News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Concord, NH - At around noon today, last week’s featured “Fugitive of the Week," Melissa Ann Mooney (35 years old), of Belmont, was found hiding in a Laconia attic. Ms. Mooney had been wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant for parole violations. Mooney was on parole as part of her original conviction and sentence for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (knife).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - William Pamintuan Craig, 59, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty today to making and subscribing a false tax return, U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: The leaves are changing for fall and winter, so are the hours of operation at Fort Scott National Historic Site. Beginning Friday, Nov. 1, the park visitor center, Parkstore, and historic structures will be open daily from 8:30 am-4:30 pm through March 31, 2020. The buildings are closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. The park grounds, walkways, and parking lot continue to be open from ½ hour before sunrise until ½ hour after sunset daily.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Owner of New Jersey Tax Return Preparation Business Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: READING, PA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain and Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams announced that ten individuals from Reading were charged by a Second Superseding Indictment with murder, kidnapping, drug distribution, and firearms offenses. At a press conference at the District...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Has More than 30 Prior Criminal Convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - United States Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Susan Jan Bradshaw, 55, of Sterling, Alaska, was sentenced by United States District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to 4 years in prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for her role in a drug and money laundering...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 27-count superseding indictment last Thursday against two brothers and five others, adding charges, including firearms and money laundering to an indictment first filed in May that charged them with a conspiracy to manufacture counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and other controlled substances, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - Six Leaders of the Conservative Vice Lords/Concrete Cartel Street Gang, a nation-wide street gang with its origin and home base in Chicago, Illinois, were recently sentenced for federal Racketeering (RICO), Business and Pharmacy Robberies, Firearms and Drug Trafficking charges. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney, announced the sentences today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Scott Trischler, age 25, of Fort Wayne, Indiana was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady upon his plea of guilty of sexual exploitation of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The chief executive officer of PixarBio Corp., a Boston-based biotech company, was convicted today of defrauding the company’s investors and obstructing an SEC investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Four indictments unsealed in U.S. District Court Monday afternoon allege several trucking companies in Utah paid more than $1 million in bribes to the Utah FedEx Ground hub manager as a part of a scheme to exploit the employee’s position within FedEx Ground (FXG) to make the trucking businesses as lucrative as possible. Ten individuals are charged in the indictments.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Harley A. McGraw, 26, of Norfolk, Nebraska, was sentenced on Oct. 25, 2019, to 188 months in prison by United States District Court Judge Robert R. Rossiter, Jr. for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. There is no parole in the federal system. In addition to his prison term, McGraw will serve 5 years of supervised release following his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A prosecutor said in court today that federal agents seized more than 220 pounds of methamphetamine in a drug trafficking case in the Kansas City, Kan., metro area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Greensburg physician pleaded guilty in federal to three counts of distribution of buprenorphine, a Schedule III controlled substance, outside the usual course of professional practice; one count of health care fraud; and one count of money laundering, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The 13-mile Scenic Drive at Red Rock Canyon will be open 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting November 1. This change happens yearly and is necessary as days become shorter and the sunset is earlier after the end of Daylight Saving Time. The Visitors’ Center will continue to be open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS, Calif. Oct. 28, 2019 - Mary Joanna Gomez from Mississippi was found alive and in stable condition by National Park Service personnel on the afternoon of October 28th and has been in contact with her family and will be reunited with them shortly. She was found off trail about 3.5 miles over rocky and steep terrain from her vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three years and one month (37 months) in prison and three years supervised release on his conviction of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Death Valley National Park is waiving park entrance fees on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 in celebration of its 25th birthday. Superintendent Mike Reynolds notes: “Saturday is the culmination of anniversary events with a number of interesting programs. It’s an opportunity for visitors to learn about the significant resources of Death Valley and have a great day of fun.".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRIAN K. BACKMAN, also known as “B," “NYB" and “New York B," 54, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to a heroin trafficking offense.
