News from October 2019
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: DURANGO - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced that Roger Chase Brassard, age 27, of Durango, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to serve 228 months (19 years) in federal prison for carjacking and using a firearm during a crime of violence. Following his prison sentence, Brassard will spend 5 years on supervised release. The defendant appeared at the sentencing hearing in custody, and was remanded at its conclusion.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Belgian man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to charges that he participated in an e-mail scam that used counterfeit cashier’s checks to defraud charities and law firms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Resisting and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on October 7, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: SENTENCING - Sylvia Diaz. On Sept. 30, Sylvia Diaz was sentenced to 4 years and 10 months in federal custody, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to acquire a firearm from a licensed firearms dealer by false or fictitious statement. She and her codefendant purchased in total 160 firearms in 50 separate...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - John Armstrong Jr. (30, North Fort Myers) has been arrested and charged by a federal criminal complaint with Hobbs Act robbery and attempted bank robbery. In addition, Tanya Legg (43, North Fort Myers) has been arrested and charged by a separate federal criminal complaint with bank robbery.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 8, 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 on the Water Infrastructure Funding Transfer Act, which was signed into law by President Trump...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant and 25th Judicial District Attorney General Mark Davidson announced today that the first phase of a joint federal, state and local law enforcement anti-violence initiative has resulted in the federal indictments of six individuals from Tipton County, TN.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced SERGIO EZEQUIEL ALVEAR, 23, of Clayton, NC to 37 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO - White Sands National Monument, in celebration of New Mexico’s first Indigenous Peoples’ Day, will be holding two special programs October 12 and 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Louisville, man, who pleaded guilty to possessing and dealing heroin, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release, by United States District Judge David J. Hale.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: CONCORD, NH - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Sergio Martinez, 29, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to leading a continuing criminal enterprise and participating in a money laundering conspiracy based...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former business manager of a Morris County, New Jersey, assisted living facility was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for stealing approximately $237,000 from an elderly victim under her care, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Sulphur, Okla. - On Friday, December 6th and Saturday, December 7th, 2019, Chickasaw National Recreation Area staff and volunteers will present the Historic Candlelight Tour in the Flower Park. In preparation for the tours, we are searching for volunteer assistance. There are a variety of volunteer opportunities as actors, tour guides, and to work behind the scenes. For more information on being a part of this festive event, call (580) 622-7234.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, today pushed the European Union to certify Kosovo’s Visa Liberalization Plan and grant visa liberalization to Kosovo. In letters to the President of the E.U. Commission, the President of the E.U. Council, and 28 E.U.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - John Armstrong Jr. (30, North Fort Myers) has been arrested and charged by a federal criminal complaint with Hobbs Act robbery and attempted bank robbery. In addition, Tanya Legg (43, North Fort Myers) has been arrested and charged by a separate federal criminal complaint with bank robbery.
By State Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Lead Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement about Democrats denying fairness in their impeachment probe...
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 JENOURI ROBERTS, 29, of Wilmington to 120 months’ imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release. ROBERTS was named in a three-count Superseding...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced that on October 8, 2019, 69 year old Richard John Massey was sentenced by District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey for Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct. Massey was sentenced to imprisonment for 40 months followed by a term of supervised release for 5 years.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the 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, sent a letter to Ambassador Gordon Sondland conveying a subpoena that compels him to testify at a deposition next Wednesday and to produce documents recovered from his personal devices before the deposition.
