News from September 2019
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on two reports by the Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on the mental health of migrant children...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: American Citizen, an Alleged ISIS Sniper and Weapons Instructor, Indicted for Providing Material Support to ISIS.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Harvest Day Returns to Rural Plains.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Cumberland County, New Jersey, man was arrested today on charges that he allegedly defrauded more than 30 victims into wiring money to him and his conspirators after he and his conspirators met and wooed the victims on online dating sites, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A federal grand jury in Springfield today returned an indictment that charges Thomas L. Bishop, 60, of the 1600 block of West Bradley Ave., in Champaign, Ill. with attempted enticement of a minor. Bishop is scheduled to appear for arraignment tomorrow, Sept. 5, 2019, in Urbana, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Four residents of Allegheny County have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery and aiding and abetting, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: ALBANY - A known methamphetamine dealer was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his crimes, said U.S. Attorney Charles “Charlie" Peeler. Terrence Lamont Brooks, 36, of Albany, Georgia previously entered a guilty plea in May 2019 to Distribution of Methamphetamine. U.S. District Judge Leslie Gardner sentenced Mr. Brooks to 192 months in prison and five years supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Two-time felon involved in multi-pound meth ring, and caught with a shortened shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Springfield, Ill. - A federal grand jury in Springfield today returned an indictment that charges Shay Christopher Greene, 23, of Knoxville, Tenn., with failure to register as a sex offender upon his relocation from Tennessee to Danville, Ill., in May 2019. The U.S. Clerk of the Court will schedule Greene for arraignment in Urbana, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Eric I. Long, at a future date.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Jayson Michael Babbitt, 35, of Las Vegas, was charged today by criminal complaint with engaging in the business of dealing in firearms without a license, illegal possession of a machine gun, and making a machine gun in violation of the National Firearms Act, announced United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: An Elyria man was sentenced to 14 years in prison for drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt ARD LLC (formerly known as Mallinckrodt ARD, Inc. and previously Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Questcor")), has agreed to pay $15.4 million to resolve claims that Questcor paid illegal...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Nina Rosario, 21, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Memphis, TN - A former loan officer at Trustmark Bank pleaded guilty to a one-count information, which charged him in connection with a fraudulent loan scheme. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Mexican national man pled guilty to the felony offense of Reentry of a Removed Alien, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Jose Guadelaupe Camarena-Jacinto, 37, faces up to ten years in prison, a $250,000 dollar fine, three years of supervised release, a special assessment...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: Caught in traffic stop with nearly 2 pounds of meth and three firearms, including a stolen assault rifle.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The largest group of Cuban nationals to be removed on a single flight in recent years occurred Aug. 30. Officers with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed 120 Cuban nationals to Havana, Cuba on an ICE Air Operations (IAO) charter mission. The repatriation operation was conducted in accordance with the Joint Statement signed by the United States and Cuban governments Jan. 12, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SCOTT BODNAR, also known as “Pep," 40, of Ansonia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 55 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for his involvement in a large-scale marijuana trafficking conspiracy.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
Release: ALCOA, Tenn. - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at the McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) checkpoint this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - The 42-year-old Friendswood woman charged with committing fraud against a popular beverage company has admitted her guilt, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
