tremendous land protection successes within the Little River Canyon National Preserve to mark the 27th anniversary of the Preserve’s creation. The two non-profit organizations...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A member of the Greenway Boy Killas (GBK) gang has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Former Maryland State Delegate Tawanna P. Gaines, age 67, of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a federal wire fraud charge, admitting that she converted more than $22,000 in campaign funds to her personal use.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - Unrelated illegal aliens, falsely posing as families from Central and South America, continue to fraudulently circumvent U.S. immigration laws so they will be quickly released into the United States after turning themselves in to U.S. border authorities.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Sept. 30, a federally convicted illegal alien from Mexico, who is currently serving 60 months in prison on alien smuggling charges, was ordered to serve an additional nine and a half years in state prison for sexually assaulting a woman he was attempting to smuggle into the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that today in federal court, PAMELA GRACE FAULKNER, 58, of Greensboro, North Carolina, pled guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Health Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Teion Enlyn Vandamm, age 43, of Frederick, Maryland, entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B), punishable by not less than 5 and not more than 40 years imprisonment, a fine up to $5,000,000.00, or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 17, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, announced that Ken Cuccinelli, the Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and Matthew T. Albence, the Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), have agreed to testify voluntarily before the Subcommittee on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019.
