News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - William James Farber, 39, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute narcotics, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - United States Attorney David C. Weiss announced that Kenneth Holland, 49, of Dover, was sentenced on Sept. 23, 2019, by U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika to 110 months in federal prison for possessing heroin with the intent to distribute and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 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 7, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: A Trenton, Maine man was sentenced today in federal court in Bangor for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: A multimedia art exhibition by ecologist and Joshua Tree National Park artist-in-residence Dr. Juniper Harrower, will open on Friday, October 18th, as the inaugural show at the new Black Rock Art Gallery located in Joshua Tree National Park. A Joshua Tree Love Story is a multimedia exhibition based on...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Oct. 2, 2019, Martell Roberts, age 24, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Roberts was sentenced to a prison term of 100 months to be followed by a term of supervised release of three years. Roberts was ordered to pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: A federal jury in Texas found a physician who was the owner and operator of a medical clinic in Houston, Texas, guilty today of participating in a $16 million Medicare fraud scheme in which she signed false and fraudulent “plans of care" and other medical documents for purported home health services.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Patterson man pleaded guilty today to defrauding concert promoters and investors of $550,000 by claiming to be able to secure well-known artists to perform concerts, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: On Sept. 24, 2019, the Office of Legacy Management released its Summary of Annual Site Environmental Reports (ASER) for Calendar Year 2018. The report is always done a year in retrospect and it provides a high-level overview of the environmental reporting that we complete throughout the year. LM is committed to stewardship by ensuring environmental protection, compliance, and sustainability. The report is available on the EMS Goals/Progress/Plans/Reports page.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham. United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN GREGAN, 33, of Windsor Locks, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to one count of receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid today sentenced three defendants to prison terms for possession of guns as felons. The cases are separate and unrelated, but all involve illegal weapons in the Quad City area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Dayvon Nicole Brown, 25, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania was convicted at trial of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: GLENNALLEN, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Proposed Haines Amendment to the Ring of Fire Resource Management Plan. The amendment will guide future land management action on approximately 317,000 acres of BLM-managed public lands in the Haines area.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Tucson Field Office will begin a project in mid-October to stabilize the Fairbank Mercantile building located at the Fairbank Historic Townsite, in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. The year-long construction work will ensure public safety and create a shared conservation stewardship legacy for current and future generations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Today, U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Filiberto “Beto" Chavez, 38, of Fresno, to 20 years and 10 months in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, conspiring to engage in interstate travel for prostitution and use of a cellphone to promote prostitution, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two former corrections officers at the Jackson County Detention Center have been convicted by a federal jury of physically assaulting an inmate in violation of his Constitutional protection against unreasonable force.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A King William County, Virginia, man was cited on state weapons charges by police at Richmond International Airport on Saturday, October 5, after a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer found a 9 mm handgun in the traveler’s carry-on bag. It was not loaded, although the man had eight bullets with him.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The Drug Enforcement Administration urges its DEA-registered practitioners and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA or other law enforcement personnel threatening arrest and prosecution for supposed violations of federal drug laws or involvement in drug-trafficking activities.
