News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard on a federal drug trafficking charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Dawan “Finesse" Oliver, age 36, currently an inmate at Dauphin County Prison, was sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay an assessment of $5,000 under the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act by Senior United States District Judge Yvette Kane for interstate travel in aid of prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder and Mayor Ethan Berkowitz were opening speakers at the Anchorage Hate Crimes Forum hosted by Z.J. Loussac Library on Saturday, Sept. 21. Attorney Schroder also participated as member of the Law Enforcement panel.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. Adam Schiff, the Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo for documents, including many he has refused to produce for weeks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that HAYDEE ARMAS SANTANA (“SANTANA"), age 56, of Covington, Louisiana, was indicted Sept. 26, 2019 by a federal grand jury for Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Oscar Orlando Navarro-Melendez, 31, a Honduran national residing in Asheville, N.C. to 135 months in prison and five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Velez, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to distribution of heroin and fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a fine of $1,000,000.
By State Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Director Matera, Senior Adviser Glaser, Representative Kao, Secretary General Hsiang, panelists, colleagues, and members of the audience; good morning to all.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A passenger aboard an Alaska Airlines flight diverted to Kansas City International Airport was charged in federal court today with interfering with a flight attendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Birmingham man for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Danielle Ruger, 27, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released the findings of his 18-month investigation into the NRA’s relationship with Russia and potential violations of U.S. tax and sanctions laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: SEATTLE - One of two men who robbed a marijuana store at gunpoint was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 138 months in prison and five years of supervised release for three federal felonies. ERIC HENRY WOODBERRY, 23, was convicted in June 2019, of robbery, possession of marijuana with intent to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: MISSOULA-Two men convicted of methamphetamine trafficking charges were sentenced to prison today after an investigation in which law enforcement seized almost five pounds of meth from a vehicle, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Gila District announced today that the Aravaipa Veterans Fire Crew has achieved certification as an Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC). Of the 13 BLM IHCs nationwide, the Aravaipa Veterans Interagency Hotshot Crew is the only BLM-funded hotshot crew in Arizona, and only one of two BLM IHCs in the nation focused on recruiting and developing veterans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A New York man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston for assaulting a woman aboard a cruise ship.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A New York man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston with the Aug. 19, 2019, armed robbery of a branch of the Bank of America in Revere.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank today announced that a Bangor ambulance company has agreed to pay $138,285.30 to settle allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act (“FCA").
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal criminal information has been filed charging JARED KENT NUCCI, age 28, of Fayetteville, NC, with one count of shipping stolen property belonging to the United States military overseas...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Paul Carroll, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to defraud an agency of the United States in connection with food stamps, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to serve two years’ probation, to include eight months home confinement. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $82,066.
