News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced that it filed a complaint yesterday in federal court in the Northern District of Mississippi against Coahoma County, Mississippi (Coahoma County), to protect the employment rights of an Army Reservist, Staff Sergeant First Class (SSG) Jason Sims Sr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Columbus - Leaders from several of west Georgia’s largest companies discussed the most pressing cybersecurity threats facing businesses at a roundtable meeting held in Columbus, Georgia on Friday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia (USAO MDGA) and the Columbus Chapter of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Sept. 30, 2019, Jay R. Jahn, age 27, was sentenced by United States District Court Senior Judge Robert W. Pratt for Receipt of Child Pornography. Jahn was sentenced to five years in prison to be followed by a five year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Marin possessed handgun in furtherance of his drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA - United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Martin Hernandez, 45, of Selma, pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain unauthorized Social Security benefit payments, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was arrested yesterday and charged with possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Sept. 27, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Zipps sentenced Faye Ann Singer to 18 months in prison for defrauding a 92-year-old vulnerable- victim. The court also ordered Singer to pay $93,378.25 in restitution for the victim’s losses. Singer previously pleaded guilty to bank fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: WORLAND, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management announced today that it will conduct a wild horse gather operation in the Fifteenmile Wild Horse Herd Management Area (HMA) on or about Oct. 17, 2019. This operation is in line with the BLM’s commitment to maintaining healthy wild horses on healthy, productive public rangelands.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public scoping comments on approximately 39,256 acres of public lands proposed for the upcoming March 2020 competitive oil and gas lease sale in Jackson, Las Animas, Mesa, Moffat and Rio Blanco counties. The public scoping period starts today, October 1 and ends Oct. 15, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: STATESBORO, GA: A third guilty plea filed in U.S. District Court this week wraps up an investigation of child pornographers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Dale Robert Barnhart, of Alma, West Virginia, was indicted today on firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Mark David Franklin, age 44, of Ellicott City, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the federal charge of attempted possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 51-year-old citizen from Tamaulipas, Mexico, now faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy and importation of marijuana into the country, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Sept. 30, 2019, Mathew William Finken, age 44, was sentenced for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine by United States District Court Senior Judge Robert W. Pratt. Finken was sentenced to ten years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a federal firearms violation, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that CHRISTOPHER COLLINS, who represented the 27th District of New York as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, pled guilty to participating in a scheme to commit insider trading and to making false statements to federal law enforcement agents when interviewed about his conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Suffolk man pleaded guilty today to making a false statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Power is coming to the last major construction project at EM Hanford’ s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) that supports the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste program to begin treating tank waste by 2023.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 1, 2019
News Release: * Expect smoke around the Northeast Entrance through October.
