News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announces the guilty plea by ROLAND CHAMBERS, age 49, of Houma, before U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Stephan Cotterrell, of New York, New York, has admitted to using a firearm during a crime of violence, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Saul E. Pacheco, age 37, of the Bronx, New York, was arrested last week and charged with conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin in Columbia County.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Brothers Yousef Aezah, 28; Adhim Aezah, 23; and Dirar Aezah, 19, all of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty today to maintaining a drug-involved premise for the purpose of manufacturing and distributing synthetic cannabinoids or “spice," U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. As part of the guilty pleas, the defendants agreed to forfeit more than $1 million in U.S. currency that was seized from them during their arrests.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jimmy Lee Barner, 35, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of being a felon-in-possession of a firearm and violating supervised release, was sentenced to 70 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A man who fired multiple shots at security guards at the Las Vegas Boat Harbor Marina was sentenced today to 81 months in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada and Chief Ranger Adam Kelsey of Lake Mead National Recreational Area.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will exhibit and demonstrate 13 mature cybersecurity technology solutions that are ready for pilot deployment and commercialization at the RSA 2018 cybersecurity conference, April 16-19, in San Francisco.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 19-year-old resident of Donna has been ordered to federal prison for five years as a result of his conviction for conspiracy to transport undocumented aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jesse Zuniga pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: Boston - A Newton man, who was arrested and charged in October 2017 for conducting an extensive cyberstalking campaign against his former housemate, was charged today in federal court in Boston with an additional 24 offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RASHON GRAY, also known as “Loke," 24, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 77 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for participating in the armed robbery of a Hamden store in April 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: Abel Helb, 28, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was charged today by Information with one count of conspiring to possess and pass counterfeit currency and three counts of passing counterfeit currency announced United States Attorney William M. McSwain. According to the Information, Helb conspired with others...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Stanley Davis, 50, of Philadelphia was sentenced today to 18 months in prison by the Honorable R. Barclay Surrick for distribution of controlled substances.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 232,500 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: CRAIG, Colo - The Bureau of Land Management seeks the public’s help in reviewing its road and trail inventory for an area managed by the Little Snake Field Office in northwestern Colorado.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: APRIL 9, 2018 - The U.S. Census Bureau will mail out instructions for filling out the 2017 Economic Census to businesses nationwide in early May.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, AL-Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Johnnie Sharp, Jr, announced that the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) is the Birmingham Division recipient of the 2017 FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award (DCLA). SAC Sharp presented a certificate to Andrea L. Taylor, president and CEO of BCRI, at a press conference at the FBI’s Birmingham headquarters.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: Appomattox Court House NHP News. April 9, 2018. Contact: Robin Snyder Release. Date: Immediate. Phone No: 434-352-8987 ext. 222. Appomattox Court House NHP Presents Luminary Program This Saturday, April 14 Village Lined with 4600 Luminaries in Recognition of those Emancipated Appomattox, Va. - The Park’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joseph P. Kelly announced that Chadwick Lynn Board, 31, of Norfolk, Nebraska, was sentenced on April 9, 2018, to 137 months in prison by United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp. Board had previously pled guilty after Madison County Investigators executed a search warrant...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on news reports that the Department of Homeland Security wants to set up a “Media Monitoring Service" to identify and track hundreds of thousands of reporters, news outlets, and social media accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that Melissa Ann Mandan, aka: Melissa Fyten, age 33, was charged by an Indictment returned on April 4, 2018, for Federal Program Theft and Embezzlement and Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization.
