News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: WILKES-BARRE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that on April 6, 2018, United States District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo sentenced Steven M. Caravella, age 28, who formerly resided in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, to a time-served sentence of approximately nine months’ imprisonment and two years of supervised release for stealing social security benefits paid to his mother by the Social Security Administration.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Durrell Davenport, age 27, and Amod Phillips, age 28, both of Scranton, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on April 9, 2018, before United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion, to federal robbery charges filed in connection with the armed robbery of the EFuel gas station and food mart located on Pittston Avenue in Scranton.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Protecting the rights of crime victims is a high priority, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Tyler Craig Anderson, 27, and Robert Lincoln, 26, both of Jamestown, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to make false statements to purchase firearms, which carries a mandatory penalty of five years...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: Joint Investigation Leads to the Arrest of the Alleged First American Bank and Trust Robber.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: More than 200 law enforcement officers died by suicide in 2019. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline may be reached at 1-800-273-8255 and provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress. We are HERE for law enforcement, HELP is a phone call away, and above all there is always HOPE.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Kevin Scott Morris, 45, of Forney, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to 480 months in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release, following his guilty plea in December 2017 to one count of enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Robert Lee Wyatt, of Elkridge, Maryland has admitted to a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow sentenced Carlita Frances O’Neal, 43, of Phoenix, Ariz., to 13 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. O’Neal had previously pleaded guilty to making false a claim against the United States in connection with her...

By DOL Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee today delivered the following opening statement at the nomination for Sharon Fast Gustafson as the General Counsel for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Tyler Craig Anderson, 27, and Robert Lincoln, 26, both of Jamestown, NY, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy to make false statements to purchase firearms, which carries a mandatory penalty of five years...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - One resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on a charge of Bank Robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: We are proud to announce that the National Park Service (NPS) has selected Moonbeam Leasing & Management LLC, as the new operator of Gateway Marina, in the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Two contractors at EM’s Hanford Site recently teamed up to help end childhood hunger.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: HUNTSVILLE - In observance of this week as National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, federal and state prosecutors in north Alabama today joined with service providers, survivors and community members to honor a victim advocate, a state prosecutor and five federal agents who have shown special commitment to helping crime victims.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Webster County man who brought more than 4 kilograms of methamphetamine to Charleston was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Quinton Funk, 38, of Webster Springs, previously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute over 500 grams ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - One resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on a charge of Bank Robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Andrew Workman, age 26 of Lone Tree, Colorado was sentenced today by the Hon. R. Brooke Jackson in U.S. District Court to 97 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release. He will also have to register as a sex offender. Workman was indicted by a Grand Jury in October, 2015, for receipt and possession of child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Over the weekend, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) hosted its third annual Cyber Defense Competition (CDC) at Argonne, Pacific Northwest, and Oak Ridge National Laboratories. Held across these labs simultaneously, 25 teams of university students fought to defend their cyber networks...

By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: Fire crews are planning to conduct a prescribed fire within Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, April 12-14. Prescribed fires, as defined in the approved Fire Management Plan, will be located within the boundaries of the park.