News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Victor M. Diaz, age 30, of Johnstown, New York, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison, to be followed by 4 years of supervised release, for possessing and intending to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin mixed with fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Angel DeLeon, 41, a Mexican national, made his initial appearance in federal court in Albuquerque, New Mexico today after being extradited from Mexico on a racketeering charge involving alleged violent criminal conduct by the Syndicato de Nuevo Mexico (SNM) prison gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: Jackson, TN - Deangelo Liggons, 36, has been sentenced to 144 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Hoy, el Honorable W. Stephen Muldrow prestó juramento como Fiscal Federal del Distrito de Puerto Rico. En una ceremonia privada en el Tribunal Federal en Hato Rey, el Honorable Gustavo Gelpí administró el juramento de cargo. El Fiscal Federal Muldrow emitió la siguiente declaración.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Californian vintner was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for paying $50,000 to have his daughter’s SAT scores artificially inflated, and agreeing to another $250,000 to have her fraudulently recruited to the University of Southern California (USC) as a water polo player.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: FBI Uniform Crime Report Shows 3.9 Drop in Violent Crime in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: Uniform Crime Report Shows 17% Drop in Wyoming and a 3.9% Drop in Violent Crime Nationwide in 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Last night, all Republican members of the Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) requesting that he convene a business meeting to allow Members to debate and vote on the Chairman’s proposed subpoena to the White House as part of the House Democrats’ Impeachment Inquiry.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: State Department Contracting Officer Convicted of Bribery and Procurement Fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: Tucson, AZ - Beginning as soon as Friday, October 4, Saguaro National Park plans to begin this year’s aerial spraying treatments to control the spread of Buffelgrass in the Rincon Mountain District (east side). The start date will depend on weather and other factors. A helicopter with a spray boom is...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Adrian Moye, age 28, of York, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 2, 2019, and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kaden Sylvester, 24, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of the online enticement of a minor, was sentenced to serve 144 months in prison, and 15 years supervised release, by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
Release: The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) is a federal program that helps supplement the diets of low-income Americans by providing them with emergency food assistance at no cost through food banks and pantries. In recent years, a number of states have recognized the value of supporting donations from local farmers to their food bank networks - commonly known as Farm to Food Bank Projects.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that CHRISTIAN DAWKINS was sentenced to twelve months and a day in prison, and MERL CODE was sentenced to 3 months in prison, after having been found guilty in May 2019 of engaging in a scheme to bribe multiple...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Robert W. Rives, 37, of New Baden, IL, was sentenced to 82 months in prison for carjacking and using a firearm during a crime of violence. Rives appeared today before U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Stacy Kretchmer, 43, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on October 4, 2019, to 24 months in prison by United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine. In addition to her prison term, Stacy Kretchmer will serve two years of supervised release following her release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Mexican citizen was sentenced today to one and a half years in prison for illegally reentering the United States subsequent to removal for an aggravated felony conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: Second Defendant Arrested in Case Alleging Theft of Trade Secrets from American Aviation Company.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
Release: USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney led a successful trade mission to Toronto and Montréal in September to show appreciation for the United States’ closest trading partner and to highlight the benefits of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JAMES FELTON was sentenced today to life plus 75 years in prison for the June 11, 2016, murder of Marvin Harris, whom FELTON shot 13 times, and the Dec. 11, 2016, murder of Jose Morales, whom FELTON shot...
