News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Shawn Cavanaugh, age 38, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 25, 2019, by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to 192 months’ imprisonment followed by four years of supervised release, for an armed bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida and Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office announced that Port Everglades employees, William Woessner, 68, of Margate, Florida, David Moore, 43, of Pompano Beach, Florida, and Rajindra Lallharry...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man was convicted by a federal trial jury today of receiving and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Anne Gronek-Gibbs has been arraigned on federal charges of wire fraud for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Coca-Cola Company.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former Pennsylvania-licensed physician has been sentenced in federal court to a total of 11 years and four months (136 months) in prison on his conviction for conspiracy to illegally distribute oxycodone, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and Social Security fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Two members of the Seven Mile Bloods Street Gang were sentenced for their participation in various criminal acts, including racketeering conspiracy and related firearm offenses, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Jordanian National Sentenced for Conspiracy to Bring Aliens into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Edward Magruder, 49, of Washington, D.C., pled guilty yesterday to a federal narcotics charge for the unlawful possession and intent to distribute heroin. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, and Timothy M. Dunham, Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Division, FBI Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Cornelious Joshua Jones, a/k/a “Corn", age 30, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: A Lewiston accounting firm was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Portland for failing to file cash transaction forms, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Michael Bang has been sentenced for defrauding the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association’s (“COPERA") health insurance plan, called PERACare.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - A rare glimpse into the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository was the highlight of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’ s (WIPP) two Family Day events in September and October. For the first time since WIPP began operating as a disposal facility more than two decades ago, families...
By State Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women’s Issues, today met ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury indicted two Greensboro, North Carolina, women yesterday with conspiring to defraud the United States and for failing to pay over employment taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina Matthew G.T. Martin.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - There will be three major road construction projects in Yellowstone National Park in 2020. One project will have a complete closure between Tower Fall and Chittenden Road, while two projects will cause delays (North Entrance and Fishing Bridge to Indian Pond).
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) airspace restrictions over additional national security sensitive locations, effective November 7.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 29, 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 Pensions (HELP), and 25 Democratic senators sent a letter to Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar denouncing his delay in addressing the growing epidemic of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Two years ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Is the U.S. ready for a chemical attack on the homeland? With the very real possibility of a chemical attack in public spaces like stadiums, religious buildings, museums and theaters, or even contamination of the food or water supply, the U.S. needs to be prepared to take appropriate action to save lives.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Oct. 24, 2019, Jessica Diane Ferrell, 34, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced by United States District Judge James A. Soto to 60 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. Ferrell had previously pleaded guilty to Solicitation of a Bribe and Falsification of Records.
