News published on Federal Newswire in October 2019

News from October 2019


Former Bordentown Township Police Chief Guilty of Lying to FBI

News Release: Jury Will Return Tomorrow to Resume Deliberations on Hate Crime and Use of Excessive Force.



News Release: WASHINGTON - 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...


News Release: Earlier today, a superseding indictment was unsealed in federal court in Central Islip variously charging six members and associates of the Red Stone Gorillas “set" of the Bloods street gang with racketeering, murder, robberies, narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses. The superseding indictment...


Kansas City Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Conspiracy

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for managing a conspiracy to distribute multiple pounds of methamphetamine in the Springfield, Missouri area.


Erie Residents Charged in Bank Fraud Scheme That Used the Homeless to Cash Stolen Checks

News Release: ERIE, Pa. - Two former residents of Erie, Pennsylvania have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of conspiracy and bank fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: Seattle - A 14-count indictment was unsealed today charging a citizen of Singapore, HO JUN JIA, a/k/a Matthew Ho, 29, with federal crimes related to his scheme to mine cryptocurrencies using stolen computing power and services, obtained with the stolen identity and credit card account information of...


Southeast Texas businessman convicted of sex trafficking a minor, related charges

News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Southeast Texas businessman was convicted in federal court Tuesday of sex trafficking of a minor female and other related charges.


Grand Jury Returns Indictments; Rock County Man Charged by Complaint

News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.


Man Who Attempted to Rob a South Side Bank in a Wheelchair is Indicted

News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of attempted bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.


News Release: BOISE - Jonathan Edward Ball, 35, of Boise, was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also sentenced Ball to serve three years of supervised release once he has completed his prison term. A federal grand jury indicted Ball on Sept. 11, 2018.


News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States filed a civil lawsuit to resolve potential claims to “Site avec 5 personnages" (the “Painting"), an acrylic work on canvas by renowned 20th century-artist Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)...


News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.


News Release: LAS VEGAS - Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested more than 30 during targeted enforcement actions late September in Las Vegas.


News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Special Agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration have arrested an Anchorage nurse practitioner and a Soldotna doctor on separate federal narcotics charges, which allege that they illegally distributed large amounts of opioids...


News Release: Subject to a Domestic Violence Protective Order.


News Release: G2 Sports violated numerous federal laws.


News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - October 9, 2019 - Dionte Breedlove, 25, of Nashville, was found guilty yesterday of robberies affecting interstate commerce and using a firearm during and in relation to crimes of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.


News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Seven people have been indicted for a scheme in which they stole and used credit and debit card numbers of gas station customers in Albany, Broome and Montgomery Counties.


Fort Wayne Man Sentenced To 120 Months In Prison

News Release: FORT WAYNE - Juan Williams, age 31, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady upon his plea of guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.