News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Darius Fields, 27, of Dallas, Texas was found guilty Wednesday following a three-day trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn for aiding and abetting the false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer to acquire a firearm, commonly called “lying-and-buying" or making a “straw purchase," announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Manassas, Va. - On Wednesday, April 11, 2018, National Park Service (NPS) firefighters successfully completed a prescribed fire in Manassas National Battlefield Park’s Brawner Farm area. Firefighters methodically ignited approximately 60 acres of meadow and brush to achieve three main goals: maintaining the landscape as it appeared during the Civil War, reducing the chance of wildfire, and improving habitat for wildlife including Northern bobwhite and American woodcock.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco resident Jin Ming Yan was charged today in a criminal information with evading federal income taxes, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Arrests This Week Follow 20-Month Investigation; Drugs and Guns Seized.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Eighteen people have been arrested following their indictments on federal charges in connection with an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking networks that distributed heroin, crack cocaine, and cocaine in the Washington, D.C. area. To date, more than 2,000 grams of cocaine and more than 200 grams of heroin have been seized as a result of the investigation, along with 16 firearms, six vehicles, body armor, and more than $40,000 in cash.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has settled a federal Fair Housing Act (“FHA") lawsuit against GINSBURG DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES (“GINSBURG DEVELOPMENT"), which was filed in September 2016. Under the settlement...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: A Strongsville man was charged in federal court for selling anabolic steroids, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to President Donald Trump regarding the Executive Order he issued late last night creating a new task force to study the financial situation of the U.S. Postal Service. Cummings wrote...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Aruban Telecommunications Purchasing Official Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Chesapeake man was sentenced today to eight years in prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for possessing hundreds of thousands of images of child sexual abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Timothy Miller, 36, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was charged today by Information with one count of federal program bribery, announced United States Attorney William M. McSwain.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two Winston-Salem, North Carolina, tax return preparers pleaded guilty today to aiding in the preparation of a false tax return for an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) undercover agent, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Matthew G. T. Martin of the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United State Attorney Russell M. Coleman announced today the addition of Assistant United States Attorney Madison Sewell to the Paducah, Kentucky, District Office effective immediately.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - On March 29, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted 19 individuals for federal firearms violations. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the indictments today. As charged in the indictments, seventeen of the defendants are prohibited by federal firearms laws from possessing firearms. In three of the cases, the grand jury charged the defendants with using a firearm during a drug or violent crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LUCKY FUA IOSUA, age 47, of Los Angeles, California, has pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Distribute 500 Grams or More of Methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846, and one count of Misprision of a Felony, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 4.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that Acadia National Park will modify its entrance fees beginning June 1, 2018 to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs that enhance the visitor experience. Effective June 1 the park entrance fee will be $30 per vehicle or $25 per motorcycle for a one-week pass. An Acadia Annual Park Pass will cost $55, valid for one year from date of purchase.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Environment hearing on “High Octane Fuels and High Efficiency Vehicles: Opportunities and Challenges:"
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Today, as the Department of Justice recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the nationwide rollout of an initiative aimed at increasing awareness and reporting of sexual harassment in housing. The announcement included an interagency...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Ca.) sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein requesting copies of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey’s memos.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS-The Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas Field Office is seeking public comments on a proposed Designated Leasing Area (DLA) east of the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone north of Las Vegas. The proposed DLA would allow BLM to conduct a competitive lease auction for solar development.
