News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Erold Martin Panopio (25, Jacksonville) to 19 years and 7 months in federal prison for attempted enticement of two minors to engage in sexual conduct. Panopio had pleaded guilty on April 24, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Gamaliett Rosario-Martinez, 24, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and distribute quantities of fentanyl, heroin, crack cocaine, and cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: One of the Largest Single Medicare Ambulance Fraud Cases Prosecuted Nationwide.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PAUL GILENO, 47, of Brewster, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for embezzling approximately $1.5 million from a Connecticut nonprofit organization, and for failing to pay federal income taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-SAC Douglass Leff announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information resulting in the identification, arrest, and conviction of the individual responsible for throwing a destructive device (molotov cocktail) at Police of Puerto Rico agents.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: (BILLINGS, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s Montana/Dakotas State Office today released the December 2019 Notice of Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale List, which includes 20 parcels totaling about 18,879 acres. The sale is scheduled to occur online at www.energynet.com starting on Dec. 18, 2019.
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 U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Washington -. Today, House Democrats blocked the option to consider a resolution affirming state primacy over the regulation of hydraulic fracturing, a technology that’s enabled America's energy revolution and delivered lower energy prices for consumers in a safer, cleaner, more reliable way. The resolution,...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Evan Burgess, 28, of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 78 months’ imprisonment followed by fifteen years of supervised release by the United States District Judge Timothy J. Savage. The defendant will be required to register as a sex offender as a result of this conviction.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a committee markup of H.R. 4674, the College Affordability Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Christopher Michael Whitaker, Sr., a/k/a “Unc", age 44, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B), punishable by not less than 5 and not more than 40 years imprisonment, a fine up to $5,000,000.00, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Washington, D.C., man pleaded guilty today to supplying fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid, to a D.C. government employee who was selling it to customers outside his government office.
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: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Solease Asiman Babb (32, Lakeland) to 30 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court ordered Babb to forfeit the firearm and ammunition, and to serve a three-year term of supervised release following his release from prison. Babb had pleaded guilty on July 24, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - Three individuals are facing fraud charges in relation to a public corruption investigation in Dayton.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: The former executive director of the Camden County Public Service Authority has admitted misappropriating funds intended for payment of employees’ federal payroll taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Anderson Clayton Mariano Alcantara, 29, of Sorocaba, Brazil, was sentenced Monday to 97 months in prison, U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The National Park Service seeks public comment on a proposal to replace the Yellowstone River Bridge in Yellowstone National Park. The bridge is located on the Northeast Entrance Road near Tower Junction.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Dr. Brij R. Vaid, M.D., 58, of Ladue, MO, and Donna A. Waldo, 59, of Saint Louis, MO, each pleaded guilty to one count of making a false claim to Medicaid or Medicare. Dr. Vaid appeared today before U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig who accepted his plea and set his sentencing date for Jan. 30, 2020. Ms. Waldo pleaded guilty on Oct. 23, 2019, and will be sentenced on Jan. 28, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A 43-year-old Little Rock, AR man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
