News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: ROANOKE, Va. - Today, leaders from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Virginia State Police, City of Roanoke Police Department and Roanoke City Public Schools, joined United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen today in announcing the formation of Roanoke C.A.R.E.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Below is a bipartisan discussion draft of a bill to reauthorize the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) praised the second House passage of H.R. 777, the bipartisan Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2019, which passed by a vote of 402 to 1. The Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2019 reauthorizes the Debbie Smith Act and the Debbie Smith Backlog ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced John Paul Funes, age 49, of Baton Rouge, to 33 months in federal prison following his conviction for wire fraud and money laundering. The Court further sentenced Funes to two years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: North Carolina Bloods Gang Members Found Guilty of Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Murders.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 28-count superseding indictment charging George H. Moses, 50, of Rochester, NY, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The conspiracy and wire fraud...
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SALVATORE PERRY, 45, of Shelton, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, oxycodone.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Prineville, Ore. - As fall weather brings shorter days and cooler temperatures, fuels specialists with the Bureau of Land Management Prineville District Office are preparing for the fall/winter prescribed burn program. As early as October 25-and continuing through the next few months depending on conditions-specialists will treat a variety of areas with prescribed fire across Central Oregon. These prescribed burns are planned in the following areas:.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-Nathan Wheeler, 43, a certified public accountant (CPA) residing in Portland, was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison and 3 years’ supervised release for wire fraud and tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that SUZANNE C. MAY, age 61, of Mandeville was charged Oct. 22, 2019 by a Bill of Information with conspiracy to alter or falsify records in connection with a federal investigation, namely, a Medicare audit of a hospice facility located in New Orleans, identified in court documents as Company 1.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is looking for your feedback on draft concepts for the future of Shepherd Parkway in Washington, D.C. You’re invited to share your thoughts at a public meeting on November 7th, online or by mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Worcester with unlawfully importing a protected species.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation and Westlands Water District today recommended an action that optimizes water supply and reduces pumping impacts through the Mendota Pool Group 20-Year Exchange Program beginning in early 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that MANUEL LIRA-RIVERA, age 35, a native of Mexico, pleaded guilty Oct. 23, 2019 to illegally using a Social Security number in order to obtain employment, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA - Natasha Simone White, has been sentenced for obstructing an official forfeiture proceeding. White, a lawyer and licensed real estate agent, used drug proceeds to renovate a house she owned in California. She blatantly disobeyed warnings from the federal government not to sell the house, and made off with a profit of almost one million dollars from the sale.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - Three Romanian nationals were sentenced in federal court in Boston yesterday in connection with an ATM skimming scheme operating throughout Massachusetts and other states including Connecticut, New York and South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Gary Ryan, age 48, of Clifton Park, New York, was indicted on October 16 and appeared today in court for his arraignment on charges of aggravated sexual abuse of a minor younger than 12 years old and transportation of minors with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: This morning, a federal judge sentenced a former U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant assigned to Lackland Air Force Base to 40 years in federal prison for receipt and distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) Special Agent/Lt. Col. Jeffrey Hall, Commander of the 11th Field Investigations Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and its national, tribal and community partners will host the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at more than 6,036 sites nationwide where individuals can dispose of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications. This service is free and anonymous, however, DEA cannot accept liquids, needles or other sharp objects.
