News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Rhiannon Rader (34, Fern Park) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, hydrocodone, and alprazolam (also known as Xanax). She faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
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 State Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Washington-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of his bill, H.R. 4695 the Protect Against Conflict by Turkey Act, which imposes sanctions on Turkey for its military invasion of northern Syria. The legislation passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Three Pennsylvania residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on charges of violating the federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Akilees Hobson, age 21, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to five years’ imprisonment by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Scranton, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Luis Manuel Serrano-Delgado - a 19-year old Harrisburg man.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HAWAI‘I - Due to loss of parking capacity from seismic activity in 2018, and in anticipation of heavy visitation during the upcoming holiday season, Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will add 20 new parking stalls to the overflow parking lot east of Kīlauea Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Jay B. Ledford, age 55, of Westlake, Texas and Las Vegas, Nevada to 14 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and a money-laundering...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Four Cuban nationals pled guilty to possessing more than 15 fraudulent credit cards with the intent to defraud West Virginians and banks announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: MONTGOMERY, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Diaz Professional Construction LLC for exposing employees to falls at a Montgomery, Alabama, residential worksite. The framing contractor faces $31,879 in penalties.
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Blanca Quintero and Daniel Silva (619) 546-7118.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Darren M. Kamnitzer, 45, of Blacklick, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 300 months in prison for producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A federal jury convicted a former University of Virginia football player late yesterday of his role in a $10 million fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal magistrate ordered that a 21-year-old local university student be detained without bond pending trial for allegedly enticing minors into engaging in sexually explicit conduct, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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: 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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-A former manager at the Signal Peak Energy coal mine in Musselshell County was sentenced today to two years of probation and ordered to forfeit an RV and a Rolex watch for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the company of about $2.3 million, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 29, 2019
News Release: Failed to Pay IRS $1 Million in Withholdings and Payroll Taxes Due.
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.
