News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A South Boston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston on loansharking and gambling charges.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Today, Thursday, Oct. 24, Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park officially closed for the season to through travel. The most popular destinations for this time of year including Bear Lake Road, Moraine Park, Horseshoe Park and the section of Trail Ridge Road along the Kawuneeche Valley are all open.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 19-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been charged with making threats against Grant Middle School, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing the firearm he used in the armed robbery of a Pizza Hut restaurant.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Imagine a hot, balmy day in August as fans gather for the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) football game day opener at the packed Legion Field Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. Two minutes into the second quarter, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake causes portions of the stadium to crumble. Chaos ensues as thousands of people rush to nearby exits or fall victim to crashing debris.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Richard Vaughan, 72, and Donald Garner, 47, were arrested yesterday and have been charged in a 31 count indictment with bribery and wire fraud related to Small Business Association (“SBA") “set-aside" contracts with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA").
By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, Oct. 24, 2019-Deformed Wing Virus (DWV), one of the leading causes of honey bee colony losses, is much more genetically diverse in the United States than previously thought, according to a study published by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in PLoS Biology.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Used Employee Withholdings on Football Season Tickets and other Personal Expenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Worked using a Fictitious Social Security Number.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today the Indictment of DAMIAN K. LABEAUD (“LABEAUD"), age 47, of New Orleans and LUCINDA THOMAS (“THOMAS"), age 63, MARY WADE (“WADE"), age 55, JUDY WILLIAMS (“WILLIAMS"), age 59, and DASHONTAE YOUNG (“YOUNG"), age 25, all of...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced legislation Wednesday to permanently authorize the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: CINCINNATI - The United States charged a Mexican man in a three-count superseding indictment with intent to distribute cocaine and more than 400 grams of fentanyl, as well as illegally re-entering the United States after having been previously deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Jordan Frederic Schemmel (38, Ormond Beach) to nine years and two months in federal prison for distributing depictions of child sexual abuse over the internet. Schemmel had pleaded guilty on May 22, 2019. Schemmel was also sentenced to a 10-year term of supervised release and ordered to register as a sex offender upon his release.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and U.S. Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen today seeking more information on how the Trump administration’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that the former Executive Director of the Perry County Family Center, Shelly A. Dreyer-Aurila, age 53, of New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Oct. 22, 2019, before Senior U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo, for embezzlement of funds involving federal programs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden man was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for robbing seven businesses and banks in West Berlin, Cinnaminson, Maple Shade, Mount Holly, Haddon Township, and Voorhees, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: PROVIDENCE - An admitted member of the “East B Bop Milla Blood" street gang, previously convicted on state firearm and assault charges, today pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to federal firearm and drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The manager of a Wilbur-Ellis Company processing facility in Texas pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a multi-million dollar conspiracy to sell adulterated ingredients to pet food manufacturers, for which the company has already paid more than $4.5 million in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Richard Vaughan, 72, and Donald Garner, 47, were arrested yesterday and have been charged in a 31 count indictment with bribery and wire fraud related to Small Business Association (“SBA") “set-aside" contracts with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA").
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of ROBERT ANTHONY COLEMAN, 46, to one year and one day in prison and YOLANDA YVETTE COLEMAN a/k/a YOLANDA YVETTE PITTMAN, 51, to six months in prison for conspiring to defraud multiple government social services programs over the...
