News from October 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
Release: TAMPA - Transportation Security Administration officers working at Tampa Bay Area airports have detected abnormally high 15 firearms in passenger carry-on bags in October.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D-Ariz.) will hold a press conference at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, Oct. 30, in H-137 at the U.S. Capitol following the House vote on Grijalva’s Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act. The lawmakers will be joined by Native American and other supporters of the bill, which puts a permanent moratorium on new uranium mining claims on more than 1 million acres around Grand Canyon National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Jefferson County man for engaging in a wire fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - Workers recently tore down a former waste storage structure, bringing EM's total number of buildings removed at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Site to date to 65.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: GUILTY PLEA - Rasheeda Chester. On Oct. 22, Rasheeda Chester, 20, pled guilty to possession with the intent to distribute marijuana. Chester and her coconspirators transported 128 pounds of marijuana sealed in vacuum bags from San Francisco International Airport to Dallas Love Field Airport. Chester...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: An Augusta man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Bangor to four counts of interfering with commerce by robbery, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A former Coahuila, Mexico, governor is set to appear in federal court to face charges for his role in a money laundering scheme to enrich himself and others through bribery, misappropriation and theft of public funds, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Houston Division Will R. Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MIGUEL TORRES, 39, of Waterbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jasmine Dazha McCoy, age 23, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Tampering with a Witness in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1512(b)(1), punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
Release: AVOCA, Pa. - A Florida man was stopped by a Transportation Security Administration officer when a.380 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets was spotted in his carry-on bag at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport on October 28.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - An Arizona man has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for involuntary manslaughter in a fatal bus crash that happened after he parked his truck - without any lights or warning cones - in the middle of a highway on the Fort Irwin Army Base in the Mojave Desert.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Two EM contractors at Savannah River Site (SRS) continue to earn local, regional, and national recognition for their safety performance in 2018 and 2019, and together have accumulated 58 million safe hours.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Belinda Dietrich, age 63, of Marysville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Oct. 28, 2019, by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo to one year and a day in prison followed by three years of supervised release, for forging the signature of a dentist on 164 prescriptions for opioid drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Hawthorne man was found guilty by a jury today of 14 federal felonies for intentionally driving his family off a wharf and into the water at the Port of Los Angeles in a scheme to collect money on insurance policies he had taken out on their lives.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Clinton DeWitt Bays, Jr., 77, of Boise, pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine, Eben Roberts, acting special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Seattle field office and U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. Pursuant to a written plea agreement filed with the Court, Bays pleaded guilty to distributing more than fifty grams of actual methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Four people face up to life in prison on recent drug charges involving meth following the return of several Laredo federal indictments, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Houston Division Will R. Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Two men face charges for trafficking a large amount of marijuana and ammunition, while four others were allegedly involved in the transportation of illegal aliens.
By State Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Rep. Jerrod Nadler, the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the Acting Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kayla Dade, 20, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to Hobbs Act robbery. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Tennessee Medical Doctor and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Charged in Scheme to Unlawfully Distribute Controlled Substances.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that KEVIN RICHARDSON age 56, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Susie Morgan, to one count of violating Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1952(a)(3) and 2, use of an interstate facility with intent to carry on unlawful activity.
