News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: St. Louis - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Elijah Moore, 37, of St. Charles County, Missouri, on multiple criminal counts stemming from a two-day crime spree in July 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Ronald W. Reeves, 68, of Delhi, Louisiana, was sentenced October 2 by U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty to serve 41 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release for mail fraud involving his role in a scheme to steal nearly $400,000. Judge Doughty also ordered Reeves to pay $86,239.16 in restitution, representing losses to several victims, including the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced a $4.25 million civil settlement with Glenn A. Kline, D.O. and Community Surgical Associates to resolve civil allegations relating to kickbacks received from two hospitals formerly operated by Health Management...
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: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Darren Duane Coleman, 24, of Fresno, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
Release: By Tony Craddock, Jr. Public Affairs Specialist, Food and Nutrition Service. As we celebrate Farm to School Month this October, we can all feel the temperatures cooling down with the fall season. Here are seven ways USDA’s Farm to School Program can make your school and community ‘cooler’ throughout...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-The former project manager of an oil processing plant that exploded in Wibaux in 2012, injuring three employees and extensively damaging the facility, was sentenced today to two years of probation and fined $5,000, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: . PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Philadelphia Field Division Jonathan A. Wilson today announced today the release of the Drug-Related Overdose Deaths in Pennsylvania, 2018 report. For the third year in a row, the DEA Philadelphia Field Division has...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: Washington - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) made the following statement in response to the executive order issued today by the Trump administration protect and improve choice in the Medicare Advantage program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Joanna Arlean Tukes has pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting others with the filing of fraudulent tax returns. She faces a maximum penalty of three years in federal prison. Tukes has also agreed to pay $366,000 in restitution to the IRS for the tax loss caused by the offenses. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Woodland Hills man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges in connection with a scheme where Chinese nationals fraudulently obtained student visas by hiring people with fake Chinese passports to take an English proficiency test on their behalf.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 53-year-old Sulphur Springs, Texas man has been sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - Today U.S. District Judge Michael R. Barrett sentenced Daniel Toops, 35, of Milford, to 12 months in prison for punching a Social Security Administration security guard in the face.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANTHONY DUNCAN, also known as “Heavy D," 32, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 63 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing firearm.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Finance Committee member Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. today issued a statement following a speech by the president on health care...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Quonzee Merriweather, age 25, of Michigan City, Indiana was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for distribution of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, said U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: FBI Requests Public Assistance to Identify Hooded Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pukwana, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Theft of Mail by Postal Service Employee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: A federal judge in Del Rio has sentenced Ruben James Valadez, age 45 of Uvalde, TX, to six months in federal prison for his role in a farm loan scheme, announced U.S. Attorney John Bash.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - The boating season on Lake Coeur d’Alene is drawing to a close and the annual seasonal closure of BLM’s Blackwell Island boat launch and recreation site will begin at the end of the day on Monday, Oct. 14.
