News from October 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich today sentenced Nicholas Marinkovic (29, Pasco County) to three years and four months in federal prison for stalking. Marinkovic had pleaded guilty on May 20, 2019.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today marks the one-year anniversary of the signing into law of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act - a bipartisan response to the nation’s opioid crisis that has been called the most significant congressional effort against a single drug crisis in history.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: An Ashtabula man was indicted on methamphetamine charges.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today marks the one-year anniversary of the signing into law of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act - a bipartisan response to the nation’s opioid crisis that has been called the most significant congressional effort against a single drug crisis in history.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: West Valley City, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) West Desert District plans to conduct a prescribed burn of 1,205 acres in the Reservation Ridge area between late-October and mid-November, when conditions allow. The project area is located in Utah County, approximately 42 miles east of Spanish Fork on Highway 6.
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 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: 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: 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 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: 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 DOE Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science has selected 49 graduate students from across the nation for its 2019 Solicitation 1 cycle for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.
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 Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation signed yesterday both the Record of Decision that created the El Dorado County Water Agency long-term water service contract and the contract itself, making up to 15,000 acre-feet available for the water agency annually.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX - DEA officials in Arizona announce the 18th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place October 26th, from 10 am-2 pm local time. Sites will be set up throughout communities statewide so local residents can anonymously return their unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida joins the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in announcing that this Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., DEA will host events throughout the country, including in South Florida, in support of National...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: A federal jury found a Tulsa woman guilty Wednesday of conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, two counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and maintaining a drug involved premises, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
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: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted participating in a scheme that involved defrauding financial institution customers of almost half a million dollars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Omar Isho, 37, of Modesto, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to five years and 10 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
