News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Woodbridge man pleaded guilty today to collecting hundreds of images of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - An Olathe man was sentenced Wednesday to time served (three years) for cashing millions of dollars’ worth of checks to pay undocumented workers for installing drywall, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - EM and Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), the Savannah River Site (SRS) management and operations contractor, are upgrading a key operations center for the H Canyon and HB Line with wireless technology, new software and other improvements.
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers are preparing for a challenging phase of the Hanford Site ’s Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) demolition: continuing the teardown of the Plutonium Reclamation Facility (PRF) canyon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeking Fugitive from Prosecution. SACRAMENTO-The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information that leads to the location and arrest of Ruslan “Russ" Kirilyuk, 39, of Beverly Hills, who allegedly fled to avoid prosecution. Kirilyuk, who was indicted...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Benjamin McHugh, 36, St. Germaine, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 12 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. This prison term is to be followed by a lifetime period of supervised release. McHugh pleaded guilty to this offense on March 9, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Scheme to defraud allegedly generated illegal profits in excess of $8.2 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Latavia Hassan, 33, of Mastic, New York, and Chantel Lightner, 26, of Wyandanch, New York, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to use counterfeit credit cards, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 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 Interior Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: This year marks the 175th anniversary of Fort Scott, which was established in 1842. In commemoration of this momentous occasion, Fort Scott National Historic Site is pulling out all the stops with frontier-era military reenactments on Saturday, June 3rd. Stop by the fort during the town-wide Good Ol’ Days celebration and stroll the grounds to experience the bustling activity of the 1842-1853 frontier fort.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Daily lottery for permits will open Wednesday, May 31, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Images and videos included children between the ages of one and eight years old.
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash.- In this video, recorded May 20, Hanford Site workers place a protective cover over Tunnel 1 at the Plutonium Uranium Extraction Facility (PUREX), where a portion of the tunnel roof was discovered collapsed May 9. For reinforcement, crews strung cables across the cover, which is providing...
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that three inmates at the U.S. Penitentiary in Pollock, La., were sentenced last week for the assault of another inmate that resulted in injuries requiring hospitalization and several surgeries.
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: PADUCAH, Ky. - In 2002, Swift & Staley, Inc. (SSI), a woman-owned small business and then-subcontractor doing infrastructure work at Kentucky’s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, needed laborers who could drive a tractor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that the former director and the former bookkeeper of the Vernon County Ambulance District have been indicted by a federal grand jury for embezzling more than $260,000 from the district.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced Santos Jovany Quintanilla, age 37, of Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland today to 25 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for production of child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Processing and shipping the inventory of transuranic waste offsite is one of the EM program’s most important near-term commitments in Oak Ridge. North Wind Solutions, a prime small business contractor, is leading this important task through the leadership of program manager Linda Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Latavia Hassan, 33, of Mastic, New York, and Chantel Lightner, 26, of Wyandanch, New York, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to use counterfeit credit cards, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park is open for the season. Due to melting snow on the road visitors should be prepared for icy conditions. Alpine Visitor Center and Trail Ridge Store are anticipated to open later this week. At this time, night time closures will not be implemented. Because...
