News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas; Andrew Parker, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS); Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI and Leslie Rutledge, Arkansas...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on October 8, 2019, Ey Lao (age: 34) of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, was found guilty following a jury trial in federal court in Green Bay, Wisconsin, of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - Today, a federal jury in South Florida convicted Brandon Michael Fleury, 22, of Santa Ana, California, of cybserstalking and sending a kidnapping threat to families of victims of a mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, announced U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida and Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Madison, Wis. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Thomas Strick, 60, Wausau, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to three months in federal prison for obtaining fentanyl by use of misrepresentation and fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Defendant Was on Supervision for Drug Trafficking at the Time of the Offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: A Toledo man was charged in federal court after law enforcement officials seized nearly 10 kilograms of what is believed to be fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Pengyi Li, 33, of Guangdong, China, appeared in federal court on Monday for arraignment on an indictment charging him with two counts of smuggling goods from the United States and two counts of violating the Export Control Reform Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jacob Rhett Holland, age 26, of Burneyville, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Felon In Possession Of Firearm. The charges arose from an investigation by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced three sentences for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine imposed by Chief District Court Judge John Jarvey on October 8, 2019. Joseph A. Brown, a 35 year-old Omaha, Nebraska, resident, was sentenced to ten years in prison, followed...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Beaver Falls, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has issued a final rule, effective Oct. 1, 2019, which updates the cost recovery fees that the BLM charges for processing certain actions undertaken by its mineral programs. Specifically, this final rule updates the fees charged to recover costs incurred...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Social Security Administration (SSA) employee pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for stealing more than $176,000 in Social Security benefits designated for elderly and disabled beneficiaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - David Mitchell Murray, 39, of Memphis has been sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin resulting in death. Also indicted as a co-defendant in this case was Glenda Aldape, 48, of Cordova. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Charges Include Murder, Murder Conspiracies, Robberies and Narcotics Distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Methuen man has was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - As directed by Congress, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will adjust the fee it charges to process oil and gas drilling permits on public and Indian lands for inflation, effective Oct. 1, 2019. That adjustment will increase the fee by $180, to $10,230.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: It’s great to be here with you today to talk about USMCA. This has been a top priority of mine this year because Americans stand to benefit greatly from USMCA.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS-An ex-law enforcement officer for the Fort Peck Tribes was sentenced today to six months in prison, two years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution and back taxes for stealing $40,000 from a tribal program intended to help youth, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Adam C. McFadden pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to wire fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. On April 1, 2019, McFadden previously pleaded guilty to unrelated wire and tax fraud charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Terry Lajeunesse, age 48, of Pottersville, New York, was arrested yesterday and charged by criminal complaint with possessing child pornography.
