News from October 2019
By State Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Boise, Idaho - U.S. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today met with Singapore’s Minister of Defense Heng Chee How in Boise. Minister Heng is visiting Idaho to observe Exercise Forging Sabre, a biennial exercise held by the U.S. Air Force and Royal Singapore ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - On October 8, 2019, Angel Armando Adrianzen of California was indicted by a Miami grand jury on fraud and extortion charges for engaging with call centers in Peru that took money from U.S. Spanish-speaking victims through lies and threats. Adrianzen, 45, was charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, five counts of wire fraud, five counts of mail fraud, and four counts of extortion.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge has sentenced a 30-year employee of a McHenry County manufacturing firm to a year and a day in federal prison for stealing trade secret information while planning to work for a rival company in China.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - October10, 2019 - Franklin Pineda-Caceras, aka “Bomba", 19, of Honduras, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury and charged with immigration violations, firearms and drug offenses, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee. Pineda-Caceras was previously charged last month with illegally re-entering the United States after having been previously deported.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and Subcommittees on Homeland Security wrote to the Trump administration urging “increased discipline and transparency" related to any exception to the automatic apportionment of funds for enforcement and removal operations (ERO) at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is pleased to announce world-renowned painter Ulrike Arnold and international artist Victor Van Keuren will join its Artist-in-Residence program October 7 to 19. The park invites the public to a grand unveiling of a four-dimensional exhibition of the artists' work...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was indicted today for making false statements in an immigration document and aggravated identity theft.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Republican Leader John Shimkus (R-IL), and Energy Subcommittee Republican Leader Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement applauding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed ruled to reduce lead in the nation’s drinking water.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Knowledge Sharpe, age 19, of Baltimore Maryland, to 12 ½ years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine, and for assaulting a federal officer.
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 Commerce Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Also possessed tactical vests. A Cedar Rapids man, responsible for possessing nine guns while using drugs, was sentenced October 9, 2019, to 120 months in prison. Logan Gerber, age 30, from Marion, Iowa, received the prison sentence after a May 6, 2019 guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a drug...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Joseph Green (619) 546-6955 and Sabrina Feve (619) 546-6786.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Brittany Berry, age 25, of Cortland, New York, pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy to sexually exploit a child and five counts of sexual exploitation of a child, announced 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 | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Leff, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office, announced the arrest of Héctor Emmanuel Soto.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - After a three-day jury trial, Sequna Copeland a/k/a "Cutthroat", 30, of Ripley, Tennessee has been found guilty of two counts of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty verdict today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced JAQUARIES WASHINGTON, 20, of Wilmington North Carolina to 132 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Investments will Benefit Nearly 231,000 Residents and Businesses WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2019 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald “DJ” LaVoy today announced that USDA is investing $251 million to upgrade rural electric systems in 13 states. The funding includes $38.2 million to finance smart grid technologies that improve system operations and monitor grid security.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: An employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was arrested today on charges related to his alleged disclosure of classified national defense information (NDI) to two journalists in 2018 and 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that UTC Laboratories Inc. (RenRX) has agreed to pay $41.6 million, and its three principals, Tarun Jolly M.D., Patrick Ridgeway, and Barry Griffith, have agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks ...
