News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Plum Borough, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges involving heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Daniel S. Dixon Jr. Tubby, 39, a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, pled guilty Thursday before Chief United States District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to sexual abuse of a minor. The crime occurred within the Pearl River Community of the Choctaw Indian reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI, Navajo Police Investigate Officer-Involved Shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Kidnapper Michael Webb has been found guilty of abducting an 8-year-old girl and holding her captive for eight hours, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
Release: HARRISBURG, Pa. - Transportation Security Administration officers at Harrisburg International Airport have stopped two men from bringing guns onto airplanes within the last three days. It marked the third and fourth guns caught at the checkpoint so far this year. TSA officers detected six guns at the airport last year.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing the resolution of an illegal dumping case on public lands. The waste was discarded south of Boise along Pleasant Valley Road, a primary access route to the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced today an expansive health care fraud enforcement operation across the Gulf Coast, involving charges against a total of 11 individuals across four federal districts for their alleged involvement in...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA- On Friday, Sept. 27, 2019 and Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019 the Martin Luther King, Jr. NHP and the Greening Youth Foundation (GYF) will host the ninth annual Legacy Campout. Since 2010 this program has served 500 youths throughout the Metro-Atlanta area. This year we will engage 75 middle...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Ft. Myers, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Alex Jared Zwiefelhofer (22, Wisconsin) and Craig Austin Lang (29, Arizona and North Carolina) with conspiracy to commit robbery affecting commerce and to discharge a firearm during...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Rex Harper - doing business as REH Property Maintenance - for improper asbestos removal and disposal at Superior Steel Door & Trim Co. Inc. in Jamestown, New York. Harper faces a total of $168,772 in proposed penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two individuals have been charged in separate, but related, indictments relating to the September 22-23, 2019 overdose deaths of three people and non-fatal overdoses of five people that occurred in Pittsburgh and West Mifflin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester for his role in a cocaine trafficking ring responsible for smuggling over 20 kilograms of cocaine into central Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Maintaining A Drug-Involved Premises and Possessing A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Trafficking Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division hosted two community roundtables on Wednesday to address the problem of sexual harassment in housing, kicking off a statewide initiative to combat this violation of federal law.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Lynn man was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, for tax fraud charges in connection with a “ten-percenting" scheme, in which he purchased millions of dollars’ worth of winning Massachusetts state lottery tickets at a discount in order to help the ticket holders avoid taxes on the winnings.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Lone Pine, Calif. - The Alabama Hills Stewardship Group (AHSG) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Bishop Field Office, along with dozens of stakeholder groups and the community of Lone Pine are gathering to celebrate designation of the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area, which was established by law on March 12, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart, joined by federal, state and local law enforcement officials, will hold a press conference in Beckley on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. to discuss law enforcement actions of significant interest.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Jonathan Budowski (48, Brooksville), a/k/a “Hard Times," to 20 years and 8 months in federal prison for his role in selling multiple kilograms of methamphetamine as part of a drug trafficking conspiracy, while maintaining...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: On Sept. 24, 2019 a Federal Grand Jury returned and indictment against ANDREW WEAVER, age 25, of Cheyenne, Wyoming for being a felon in possession of a firearm stemming from a shooting that occurred in Cheyenne on September 16th. Weaver made his initial appearance in front of Chief United States...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 25, 2019
News Release: The Hill . By Lauren Aronson. Congress was gaveled back into session this month with unprecedented momentum behind legislative efforts to hold Big Pharma accountable and lower prescription drug prices. …. First, even in a deeply divided political climate, there continues to be true bipartisan cooperation,...
