News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.- A Lexington man was indicted Thursday for robbing several Lexington businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for distributing child pornography over the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: A man who distributed and possessed child pornography was sentenced today to over 15 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Pheng Yang, 29, St. Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 5½ years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine in the Eau Claire, Wisconsin area between January 2018 and February 2019. On July 12, 2019, Yang pleaded guilty to possessing 500 or more grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: LONDON, Ky- Michael Virgil Woodham, 45, of Bessemer, Alabama was sentenced to 109 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Wier for receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Two years ago, the U.S. 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky.- A Millstone, Kentucky, man, who previously admitted to distributing cocaine and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, was sentenced Friday to 140 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Pheng Yang, 29, St. Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 5½ years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine in the Eau Claire, Wisconsin area between January 2018 and February 2019. On July 12, 2019, Yang pleaded guilty to possessing 500 or more grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Federal, state, and local officials announced that 16 people have been charged with drug crimes following a long-term investigation of methamphetamine distribution in the Wausau, Wisconsin area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Southern California-based ophthalmology group, its former CEO and several of its physicians have paid the United States and California $6.65 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that they defrauded public health care programs by billing for unnecessary eye exams, improperly waiving Medicare co-payments, and violating other regulations, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO -Dywane Upchurch, 39, of St. Louis, MO, pleaded guilty to felony charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and assaulting a Postal employee while committing robbery. Upchurch appeared in federal court today before United States District Judge Catherine D. Perry who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for Jan. 16, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A 56-year-old Las Vegas man convicted of possessing over 600 images of child sexual abuse was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James C. Mahan to the statutory maximum of 20 years in federal prison to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - Three men have been arrested in connection with a bank robbery in Elmwood Park earlier this week. Law enforcement is also investigating whether the trio committed other recent bank robberies in Chicago and nearby suburbs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Federal, state, and local officials announced that 16 people have been charged with drug crimes following a long-term investigation of methamphetamine distribution in the Wausau, Wisconsin area.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is entering into an agreement with the Monmouth County Vocational School District (MCVSD) to facilitate the rehabilitation and reuse of Sandy Hook historic Buildings 23 and 56. MCVSD intends to rehabilitate the buildings to provide needed space and facilities for the Marine...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: Knoxville, Tenn. - 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - DANIELLE FRANKLIN, age 28, and a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was indicted on Oct. 3, 2019 by a federal grand jury for assisting in the preparation of a fraudulent tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser of the Eastern District of Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Air Force Colonel pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Aaron Tyler Stroud, 38, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, made his initial appearance in federal court in Las Cruces on Wednesday on a criminal complaint charging him with impersonating an officer of the United States.
