News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a man from South Africa was sentenced to time served on October 4, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court. He previously pled guilty to Transportation of Obscene Matter.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Austin, TX - On Sept. 11, 2019, all four Presidentially appointed U.S. Marshals from the Great State of Texas assembled in Austin as guests of Governor Greg Abbott to pay tribute to Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal (SDUSM) Norm Merkel who died in the line of duty on Jan. 16, 2019. The governor...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Brandon Mardell Woods, 35, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty to one count of robbery and two counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence for his involvement in two robberies in the Central West End. Woods appeared before U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for Jan. 27, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Eugene, OR - Combined efforts of the United States Marshals Service, Oregon State Police, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the Coburg Police Department, and additional law enforcement agencies led to dozens of arrests and hundreds of sex offender compliance checks in communities across Oregon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Traverse Anesthesia Associates, P.C. ("TAA"), and six of its anesthesiologists, agreed to pay the United States $607,966 to resolve allegations, under the federal False Claims Act, that they falsely submitted certain anesthesia...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Philip Finn, Jr., age 49, of Plains, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on October 9, 2019, before United States District Court Judge James M. Munley, to use of fire to commit stalking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Bryan G. Vonderahe, 45, of Kirkwood, Missouri, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of wire fraud. Vonderahe appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for Jan. 16, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: In an effort to provide as much opportunity for conducting business in the park(s) as possible, Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area, and Obed Wild & Scenic River will now accept applications for commercial use authorizations year-round. A late fee will apply after the open period for applications, which is January 1 through March 31.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Hampton man was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for distributing cocaine and heroin while possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron has sentenced Carlos Humberto Moreno-Hernandez (49, Honduras) to 41 months in federal prison for illegally re-entering the United States after previously being deported. Moreno-Hernandez had pleaded guilty on July 19, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Jaime Lynn Slade, 33, of Bonne Terre, Missouri, was indicted today by a federal grand jury for her involvement in a healthcare fraud scheme with her former employer Dr. Antoine Adem and Midwest Cardiovascular.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Law enforcement has arrested six Orange County residents charged in an indictment alleging three defendants conspired to traffic more than two dozen firearms - including 12-gauge shotguns and AR-style rifles - while other defendants, including a convicted sex offender, illegally possessed firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Mary Ann Gibson, 63, of St. Louis, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one felony charge of bank fraud. Gibson appeared this morning in front of United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey who accepted her plea and set her sentencing date for Jan. 16, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Athens, Georgia- A Walton County, Georgia man, known as “ThePedoMan" on child pornography websites, was sentenced in federal court to 41 months in prison, announced Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. John McCurdy, a/k/a John McCurdy-Walker, 27, of Loganville...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Credit Corporation today announced that the marketing assistance loan rate for 2020-crop base quality upland cotton is 52 cents per pound.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a man from South Africa was sentenced to time served on October 4, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court. He previously pled guilty to Transportation of Obscene Matter.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: SANTA ANA, Calif. - Law enforcement has arrested six Orange County residents charged in an indictment alleging three defendants conspired to traffic more than two dozen firearms - including 12-gauge shotguns and AR-style rifles - while other defendants, including a convicted sex offender, illegally possessed firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Defendant allegedly sold counterfeit Lawful Permanent Resident cards.
By State Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Chairman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee today issued the following statement on protests in Iraq, where violence has left over 100 dead and thousands wounded...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., released a study today showing taxpayers are footing the bill for millions in administrative costs for harmful work requirements with little oversight from the Trump administration.