News from September 2019
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Department will award $157 million in airport infrastructure grants to 34 airports in 19 states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands. This is the sixth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Craig A. Cohen, age 55, of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania was charged by Information with one count of mail fraud. Cohen was an attorney who worked for approximately eight years for a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania law firm (“the Law Firm").
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: GREAT FALLS- U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme today announced the settlement of a civil lawsuit and recovery of $137,500 in an oil and gas royalty dispute involving federal leases.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: POCATELLO - Vincent Miera, 53, of Chubbuck, Idaho, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 235 months in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for distributing sexually explicit images of minors, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Miera was also ordered to pay $25,000 in restitution to victims of the offense. Miera was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye. Miera pleaded guilty on May 2, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: MIAMI - A Cuban citizen and high-ranking official in the Cuban government living in Miami, Florida, was sentenced on Sept. 27, 2019, to six months in prison for making false statements in his application for lawful permanent residence and for theft of government funds. The Court also ordered the defendant to be deported to Cuba immediately upon completion of his sentence.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Department will award $157 million in airport infrastructure grants to 34 airports in 19 states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands. This is the sixth allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Stephen Eckler, 68, of Ivyland, Pennsylvania, and Robert Yost, 52, of Southampton, Pennsylvania, were charged by Information with willful failure to pay employment taxes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Fernando Daniel Velez Ruvalcaba, 35, of Jalisco, Mexico, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for being an alien in possession of a firearm, which was found to have been used in connection with marijuana cultivation in the Sequoia National Forest, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: A Lathrup Village doctor pleaded guilty today in federal court in Detroit to charges of conspiracy and unlawful controlled substance distribution, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: In celebration of National Manufacturing Day on Friday, October 4, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites you to attend an informational webinar about the High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) Program, hosted by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The umbrella program...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: Defendant wanted in Guatemala for participating in mass sexual assault of indigenous women.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - David A. Hackney, 60, of Southeast, Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of a man in Southeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Tamesha Parker, 27, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison by Senior United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp for being a felon in possession of a firearm. In addition to her prison term, Parker will serve three years of supervised release following her release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Alexis Sanchez, 20, of Kettleman City, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute narcotics and conspiring to traffic in firearms by an unlicensed person, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: Washington - As part of its commitment to ensuring fair and competitive markets for the livestock, meat and poultry industries, on Sept. 4, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reached a consent decision with Green Bay Dressed Beef LLC, (Green Bay) of Green Bay, Wis., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ross Susco, 34, of East Meadow, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possession of child pornography, including prepubescent images. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2019/2020 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Riverside man was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for defrauding hundreds of victims, mainly distressed homeowners who paid thousands of dollars after attending seminars that promoted a “Free and Clear" program pitched by the defendant and his salespeople.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced Kendrick Hardnett, age 40, of Baton Rouge, to 111 months in federal prison following his conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, cocaine...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 30, 2019
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 27-year-old resident of Laredo has entered a guilty plea to federal charges stemming from her attempt to smuggle a Mexican national minor, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
