News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK - Geoffrey S. Berman, United States attorney for the Southern District of New York; James P. O’Neill, commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New York; Peter C. Fitzhugh, the special agent in charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations; and Ray Donovan, ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Kemmerer, WY - Fossil Butte National Monument will be celebrating National Fossil Day on Saturday, October 12th, 2019. This annual event is held across the nation to highlight the scientific and educational value of paleontology and the importance of preserving fossils for future generations. National Fossil Day is part of Earth Science Week, dedicated to expanding understanding and appreciation of earth sciences and encourage stewardship of the earth.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: TYLER, Texas -A 53-year-old Flint, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Paul Ruff, 42, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to 6 months in the community corrections center, followed by 6 months’ home confinement, for misapplication of funds by a bank officer, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released a report from the Government Accountability Office showing that the Department of Education can do more to support students in foster care.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former Forsyth County Commissioner was arrested today on charges of filing false tax returns and failing to file a federal tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sven Artez Alston and James Lamont Brinkley, both of Baltimore, Maryland, have admitted to distributing fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Dear Inspector General Atkinson: We appreciate the press release that you issued on Sept. 30, 2019, regarding the Intelligence Community (IC) complainant and your transparency regarding related issues.[1] In light of the public disclosure of the complaint, the promptness with which you were able...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - A federal jury today found Katrina Brown (39, Jacksonville) and Reginald Brown (57, Jacksonville) guilty of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, aiding and abetting mail and wire fraud, and aiding and abetting money laundering. The jury also found Katrina Brown guilty of...
By State Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Washington-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs released a memo and draft subpoena compelling the White House to produce key documents as part of the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Five Yosemite National Park employees and two members of the public were honored by Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt at the 74th Honor Award Convocation Ceremony in Washington, D.C. for heroic actions, courage and professionalism in the line of duty. For their actions taken during three separate...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs released a memo and draft subpoena compelling the White House to produce key documents as part of the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office, Chief W. Howard Harrison of the Planation Police Department, and Chief Dale Engle of the Davie Police Department, announced that on Sept. 27, 2019, a federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: Defendant also convicted of other firearm, heroin, and methamphetamine charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A Billings man who admitted supplying meth to others for distribution and to having firearms was sentenced today to 15 years and one month in prison and to five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is helping to arm the U.S. military with a solution to two major environmental problems: the disposal of paper waste and revegetating damaged training grounds.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Adam Schutz, 36, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to serve 72 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO/SAN JOSE/OAKLAND - Jesslyn Felix was sentenced today to 28 months in prison, and ordered to pay restitution for her role in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud stemming from a mail theft scheme, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and United States Postal Inspection Service Inspector in Charge Rafael Nuñez. The Honorable Maxine M. Chesney, U.S. District Judge, handed down the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.--U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Martha Aguirre, 47, of Westminster, California, who was convicted of narcotics conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy, was sentenced to serve 150 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: LITTLE ROCK- A federal jury has convicted a Little Rock man of five offenses related to firearms, heroin, and methamphetamine, including possession of a machinegun. Brian Barron, 38, was convicted after his trial ended late Tuesday afternoon.
