News from October 2019
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 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, sent letters conveying subpoenas...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former Massachusetts man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for his role in a conspiracy to hide money from a federally insured financial institution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Guatemalan man was extradited to the United States in connection to a narcotics case in the Southern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that KEITH CRAIG (“CRAIG"), age 58, of LaPlace, pled guilty on Oct. 22, 2019 to falsifying documents related to a federal Small Business Administration (SBA) loan, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001 before United States District Court Judge Greg G. Guidry.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: A federal jury in Akron convicted a South Carolina man of kidnapping after he sexually assaulted a woman and held her against her will.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: MILWAUKEE-The Bureau of Land Management- Eastern States (BLM-ES) Northeastern States District will hold a wild horse and burro event providing wild horses and possibly a few yearling and burros, November 1 - 2, 2019, at Meadowood Special Recreation Area, 10406 Gunston Road, Lorton, Virginia. Yearling and burros may not always be available at the event. The animals will be available for selection on Friday, from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Suzanne Silva, the former Chief Operating Officer of Winthrop University Hospital Employees Federal Credit Union, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for embezzling credit union funds during her employment and ordered to pay $465,172 in restitution...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced on Oct. 16, 2019, Marcus John Josephson, age 35, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. Josephson was sentenced to 102 months in prison, to be followed by a term of supervised release of three years.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Oct. 21, 2019, District Judge James A. Soto sentenced Carlos Cantizano, 46, of Rialto, California, to 120 months imprisonment followed by lifetime supervised release. Cantizano is also required to register as a sex offender. A federal jury previously found Cantizano guilty of Distribution of Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Greenfield, Missouri, man who crashed his motorcycle into another vehicle during a police chase was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute and illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that five previously deported aliens were indicted separately on Oct. 23, 2019, by a federal grand jury for illegal reentry into the United States. These matters arose in counties throughout the District including Franklin, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Northumberland and York Counties.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released Westlands Water District draft repayment contract for a 60-day public comment period. This draft contract provides project water service and facilities repayment pursuant to the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - U.S. Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Keaton L. Copeland, age 34, of Miami, Florida, to 120 months in federal prison following his conviction for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The Court further sentenced Copeland to three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and ordered him to pay $98,987.67 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Terik McLeod, 33, of Northeast, Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 52 years in prison for the fatal shooting of two men in Northeast Washington, one of which was a government witness, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - This week, Spencer Parrish, of Sanders, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dominic W. Lanza to 41 months of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. Parrish had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Shane Harrigan (619) 546-6981 and Caroline Han (619) 546-6968.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: A South Florida movie financier pled guilty in connection with a scheme to steal over $60 million from investors and producers seeking financing for motion pictures and theater performances.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced WILLIam USHER, 33, of Duplin County North Carolina, to 180 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Rose Asang Gana, also known as Rose Nebangu, 40, of Greenbelt, Maryland, pled guilty on Wednesday, to a federal charge of health care fraud stemming from a scheme in which she caused the District of Columbia’s Medicaid program to be defrauded out of more than $400,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney SHAWN N. ANDERSON, for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), will join the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on October 26th for its 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The biannual event will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at thousands...
