News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Alonzo Henderson, age 45, from Charles City, Iowa, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on October 4, 2019, after an April 19, 2019, guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Darryl De’Monte Thompson, 31, of Jackson, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves to serve 102 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for robbing a local Dollar General store in Jackson and brandishing a firearm during that crime of...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Hassayampa Field Office announces the temporary closure of public lands in Maricopa County for the Vulture Mine Off-Road Challenge official permitted off-highway vehicle race. The closure will occur from Friday, October 18 through Sunday, October 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The owner and safety manager of a charter bus company operating in Massachusetts pleaded guilty today to bribing a federal safety investigator in order to influence the safety review of the passenger buses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A federal prison inmate pled guilty to escape, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Linda Avila, 55, admitted that on Jan. 29, 2019, she walked away from the Federal Prison Camp at Alderson where she was serving a sentence for fraud. She was captured almost immediately, only a short distance from the prison. The Federal Prison Camp at Alderson is a minimum security prison for women.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s announcement of a formal impeachment inquiry into the president of the United States means that issue will likely dominate discussion in Washington for months. That’s a shame, because there are so many pressing matters for Congress that are much more consequential to the everyday lives of Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced DAMIAN GUTHARY, 24, of Fayetteville to 70 months imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Texarkana, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas and Justin King, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today that Dr. Lonnie Joseph Parker was arrested today on federal charges. A federal grand jury in the Western District of Arkansas indicted Dr. Parker on nine counts of Prescribing Without a Legitimate Medical Purpose Outside the Scope of a Professional Practice.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: On Sunday, Oct. 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Tumacácori will savor history through the fruitful harvest of membrillo (quince) cultivated in the heritage orchard. “Park volunteers and paid staff will see the fruits of their labor enjoyed by park visitors," says Superintendent Bob Love. Visitors...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Haitian man who previously resided in Florida was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with the fraudulent abuse of the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) Informed Delivery electronic notification system.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Jeffery L. Barnett, 49, of Winchester was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Danny C. Reeves, for the possession with the intent to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has formed a national alliance with the National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA), and Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) to protect the safety and health of workers in the solid waste industry.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Washington-Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN -United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan, sentenced ISAI SANCHEZ, 23, of Wilmington to 120 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release. SANCHEZ was named in a five-count Indictment...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Census Bureau officials to hold a live news conference detailing national hiring efforts and kick off of more than 2,020 recruitment events nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: STATESVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell handed down the statutory maximum prison sentence of 10 years to Antonio Carnell White, for illegally possessing multiple firearms, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. White, 29, of Hickory, N.C., was also ordered to serve two years under court supervision after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: A Washington, D.C., man pleaded guilty today to advertising child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: GREENVILLE - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard, sentenced Jordan Ray, 39, of Patterson, New Jersey, to 270 months’ imprisonment, followed by 6 years of supervised release. RAY was one of nine...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Sponsored by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, more than 225 educators, school nurses, counselors, mental health clinicians and others with an interest in student health have convened today at the Opioid Awareness Summit for Educators. The daylong summit is being held at Fresno State University.
