News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that JERRY PEA, age 43, a resident of Hammond, Louisiana, was sentenced on Oct. 23, 2019 to serve a total of 138 months in federal prison for violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act and the Federal Gun Control Act.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it will offer 24 parcels of land, totaling nearly 13,422 acres, at the December quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The parcels are on lands managed by the BLM’s Canyon Country, Color Country, and Green River districts. The BLM will hold the lease sale online on December 10 at www.energynet.com.
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: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announces that DEMETRICE R. DEVINE, a/k/a “Respect," 37, of Garner, NC, and BRANDON JOWAN MANGUM, a/k/a “B-Easy," 31, of Knightdale, NC, were found guilty by a jury sitting in Raleigh today, for Conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHAEL VIA, also known as “Mike Live," 22, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a violent street gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Affidavit describes evidence of alleged illegal dumping approximately three nautical miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former corporate secretary and director of corporate law at a global technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, was indicted today for orchestrating a five-year insider trading scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Grand Canyon National Park's North Rim will begin day use operations on Nov. 1, 2019. Visitors exploring the North Rim after Oct. 31 should plan to be self-sufficient, bringing enough food and water for their stay, as services will not be available.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: S&T Public Affairs, 202-254-2385. Seoul, South Korea - Today, the United States and the Republic of Korea entered into a bilateral partnership for deeper cooperation on science and technology research and development of solutions to disasters such as fire, storm, flood and earthquake and issues closely...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The former corporate secretary and director of corporate law at a global technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, was indicted today for orchestrating a five-year insider trading scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Central Ohio man was sentenced in U.S. District Court today for exporting gas and oil pipeline parts to Iran for more than a decade in deliberate violation of a U.S. embargo and trade sanctions.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) reintroduced legislation to safeguard taxpayer dollars and improve transparency and public disclosure of Administration travel spending. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 55-year-old McAllen resident has been ordered to federal prison after he admitted to robbing another bank, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: MACON, Ga. -The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Atlanta Divisional Office will accept vaping devices and cartridges for the first time at any of its drop off locations during the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: An additional 22 people, most from Toledo, were indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic large amounts of heroin, cocaine and fentanyl in Northwest Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: St. Louis - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Brandon Shell, 20, of St. Louis City, Missouri, on multiple criminal counts stemming from a carjacking that took place on Oct. 12, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Good morning. I want to welcome our panelists to today’s hearing on the one-year anniversary of the SUPPORT Act. This landmark statute, which many of us had a hand in developing, responded to the opioid epidemic on multiple fronts. That crisis has affected every corner of our nation, with 130 Americans, on average, dying from an overdose every single day.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Chelsey Farley, of Philippi, West Virginia, was sentenced to 21 months incarceration for a methamphetamine distribution charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Robert Wilfred Boevingloh, 76, of Sullivan, MO, pled guilty to one of count of Receipt of Child Pornography. Boevingloh appeared before United States District Judge Ronnie L. White and sentencing was set for Jan. 30, 2020.
