News from October 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
Release: HUNTINGTON, WV - A Lawrence County, Ohio, woman was cited by police after she was caught by Transportation Security Administration officers at Huntington Tri-State Airport (HTS) with a loaded gun in her carry-on bag on Wednesday, October 2. The.380 caliber handgun was loaded with six bullets. It marked the ninth gun caught at the airport’s checkpoint so far this year. By comparison, TSA officers caught two firearms at the HTS checkpoint in 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: After the Fraud was Discovered, the Defendant Filed a Petition for Bankruptcy Which was Denied by the Bankruptcy Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A defendant in the MS-13 racketeering case pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today and accepted responsibility for his involvement as a shooter in one homicide. His plea agreement includes a recommended sentence of 30 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Collin Cowell, a/k/a “Tyson," 29, was sentenced to 324 months’ incarceration and 20 years’ supervised release by United States District Court Judge J. Curtis Joyner for his scheme to organize and manage a trafficking venture with ‘employees’ whom he trained to sell young girls into sexual conduct. The defendant is also required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Collin Cowell, a/k/a “Tyson," 29, was sentenced to 324 months’ incarceration and 20 years’ supervised release by United States District Court Judge J. Curtis Joyner for his scheme to organize and manage a trafficking venture with ‘employees’ whom he trained to sell young girls into sexual conduct. The defendant is also required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Tonya Levera Davis, 49, of Newton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to serve two years in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for aggravated identity theft and making false statements, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Regional Special Agent in Charge Todd Damiani with the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced to federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Harvery Booker, 54, was sentenced to 78 months in prison, to be followed by a 3 year term of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Burlington County, New Jersey, man has been charged in connection with his role in a GoFundMe scheme that collected money from donors on the Internet, purportedly to benefit a homeless man, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of seven years and six months to be followed by three years of supervised release on his conviction of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: 11 Members and Associates of the Colombo Crime Family Indicted.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Jeffrey Brown, age 55, of Ligonier, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Damon R. Leichty for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Four Louisiana businessmen pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate to conspiring to pay bribes to former Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) Commissioner Christopher B. Epps and current Kemper County Sheriff James Moore in exchange for receiving contracts...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service is seeking public input for a proposed rate increase for parking on the National Mall and at Thompson Boat Center. Under the proposal, rates would increase from $2.00 per hour to $2.30 per hour, matching the rate currently charged at meters on streets administered...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced in federal court in Boston today in connection to his role in a firearms, narcotics and money laundering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: Pasco, Washington Man Sentenced in Federal Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 58-year-old Kemah, Texas man has been indicted for attempted bank robbery in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service announced a policy on August 29 for electric bicycle (e-bike) use in national parks. The policy allows e-bikes on roads and trails where traditional bikes are allowed. The new NPS policy defines electric bikes as having motors of 750 watts (1 horsepower) or less that provide assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and cease to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 28 miles per hour.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: On Nov. 2, 2019, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, along with partner organizations, will celebrate the area’s surf fishing history at the 1st Cape Hatteras Surf Fishing Heritage Celebration. The free event will be held at the Fessenden Center in Buxton, North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: Defendant used false identity on more than a dozen applications submitted for driver’s licenses and to obtain MassHealth benefits.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement on the President’s Executive Order on “Protecting and Improving Medicare for our Nation’s Seniors" this afternoon...
