News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Leff of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office announced the arrest of Natanael Acevedo-Osorio, a.k.a. “Nata".
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - The National Park Service Incident Management Team (IMT) is responding to Cape Lookout National Seashore, which was impacted by Hurricane Dorian. At this time, 68 National Park Service employees from across the nation are assigned to the incident. The public is discouraged from traveling to or entering the national seashore due to safety concerns during the stabilization process.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Sylmar man was sentenced today to 235 months in federal prison for managing “Manny’s Delivery Service," a Van Nuys-based drug-distribution ring that used a fleet of cars and a staff of drivers to make rapid deliveries - primarily of heroin - to its customers who phoned in orders for narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A La Crescenta man pleaded guilty today to attempting to obtain ricin from an online source, admitting that he intended to acquire the biological agent for use as a weapon.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: MOAB, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking information to help identify the individual(s) who vandalized trailhead kiosks on public lands near Moab. This past weekend, someone deliberately cut down three large BLM wooden kiosks and knocked over a “Stop Highway Crossing" sign along State Highway 313.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Sissonville man pled guilty to escape, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Edward Lee Lewis, 51, pled guilty to escaping from Dismas Charites, a halfway house, in St. Albans, West Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dajon Nettles, a/k/a Gucc, 25, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to racketeering conspiracy. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: Spokane - William D. Hyslop, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Tanaya Janatia Tromblee, age 33, of Wapato, Washington, and an enrolled member of the Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakama Nation, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on June 5, 2019...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: DENVER-Acting National Park Service Regional Director Chip Jenkins announced the selection of Jeannine McElveen as the new superintendent for Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. McElveen has worked for the National Park Service for more than 20 years, most recently as the superintendent at Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments in Utah. She will begin her new assignment on September 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Gerald Kyler, of Eastpointe, Michigan, has admitted to selling heroin, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Blanca Quintero (619) 546-7118.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: FBI Announces an Arrest for Extortion.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Capital Caring, located in Falls Church, has agreed to pay $3.1 million to settle allegations that it caused the government to overpay the organization as a result of billings it submitted to the Medicare Program for hospice services.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Capital Caring, located in Falls Church, has agreed to pay $3.1 million to settle allegations that it caused the government to overpay the organization as a result of billings it submitted to the Medicare Program for hospice services.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was arraigned on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, in federal court in Worcester for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Keon Baptiste‑Harris, 37, of Lewiston, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Nancy Torresen to eight years in prison and three years of supervised release for distribution of cocaine base (a/k/a crack cocaine) and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Baptiste‑Harris pleaded guilty on March 20, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - Two men have been indicted on federal firearm charges for conspiring to straw purchase 19 handguns in Wisconsin and re-sell them in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: FBI seeks information on defendant's whereabouts.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS ― Saad Ahmed, a Las Vegas businessman, admitted before a U.S. magistrate judge Sept. 5 to conspiracy to traffic counterfeit good, importing counterfeit cellular phone parts and accessories from China for retail to unsuspecting U.S. consumers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: Richard Luthmann, an attorney licensed by the State of New York, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Jack B. Weinstein to four years’ imprisonment for his convictions on one count of wire fraud conspiracy and one count of extortion conspiracy. Luthmann was also ordered to pay $500,000 in restitution and $130,000 in forfeiture. Luthmann pleaded guilty to the charges on March 18, 2019.
