News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Marcus Antoine Bivins, 30, of Monroeville, Alabama, was sentenced in federal court on two charges-carjacking and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Bivins pled guilty to the charges in May of 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas -A 43-year-old Mexican national with a prior felony conviction has been sentenced to federal prison for immigration violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Fredericksburg man was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for distributing heroin and fentanyl over a 14-month period.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: OAKLAND - A federal jury found Brian Federico guilty of mail fraud conspiracy and mail fraud, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The guilty verdicts followed a two-week trial before the Honorable Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, United States District Judge.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited RMS Utilities Inc. - based in Alamosa, Colorado - for exposing employees to trenching hazards. The company faces $92,819 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: SENTENCING - Noe Pineda-Castro, Junior. On Sept. 12, Noe Pineda-Castro, Junior, 23 was sentenced to 7 years and 5 months in federal custody for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams of methamphetamine. Court documents reflect that the defendant engaged in this conspiracy from on...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: The former owner of a marble mining company in Afghanistan was sentenced to 54 months in prison today for his role in a scheme to defraud the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a U.S. government agency, which led to the default on a $15.8 million loan.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - At today’s confirmation hearing, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), questioned Eugene Scalia, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Labor, on his long and troubling history of trampling on workers’ rights and defending corporations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Russell White III, 38, of San Jose, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to four years and three months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the state of California by filing false unemployment insurance claims, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Alexei Saab Allegedly Was Trained by Hizballah’s External Terrorist Operations Component in Bomb-Making and Conducted Intelligence-Gathering in New York City and Washington, D.C., and Elsewhere in Support of Hizballah’s Attack-Planning Efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Angela Marie Farr, a/k/a Angela Pace, Angela Mullins, and Angela Biggs, age 33, of Leonardtown, Maryland; Michael Vincent Pace, age 39, of Leonardtown, Maryland, and Mary Francis Biggs, age 62, of Lexington Park, Maryland with conspiracy and theft of government property. Farr was also charged with aggravated identity theft and social security fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that STEVEN KENT STRANGE, 49, of Bailey, North Carolina, was arrested yesterday on a federal criminal complaint charging him with defrauding his employer’s charity matching gift program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A trade show worker who pleaded guilty to stealing 65 firearms (including machine guns and silencers) from the 2019 Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) show in Las Vegas was sentenced today to two years in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Trutanich of the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Ray Roundtree of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Omaha, Nebraska, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Five Missouri residents and two Colorado residents have pleaded guilty to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute more than $1.7 million of marijuana that was mailed from Colorado to Missouri.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved a slate of bipartisan measures by voice vote, including the Fair and Open Skies Act, the Protect and Restore America’s Estuaries Act, the Resilience Revolving Loan Fund Act, legislation to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and more.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Today, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at the subcommittee's hearing to examine workplace nondiscrimination policies and priorities...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that compounding pharmacy Diabetic Care Rx LLC, or Patient Care America (PCA), PCA’s Chief Executive Officer Patrick Smith, PCA’s former Vice President of Operations Matthew Smith, and private equity firm Riordan, Lewis & Haden Inc. (RLH) have agreed to resolve...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In the wake of two disturbing reports detailing the deficiencies in the quality of care delivered to some Medicare hospice enrollees, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) today sent a letter to the Centers...
