News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - Since the beginning of 2019, federal judges have sentenced defendants with charges originating in Lee County, North Carolina, to an aggregate total of 942 months in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Rolley D. Bennett, Jr., age 53, of Omaha, Nebraska, to a jail term of 12 months and 1 day for the willful failure to pay withholding and F.I.C.A taxes. There is no parole in the federal...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint under the PACA against New York Mart Group Inc. The company, operating from New York, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to 23 produce sellers in the amount of $896,107 from October 2016 through December 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: A man who illegally possessed three separate handguns during a one-year period was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman and Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's New York Division, announced today that Carl Anderson, a state licensed doctor, pled guilty to writing medically unnecessary...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIEL LION, 65, of Hamden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to nine months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling more than $100,000 from the City of New Haven. Judge Hall also fined Lion $7500 and ordered him to perform 300 hours of community service while on supervised release.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), issued the following statement in response to the administration announcing a series of steps to change biofuel mandates under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Federal prosecutors in the Northern District of Florida this week secured.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - A federal grand jury in Tallahassee returned an indictment charging former.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: Merrillville Police Team up with FBI to Combat Violence, Drug Related Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Martenez Strong-Edmondson, Jr., of Columbus, Ohio, has admitted to his role in a cocaine and heroin distribution operation that spanned two states, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: Seattle - A former Washington State football player who had brief stints with two NFL teams was sentenced today to one year in prison for his kickback scheme that defrauded his employer of $1.5 million. AUGUSTINE OLOBIA, 49, of Hurst, Texas, pleaded guilty in April 2019 to wire fraud, admitting he took...
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: ALBANY, NEW YORK - John G. Stroming, age 60, of Stuyvesant, New York, was sentenced today to 35 years in prison for sexually exploiting a child and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sean Humby, 31, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to possession of child pornography involving prepubescent minors. The defendant was previously convicted of sexual abuse of a child and as a result faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum penalty of 20 years, a lifetime period of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that DAVID JONES was sentenced by United States District Judge Nelson S. Román to 30 months in prison for his participation in a scheme by which he and others fraudulently convinced users of a dating...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - Two people have been charged with aiding and abetting each another in the evasion of $3.5 million in diverted corporate income, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick along with acting IRS - Criminal Investigation (CI) Special Agent in Charge Ramsey Covington.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: Dear Director Gacki: On July 31, 2018, I wrote to you about the Russia sanctions program, specifically about whether your office had investigated the relationships between Russian state-owned arms manufacturers and what appear to be Russian-linked United States arms manufacturers. These companies included...
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: A man who illegally possessed three separate handguns during a one-year period was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison.
