News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jaclyn Stahl (619) 546-8456 and Fred Sheppard (619) 546-8237.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: By Presidential Proclamation, October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore is pleased to announce one more chance, in 2019, to experience the Horse Sense and Survival tour with Resource Manager, Dr. Sue Stuska. The guided-tour will embark on Saturday, November 9, out of the Beaufort Visitor Information Center at 8:30 a.m. Participants will return to the Beaufort town dock at 1:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - ContextMedia Health LLC, which operates under the trade name Outcome Health (Outcome), a digital provider of medical information and advertising in doctors’ offices, has agreed to a resolution with the Department of Justice by which it will pay $70 million to victims of a fraud scheme that targeted its clients, lenders and investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Joseph M. Crocco, 42, of Poughkeepsie, New York, was sentenced to 144 months in prison and ordered to pay $2709 in restitution for robbing a credit union.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 150 months imprisonment and 5 years of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Rohan Maxwell, 45, of Allentown, Pennsylvania today entered a plea of guilty to one count of illegally re-entering the United States after deportation and one count of passport fraud before United States District Judge J. Curtis Joyner.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CRISPIN ABARIENTOS, M.D., 45, of Middletown, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for defrauding Connecticut’s Medicaid program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sandra Aramburo, of Ranson, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a drug distribution operation, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: A Mattawamkeag man was convicted yesterday of mail fraud and two counts of copyright infringement following a seven-day jury trial, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: FBI Washington Field Office Warns of Scammers Posing as Local and Federal Law Enforcement Officers.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested unlawfully present Salvadoran national Marvin Ramirez Torres Wednesday afternoon during a targeted enforcement action in downtown Asheville, one day after the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office refused to honor an ICE detainer, and instead released Mr. Ramirez Torres from local criminal custody following his conviction for indecent liberties against a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Harper Woods, Michigan man was sentenced to federal prison for a drug crime announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Nekko Daniel was sentenced to 21 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute oxycodone. Daniel was also sentenced to three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - A Dayton registered sex offender has pleaded guilty to producing child pornography through the sexual abuse of two toddlers.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Agriculture Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture and Research Chair Stacey Plaskett of the U.S. Virgin Islands delivered the following remarks at today’s hearing to review the state of organic agriculture from the perspective of producers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Joe Alexander, M.D., has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle civil penalty claims stemming from allegations he violated the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 and its regulations, announced United States Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: DENVER - The Department of Justice filed a civil complaint today in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on behalf of Naval Petty Officer Third Class Lindsey Hunger against Walmart Inc. The complaint alleges that Walmart violated the law when it declined to hire Hunger due to her upcoming naval reserve duties.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Yosemite National Park will offer free admission to the public in honor of Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. This fee free day is offered to all park visitors in honor of current members, retired members, and reserve members of the United States Armed Forces and their families.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, Labarry Darell Aaron, 26, of Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. The judge sentenced Aaron to the maximum time allowed in this case due to his significant criminal history and evidence of other relevant conduct collected after his arrest. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Marking Domestic Violence Awareness month, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge advised that domestic abusers are finding that their abusive conduct can have federal consequences. “Cases come to our attention due to domestic violence quite frequently. And, whether the case involves drugs, guns or anything else, the defendants with domestic abuse in their criminal record face significant penalties.".
