News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Mitzi Shawn Sears, 59, of Nancy, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison Monday by United States District Judge Robert E. Wier for taking over half a million dollars from an elderly couple, as part of a bank fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE- Zackary Galloway, 28, of Portland, Indiana was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Holly A. Brady after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jerome Lauzon, age 45, of Gansevoort, New York, was sentenced today to 1 year of probation for misappropriating more than $17,000 from a federally funded program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Purdy, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute and illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Judge Cites Seriousness of Crimes and Number of Victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Jo’Shwan Danquell Hamilton (26, Fort Myers) to 11 years and 6 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, distributing controlled substances, and carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime. The court also ordered Hamilton to forfeit a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Dion Donita Turner, an inmate at FCI Gilmer in Glenville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 12 months incarceration after admitted to attempting to possession contraband, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated four Washington counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers in King, Pierce, Skagit, and Snohomish counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Former Executive at Adamo Group Sentenced for Conspiracy to Commit Honest Services Fraud in Connection With the Detroit Demolition Program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Cynthia J. Feazell, 48, of Montgomery, Louisiana, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell to authorizing fraudulent loans that caused nearly a quarter of a million dollars of loss to her credit union employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Mitzi Shawn Sears, 59, of Nancy, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison Monday by United States District Judge Robert E. Wier for taking over half a million dollars from an elderly couple, as part of a bank fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brandy Netz, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Brandy Netz, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - The public is asked to avoid some recreation sites near Lost Creek Lake due to upcoming logging activity on the west and north sides of the lake, beginning Sept. 10, 2019 and continuing through early October 2019.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Daniel Walker is a non-traditional college student who enrolled at Idaho State University (ISU) a decade after graduating from high school.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Dear Principal Deputy Inspector General Fine...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation announced it has selected Joyce Harris as the senior advisor for information assurance, industrial control systems. Harris will serve as the lead on intergovernmental initiatives and requirements associated with cybersecurity of facilities and systems related to hydropower delivery.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Devincio K.D. James, 30, of Niagara Falls, NY, Luis Andino, 33, and Jenhsen Rodriguez, 33, both of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed drugs in the Niagara Falls and Buffalo areas.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: Yellowstone hosted 820,006 visits in August 2019. This is a 0.74 percent increase from August 2018.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: FRANKLIN, OH ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Faurecia Emissions Control Systems NA LLC have reached an agreement that calls for the auto parts manufacturer - based in Franklin, Ohio - to abate hazards cited by OSHA in July 2019 and to pay penalties of $188,329. The company will remain in OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
