News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - 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 includes an interagency...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Medford, New Jersey, pharmacist was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for illegally distributing and dispensing oxycodone from two pharmacies located in Medford, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston-area man was sentenced Thursday to 136 months in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) praised the American people for making their voices heard and opposing the National Park Service (NPS) proposal to nearly double the entrance fees at 17 of our most popular national parks. More than 100,000...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will modify its entrance fees to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs to enhance the visitor experience. Effective Jan. 1, 2020, the entrance fees to the park will be $30 per vehicle or $25 per motorcycle and $15 per pedestrian or bicyclist. The receipt allows entry for seven days.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Defendants Stole Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars by Luring Korean-American Investors into Bogus Foreign Exchange Trading.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of false income tax return and aid or assist false or fraudulent document, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On April 5, 2018, a federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment against Chris Donell Smith, 54, of Stockton, charging him with assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that Arches and Canyonlands national parks will modify entrance fees to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs that enhance the visitor experience. Effective June 1, 2018, both parks’ entrance fee will be $30 per vehicle or $25 per motorcycle. An annual park pass will cost $55.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: BERGEN COUNTY, N.Y. - Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo; James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the US Drug Enforcement (DEA); James P. O’Neill, Police Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD); and George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State (NYSP) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Three Men Plead Guilty to Concealing Sending Funds to Anwar Al-Awlaki.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: A Cleveland man was indicted on federal firearms charges, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A federal judge has found a 44-year-old legal permanent resident who lived in Sugar Land guilty of receipt, access with intent to view and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. U.S. District Judge Alfred H. Bennett found Jacinto Lopez-Toledo guilty on Dec. 12, 2017, following two days of trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: A TSA employee appeared in federal court today to face child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that an inmate at the Beckley Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) pled guilty to possession of a weapon. Coleman Ferrell, 31, an inmate at FCI Beckley, pled guilty to possession of a weapon by a federal inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DON MANUEL ZEMO, JR., age 55, a resident of River Ridge, Louisiana, was charged yesterday in a one-count bill of information with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. ' 371, for his role in stealing over $1,000,000 from his employer, a privately owned and operated company that provided portside services as a terminal operator and stevedore at the Port of New Orleans.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: The NPS Investigative Services Branch (ISB) is pleased to announce the release of the program’s most recent annual report. The captures significant cases, operations, and other noteworthy events that happened in the program throughout the year.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC) today issued a renewal of Agreement to the Energy Communities Alliance. The Agreement, entitled “Engaging Local Governments on Issues Related to DOE Facilities" was renewed for a five-year period of performance beginning April 12, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Khiri Arter, age 25, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on April 11, 2018, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Heather Lee Kussoff (31, Cape Coral) with making a false statement to a federal law enforcement agency. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
