News from September 2017
By DOE Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that it has approved a long-term application from Eagle LNG Partners Jacksonville II LLC (Eagle Maxville) to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a quantity of 0.01 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d). Eagle Maxville is authorized to export...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Rankin Fire Update. Sept. 15, 2017 - 10:00 am. Rocky Mountain Incident Management. Team Black Shane Greer, Incident Commander Information Center: (605) 574-1725. Email: RankinFireInfo@gmail.com. Hours of Operation: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Current Situation: Fire crews continue to make good progress on...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Today, all House Judiciary Committee Democrats sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) after Republicans sabotaged a markup of Representatives David Cicilline (RI-01) and Pramila Jayapal’s (WA-07) resolution of inquiry last week that requested the Trump Administration to release information pertaining to the firing of FBI Director James Comey and Attorney General Sessions’ involvement in that decision.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Glen Jean, West Virginia - Celebrate southern West Virginia’s hidden and not-so-hidden history at this week’s Ninth Annual Hidden History Weekend, September 22 - 24, 2017. This free event celebrates the wonders of Appalachian heritage, the rich sites and stories of our area’s diverse history. This week’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 41-year-old Plano, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that three Kansas City, Mo., men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to kidnap and torture an Independence, Mo., man.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, Senior United States District Judge Arthur D. Spatt sentenced Brian R. Callahan to 12 years’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release, and ordered that he pay approximately $67.6 million in restitution following his April 29, 2014 guilty plea to securities fraud and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced they will drastically limit the scope of the Collaborative Reform Initiative of the DOJ COPS Office. This program was intended to work with police departments to review, grade, and monitor progress concerning certain aspects of how they interact and work with their communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Guatemalan national was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with a federal immigration crime.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Valles Caldera National Preserve will continue making improvements to the preserve’s main entrance road starting Monday, Sept. 18, 2017, through Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. The road improvement work is being implemented using Congressional funding provided to the National Park Service to reduce...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Charges Include Murder of Annapolis resident.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Cedric Lamar Turner, 31, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 164 months in prison on carjacking charges and related firearms violations, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. also ordered Turner to serve three years under court supervision after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 34-year-old former Corpus Christi man has taken into custody following the return of an indictment alleging a scheme to defraud his former employer of more than $160,000, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A federal inmate pleaded guilty today, to bribing a corrections officer at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky (“FMC Lexington") to smuggle prohibited items into the prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: #OfficerWellness. PHOENIX - The United States Attorney’s Office will implement an online messaging campaign in September during National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month to highlight the importance of law enforcement wellness and suicide prevention. According to Badge of Life, more officers die of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Four Men Sentenced for Engaging in Child Exploitation Enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Robert Goguen, 43, of Bangor pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Willie James McNeal, 60, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to six years and five months in prison for an assault on another inmate that resulted in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. McNeal was also ordered to pay more than $39,000 in restitution, which includes restitution to the victim of the assault to cover resulting medical costs.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Jose Mendez-Hernandez a/k/a Eduardo Perez Reynoso a/k/a Jose Mendez a/k/a Eduardo Gumercindo Reynoso "P" a/k/a Jose Hernandez-Mendez a/k/a Jose A. Mendez, 31, an alien to the United States and native of Guatemala, was sentenced on Sept. 13, 2017, by Chief U.S. District Judge Louis...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2017
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Michael Evans, 34, from Jackson, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to 87 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Harold Brittain and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze. Evans was also ordered to pay a $1500 fine.
