News from April 2018

By DOE Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) announced the Sustainability in Manufacturing partnership. Through this partnership fostered by DOE’s Better Plants program, DOE and the NAM will work together to help U.S. manufacturers drive energy productivity improvements and accelerate adoption of energy efficient technologies.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On April 9, 2018, United States District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Antonin DeHays, age 33, of College Park, Maryland, to 364 days in prison followed by three years of supervised release (the first eight months on home detention), as well as 100 hours of community service, for theft of government records from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Judge Chuang also ordered DeHays to pay $43,456.96 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jevar Sturridge, age 25, and a citizen of Jamaica, pled guilty today to possession of crack cocaine, powder cocaine and heroin with the intent to distribute those drugs, and to the possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: National Hurricane Center director Ken Graham and several federal hurricane specialists will visit with residents of vulnerable communities and discuss hurricane preparedness, resilience and how they can become “weather-ready." Tours of the Air Force Reserve Command’s WC-130J “Hurricane Hunter" will...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: HELENA-John Shannon Finley, Jr., 24, of Helena, Montana, was sentenced to 121 months in prison, 10 years supervised release, and a $100 surcharge by Senior United States District Court Judge Charles C. Lovell on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A local man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of illegal possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Adam Alfredo Flores, 36, of Corpus Christi, pleaded guilty Jan. 4, 2018, to felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two individuals who allegedly forced a child into commercial sex acts at multiple hotels throughout Middlesex, Bergen, and Essex counties, will appear in court today with one of their customers to face federal sex trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - One resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christopher Cook, 40, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning in U.S. District Court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 212 months in prison for being an armed career criminal unlawfully in possession of a firearm and ammunition on Jan. 3, 2015, the day he shot and seriously injured Officer Lou Golson of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD). Cook will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that KAVON ROGERS, 30, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for racketeering and firearm offenses.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A New York man will appear in federal court today to face allegations that he assaulted and kidnapped an individual who had a protection order against him, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: Cypriot National Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: Awards will be presented at the Lexington Crime Victims’ Rights Luncheon, on April 11, 2018, a collaborative event to Commemorate National Crime Victims’ Rights Week locally.
By State Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement after Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution to launch an investigation of chemical attacks in Syria...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man was sentenced today to 74 months in prison for receiving images of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: Robert S. Khuzami, the Attorney for the United States, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, announced the filing of a Superseding Indictment against defendants JAMES GATTO, a/k/a “Jim," MERL CODE, and CHRISTIAN DAWKINS in United States v. Gatto, 17 Cr. 686 (LAK). The Superseding Indictment...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: ARCATA, Calif. - Public access will be temporarily limited to the first three miles of the Little South Fork Elk River Trail in the Headwaters Forest Reserve due to muddy conditions beyond the three-mile point. Access restrictions began Monday, April 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - One resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of Conspiracy, Access Device Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
Release: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - An Albemarle County, Virginia, man was cited by police after a Transportation Security Administration officer at Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (CHO) spotted a loaded gun in the man’s carry-on bag at the airport checkpoint Monday, April 9.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 10, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that KAVON ROGERS, 30, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 144 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for racketeering and firearm offenses.