News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI partnered with the AARP, the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office and the Land of Sky Regional Council in this Important Outreach Effort.
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: A federal grand jury for the Southern District of Illinois has returned an indictment charging.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - Theresa Louise Harris, 56, of Champion, Michigan, was sentenced to serve 24 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons for cyberstalking numerous victims in and around Marquette, Michigan. Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker also imposed a two-year period of supervised release and a $10,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today upon passage of five bills on the House Floor today to improve our nation’s health care system...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) announced that he will retire from the House at the end of the 116th Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GELIN STERLING, 31, of Berlin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 15 months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for preparing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: A former staff member who worked in an office of a United States Senator was sentenced today to two years of supervised probation with 200 hours of community service for burglary of the office of a U.S. Senator.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Freemont, within 1000 feet of Cook Park, conspired to distribute over seven pounds of meth in less than a year.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Due to recent precipitation, Superintendent Niki Stephanie Nicholas announced the removal of restrictions on open fires within the backcountry of Obed Wild and Scenic River. Drought conditions for the area prompted the campfire restrictions on September 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: A federal jury in Central Islip returned a guilty verdict on all counts this afternoon against Michael Watts, a former registered broker, for his role in a conspiracy to promote and manipulate the price of shares in Hydrocarb Energy Corp. (Hydrocarb) and other companies. Specifically, Watts was convicted...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Venice man who sold the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl to a 19-year-old man who suffered a fatal overdose last year pleaded guilty today to a federal narcotics offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Keasbey, New Jersey, tax preparer was sentenced today to 29 months in prison for filing a false tax return for two clients and failing to file a tax return, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Teresa Barringer Charged in Indicted Unsealed Following Her Arrest Last Week.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, tickets for Fort Scott National Historic Site’s 38th Annual Candlelight Tour go on sale. Tickets are available by calling the Fort at 620-223-0310 (with a major credit card) or by stopping by the Visitor Center on Old Fort Blvd. They are $8.00 per person and non-refundable, children 5 and under are free. It is recommended that you get your tickets early for your choice of tour times as this event frequently sells out.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Three Louisville Metropolitan Police Department (LMPD) officers charged with wire fraud for their part in a scheme to defraud the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the federal government, and their own department have pleaded guilty in federal court today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced William Hennessey (37, Spring Hill) to 51 months in federal prison for distributing Schedule II controlled substances after burglarizing a pharmacy. The court also ordered Hennessey to pay $36,000 in restitution to the pharmacy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the sentencing of MICHAEL CORTEZ REED, 27, to 110 months in prison for the violent attempted robbery of a Walgreens pharmacy, as well as drug-trafficking and firearms violations. REED, who pleaded guilty to five felony counts on June 21, 2019, was sentenced today before Senior Judge David S. Doty in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 37 months imprisonment and 3 years supervised release on his conviction of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 28, 2019
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JUSTIN LANE FOUST, 43, of Sulphur, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 121 months in prison for wire fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft in connection with fraud against Chesapeake Energy, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing.
