News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge yesterday sentenced a Shelby County man on a charge of failure to register as a sex offender, announced Northern District of Alabama United States Attorney Jay E. Town and United States Marshal Martin Keely.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Justice Department Files Suit Against Walmart Inc. to Enforce Employment Rights of Naval Reservist.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: FRANKORT, Ky.- A Lexington, Kentucky, man admitted in federal court Wednesday that he trafficked 28 grams or more of crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Eighteen residents of Pittsburgh or the surrounding area and a Philadelphia man have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. The indictment follows an eight-month wiretap investigation into heroin trafficking from Philadelphia to the Pittsburgh-area for further distribution.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, SC - Join the National Park Service and the Lowcountry Stargazers on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 from 7:30 am - 1:00 pm at Fort Moultrie to track the transit of the planet Mercury as it moves across the face of the sun. There will be no entrance fee charged for Fort Moultrie on November 11 since this is a fee free day in recognition of Veterans Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Connecticut man pleaded guilty today to bringing more than a kilogram of cocaine into Virginia for local redistribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - With the plea of an 80-year-old Houston man, all 14 charged in the scam involving Continuum Healthcare and its various health centers have been convicted, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with Guatemala’s ambassador to the United States, Manuel Alfredo Espina, Tuesday to discuss how the U.S.-Guatemala border security partnership has contributed to the reduced number of apprehensions along the border.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Chicago, Illinois, woman convicted of Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: A former South Florida banker pled guilty today in connection with a scheme to steal over $60 million from investors and producers seeking financing for motion pictures and theater performances.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Amy Rake, 39, of Parkersburg, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Rake was prosecuted as part of Project Parkersburg - a major takedown and dismantling of a multi-state...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Sylvia Erickson, 41, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 7 ½ years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine in the Eau Claire, Wisconsin area. On Aug. 16, 2019, Erickson pleaded guilty to distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Two years ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the Department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Ochoa-Beltran organization laundered over $1 million in drug money profits.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 21-year-old resident of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for conspiring to import approximately 15 kilograms of cocaine into the United States from Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Three members of a drug-trafficking organization have pleaded guilty to their roles in distributing significant amounts of drugs in Camden, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Change doesn’t happen on its own. It’s led by dedicated and passionate people who are championing innovative solutions to tribal energy challenges. Indian Energy Champions is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy blog series spotlighting innovators in Indian energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky- A Shelbyville, Kentucky, man Todd G. Harris, 33, who previously admitted to drug possession with the intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Gregory VanTatenhove to 108 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio, 38-year-old Fredrick Brown, a former civilian medical records administrator for the U.S. Army at the 65th Medical Brigade, Yongsan Garrison, South Korea, admitted his role in an identity-theft and fraud scheme that victimized thousands of U.S. servicemembers and veterans, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Deputy Assistant Attorney General David Morrell, and Director Gustav Eyler of the Department of Justice’s Consumer Protection Branch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Lynchburg, VIRGINIA - Gary Hassler, the former head nurse at Rockbridge Regional Jail, was sentenced yesterday to 12 months and one-day in prison for falsifying documents in order to impede a federal investigation into civil rights abuses at the facility, First Assistant United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar announced.
