News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid has ordered that Joseph Mayotte, who previously owned and operated Bradley Chiropractic Clinic, in Bradley, Ill., serve 33 months in prison, the sentence recommended by the government, and pay restitution in the amount of $401,000 to Blue Cross Blue...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: FBI Uniform Crime Report Shows 3.9 Drop in Violent Crime in 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: DETROIT - A Warren, Michigan, man was arrested Thursday, by special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) on charges of depredation of government property, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - Today, The Honorable W. Stephen Muldrow took the oath of office as the United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. In a private ceremony at the United States District Courthouse in Hato Rey, The Honorable Gustavo Gelpí administered the oath of office. While no public comments were made during the ceremony, United States Attorney Muldrow issued the following statement.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Sept. 30, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint against Christopher Matthew Klaiber (Klaiber) of Willow Wood, Ohio, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced CHARLES EDWARD HARRINGTON 34, of Wilmington to 96 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2019
News Release: MOAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comment on a proposal to drill an oil and gas well in northern San Juan County, Utah. The proposed well pad is located on public lands approximately 1.7 miles southeast of Looking Glass Rock. Wesco Operating, Inc. revised their initial proposal to avoid accessing the well site via a county road through the Wilson Arch community, which lies north of the project area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita woman was sentenced today to 40 months in federal prison for taking part in four commercial robberies, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A retired city clerk of Caney, Kan., pleaded guilty today to embezzling city funds, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: An Akron man was sentenced to six years in prison for launching denial of service attacks that shut down web sites for the city of Akron and the Akron Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Xavier Alexander Speropoulos, 25, and Lauren Crowe, 20, both of Roseville, pleaded guilty today to illegal use of a cellphone in furtherance of a drug crime, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A Southeast Texas man - who formerly served as police chief in Martinsville, West Virginia, and Seabrook, Texas, mayor pro tempore and city councilman - pleaded guilty Thursday to receiving and possessing thousands of images and videos containing child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Congressman Devin Nunes (R-CA), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after the conclusion of Ambassador Kurt Volker’s testimony...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK- Two Camden men have been charged with robbing a gas station and attempting to rob a pawn shop and killing the shop’s owner. A federal grand jury has charged Daryl Strickland, Jr., 22, and Rodney Tyrone Henry, 22, following the November 2018 robbery of the Alon Gas Station and the attempted robbery of the Wise Buck Pawn Shop, both in Pine Bluff. The indictment alleges that Strickland and Henry caused the death of Brandon McHan, who owned the pawn shop.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: Sentences. Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced JEREMY LEE SESTAK, 38, of Cheyenne, Wyoming on Sept. 30, 2019 for possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography. Sestak was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He received one hundred eighty months of imprisonment...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that GERMIEL AUSTIN, age 35, a resident of Amite, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to a one-count bill of information charging him with providing a document containing false statements to the Transportation Security Administration (“TSA").
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Christopher Hurd, 33, of Harrington, was sentenced today by the U.S. District Court Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark to 10 years in prison for his role in conspiracy to distribute furanyl fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Possession of a Stolen Firearm and Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Hampton man was sentenced yesterday to over seven years in prison after for distributing cocaine and heroin in Hampton Roads.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice published today an open letter to Facebook from international law enforcement partners from the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia in response to the company’s publicly announced plans to implement end-to-end-encryption across its messaging services.
