News from October 2017
By DOE Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Tracy S. Rudisill, a chemical engineer at EM’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), has received the 2017 Glenn T. Seaborg Actinide Separations Award.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - United States Magistrate Judge Silvia Carreño-Coll authorized a criminal complaint against Christian Joel Encarnación-Sandoval, charging him with theft of mail, said U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez for the District of Puerto Rico. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service in charge of the investigation.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - The final phase of full-scale testing has wrapped up for the pulse jet mixer (PJM) vessels and control systems intended for use in the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant ’s Pretreatment Facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: William R. Whyte Shipped Vehicles to Iraq with Inferior Armor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Junction City man who took part in a woman’s kidnapping that led to her murder was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: A Lauderhill, Florida, man pleaded guilty today to aggravated identity theft and conspiring to use stolen IDs to file fraudulent tax returns, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeking Public Assistance for Bank Robbery in Wilton Manors.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Chief Executive Officer of Armored Vehicle Company Convicted of Defrauding the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose announced today that $5,270,994 in federal grants have been awarded to local law enforcement agencies, non-profit organizations, and tribal government programs in the Western District of North Carolina. The federal grants are administered by multiple awarding agencies, which are components of the Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating the federal firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced today the sentencing of Jose Mercedes, Sr., aka “Hippie," to 14 years in state prison followed by five years post release supervision for possessing 70 kilograms of (over 150 pounds) in connection with a narcotics...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One former Allegheny County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Danville, VIRGINIA - The former owner and chief executive officer of an armored vehicle company with offices in Danville and Canada, was found guilty yesterday evening in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Danville of all federal charges levied against him, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that TERRICK WASHINGTON, 45, a registered sex offender, was sentenced to 262 months in prison by United States District Judge Kenneth M. Karas for his attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. Judge Karas also imposed a 5-year term of supervised release to follow the prison term. The sentencing today followed WASHINGTON’s guilty plea on March 8, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: CODY, Wyo. -The Bureau of Land Management will hold public meetings on Oct. 24 and 25 in Cody and Lovell to gather input on cave and karst management in the Cody Field Office area. The BLM’s multiple use and sustained yield mission directs the management and protection of caves while also providing for recreational use and scientific research.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two defendants who pleaded guilty earlier this year to federal drug crimes were sentenced today in Huntington, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Bradley William McCutchen, 36, of Detroit, was sentenced to five years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: Keno Deandre Lane, aka Savage, 25, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced on October 6, 2017, to five years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for making a false declaration before a grand jury, announced United States Attorney Donald Q. Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One former resident of Verona, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: OAKLAND - Restaurant owner Akbar Dawood Arghandiwal pleaded guilty today in federal court to willful failure to account for and pay federal employment taxes announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch, and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Jeffery S. White, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2017
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Robert Twiss, 59, of Earlton, New York, was sentenced today to time served (approximately five months) for possessing a firearm as a felon.
