News from August 2017
By DOT News Wire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON –The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced more than $4 million in FY 2017 Hazardous Materials Instructor Training (HMIT) and Supplemental Public Sector Training (SPST) grants.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: Arrest Made in White Castle Bank Robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: (DICKINSON, N.D.) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced the availability of an environmental assessment (EA) and the opening of a 30-day public comment period for a Federal coal lease application at the Center Mine located in Oliver County, North Dakota. The public comment period ends on Oct. 12, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that AMBER LUANA SMALL, age 25, of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 70 months imprisonment, and 4 years of supervised release for POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B), and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that JESSE KENT COX, age 35, of Coweta, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment, and 3 years of supervised release for WIRE FRAUD, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $52,250.00.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: FBI Atlanta Arrests 25-Year-Old Female Wanted in Detroit.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Willie L. Lee to two years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft. The Court also ordered him to pay $32,933 in restitution. He pleaded guilty on May 17, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: BAKER CITY, Ore.- In support of its goal to serve the American family, the Bureau of Land Management’s National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center will host a re-enactment of an Oregon Trail pioneer wagon encampment over Labor Day weekend on Saturday, September 2 and Sunday, Sept. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two former residents of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced an indictment charging STEVEN MARKUSEN, 63, and JAY COPE, 58, with multiple counts of wire fraud in a stock trading scheme.[1] MARKUSEN and COPE will make their initial appearances in U.S. District Court at a later date.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: The National Park Service has a long and proud tradition of being the site of peaceful expressions of people’s views under the First Amendment to the US Constitution which guarantees everyone the right to gather together and express their opinions non-violently. We cannot deny a permit to anyone planning...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) surface security inspectors conducted training today at Red Carpet Motor Coach Headquarters in Oklahoma City, as part of TSA’s Risk Mitigation Activities for Surface Transportation (RMAST) program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Charles Town, West Virginia man pled guilty today to unlawfullly possessing a firearm, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Jacquel Sumter, age 23, of Columbia, was sentenced today in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, after pleading guilty to felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. United States District Judge Mary G. Lewis, of Columbia, sentenced Sumter to 85 months incarceration, followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man pleaded guilty today to receipt of child pornography.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former fugitive, who was arrested earlier this month in Virginia, made his initial appearance in federal court in Newark Aug. 23, for a gang-related murder. He was apprehended by the FBI. Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) provided critical assistance leading up to his capture.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - One of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, who was arrested earlier this month in Virginia, made his initial appearance in federal court in Newark for a gang-related murder, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley area physician was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison and ordered to pay a fine of $50,000 for a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Dr. Michael Kostenko, D.O., 61, of Daniels, previously pleaded guilty to distribution of oxycodone not for legitimate...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 23, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was indicted Wednesday on charges of brandishing a firearm when he robbed a McDonald’s restaurant, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
