News from October 2019
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: The fire met upon the land.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Justin Campbell Saunders, 29, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with being a felon in possession of ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Multiple Federal law enforcement agencies have been assisting the El Dorado Sheriff’s Office in this investigation since early Wednesday morning. The United States Attorney’s Office has brought these federal charges in full cooperation and consultation with the El Dorado District Attorney’s Office. We will continue to work collaboratively to ensure that justice is done.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that two foundations, Chronic Disease Fund, Inc. d/b/a Good Days from CDF (“CDF"), and Patient Access Network Foundation (“PANF"), have agreed to pay $2 million and $4 million, respectively, to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by enabling pharmaceutical companies to pay kickbacks to Medicare patients taking the companies’ drugs.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Sunday, Nov. 10, at 2 pm, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present a special 1-hour program at Point Park, on Lookout Mountain, about the life of Adolf Ochs, the Chattanooga newspaper entrepreneur responsible for the endowment of Point Park to the national military park in the late 1890s. Admission to Point Park is $7 per adult, ages 16 and over, youth, ages 15 and under, are free.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: WAUKEGAN, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited AB Specialty Silicones LLC for 12 willful federal safety violations after four employees suffered fatal injuries in an explosion and fire at the company’s Waukegan, Illinois, plant on May 3, 2019. The company faces $1,591,176 in penalties. OSHA has placed the silicon chemical products manufacturer in the Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing the firearm he allegedly used to shoot and kill another person.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., introduced a bipartisan bill to affirm the mission of the National Bio and Agro-Defense facility (NBAF) to provide defense of U.S. food and agriculture.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - This week Fort Pulaski National Monument began a project to remove storm debris and mechanically reduce wood fuel loads that have created an increased risk of wildfires in the park. This project is expected to last until spring and may temporarily close areas of the park outside of historic Fort Pulaski.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Fred Arena, 41, of Salem, New Jersey was arrested this morning and charged by Indictment with making false statements to government agents. The Indictment alleges that the defendant, who is an employee at the Philadelphia Navy Yard...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office, and Sheriff William D. Snyder of the Martin County Sheriff’s Office announced that on Oct. 21, 2019, Torrie Chermaine Austin, 35, of Stuart, Florida, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg in West Palm Beach, Florida to one count of production of visual depictions of the sexual exploitation of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Defendant had been linked to drive-by shooting in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN F. GARGAN and LOREN PIQUANT were convicted Wednesday after a two-week jury trial for conspiring together and with others to unlawfully distribute oxycodone from a medical clinic in Queens, New York.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Make plans to view the wonders of the night sky at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park on Saturday, November 2. Beginning at 4:30 pm at the LBJ Ranch near Stonewall, the National Park Service will host programs highlighting the marvels of the night sky and the importance of preserving dark skies. The Hill Country Astronomers (HCA) will set up telescopes and offer a stargazing experience from 6:15 to 8:30 pm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: NEWARK - A Plainfield, New Jersey, tax preparer was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the IRS, falsifying his tax returns, and witness tampering, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as well as Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.), on Friday sent a letter to President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan concerning reports ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - Amir Gibreel, 30, of Northern Virginia, was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison for his role in a large-scale marijuana distribution enterprise, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Timothy M. Dunham, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Gerard Graves (27, Clearwater) to seven years in federal prison for unlawful possession of firearms in a school zone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey John Guzman Suarez, 29, of Jamestown, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
