News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Anthony M. DeRose, a/k/a “Gus," age 23, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to possessing and intending to sell furanyl fentanyl, a synthetic opioid.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Vincente Manuel Ruiz, age 37, of Modesto, California, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and DEA Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: Recent statistics show Americans are the victims of 20 million crimes each year, affecting both individuals and communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Sampson Sarpong, age 61, of Bowie, Maryland, today on charges related to a scheme to defraud health care benefit programs and aggravated identity theft. The indictment was returned on April 4, 2018, and unsealed today upon the arrest of Sarpong.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: For the April From Shore to Sea lecture, researcher Susan Morris will reveal new evidence that there were visitors to San Nicolas Island and the surrounding waters when the Lone Woman was thought to have been there alone for 18 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Shandarrick Barnes was sentenced to three years and one month in prison, with five-months credit for time served, for obstructing justice in the federal corruption investigation involving City of Atlanta government. Barnes threw a concrete block through the window of E.R. Mitchell’s home, and placed dead rodents on his porch and elsewhere hoping to stop his cooperation with federal law enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The week of April 8-14, 2018, is designated as National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. Various agencies across the country will host events to raise awareness about crime victims’ issues and rights and introduce the community to the important resources and services available.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: The public is invited to join park staff as they officially unveil new interpretive exhibits at the Hoh Rain Forest Visitor Center in Olympic National Park on April 20th at 1:00 p.m. These artistic, hands-on exhibits offer multiple layers of discovery that interpret stories of the seen and unseen worlds of the Hoh Rain Forest, from the river and forest communities to the elusive canopy and soil ecosystems.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released final environmental documents for the installation of a well as a replacement water supply for the Merced National Wildlife Refuge.
By State Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: Dear Mr. Inspector General: We request that your office conduct an investigation into whether improper motives underlay personnel decisions affecting career State Department officials since January 2017. In particular, we request that you investigate allegations that senior State Department officials...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument will be holding the first event of the year and the first of three scheduled “Star Party" events this year. The Alibates Star Party is scheduled for Saturday, April 14, 2018. This event is part of the Night Skies Program in which, we celebrate evening activities...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE MAN INDICTED FOR HATE CRIME AND LYING TO THE FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew J. Sutton (619) 546-8941.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Special Agent in Charge Katrina W. Berger of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on Monday presented a certificate to Rockwall County to become the first Texas county to become an “IMAGE" member.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Christopher Shepard, 32, of Gorham, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to 15 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography. Shepard pleaded guilty on Nov. 28, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration today issued the following statement in response to concerns about potential shortages and drug production capabilities...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: Atlanta - Ten members of an alleged methamphetamine trafficking operation that sought to distribute more than $1 million worth of drugs have been indicted in a 13-count superseding indictment on charges of violations of federal drug, firearm, and immigration laws. Seven defendants were arraigned today in federal court.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement highlighting the consequences of harmful Republican policies on American families’ health care and earned benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND - Adam Thatcher Lawrence pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland today to mislabeling wildlife intended for importation, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and United States Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement Region 8 Assistant Special Agent in Charge Daniel Crum. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, U.S. District Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Four national parks in Maryland and the District of Columbia recently concluded annual operations to reduce overabundant white-tailed deer. Two Civil War battlefields, a 5,810-acre hardwood mountain forest and a national park in the heart of our nation’s capital, donated more than 14,000 pounds of venison to local non-profits that serve those in need.
