News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Ricky Lee Banks, age 40, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Counterfeiting An Obligation Of The United States, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 471 and 2, punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00 or both for each count.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: Defendant attempted to carry $100,000 disguised as books through airport security.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for armed bank robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: Jemez Springs, NM -Valles Caldera National Preserve is planning to implement a prescribed burn targeting up to 1,050 acres of meadow grassland in Valle San Antonio, located in the northwest portion of the preserve’s backcountry. The burn operations are planned to start Thursday April 5th, 2018 and possibly continue into Friday, dependent upon suitable weather and fuel conditions. The area is currently under a seasonal closure, so impacts to visitors will be minimal.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on a charge of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney R. Trent Shores announced that United States District Judge Claire V. Eagan sentenced Phong Do, 36, of Westminster, California, to serve 30 months in federal prison for Conspiracy to Launder Money.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with Israel's Ministry of Energy (MOE) and the Israel Innovation Authority, announced a new funding opportunity for 2018 through Binational Industrial Research & Development (BIRD) Energy, a program for joint U.S.-Israel industrial research and development (R&D) in renewable and energy efficiency technologies.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces summer hours and programs for the 2018 recreation season at Lake Berryessa.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
Release: ARLINGTON, Va. - A traveler was cited by airport police at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) after a Transportation Security Administration officer spotted a loaded gun in the man’s carry-on bag at one of the airport checkpoints.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A reggaeton singer was arrested Tuesday in Bayamon for failure to declare transportation of monetary instruments more than $10,000 and for bulk cash smuggling into the United States. The arrest is the result of a joint investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that a federal jury convicted RONALD THOMPSON, a St. Charles Parish resident, for violations of the Federal Controlled Substances Act. Following a two-day trial, the jury found THOMPSON guilty of possessing with the intent to distribute quantities of cocaine, crack cocaine, and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 28-year-old man from Houston has been ordered to prison for his convictions of distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Samier Patrick Clark pleaded guilty to all charges Nov, 1, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: The United States Attorney, Richard W. Moore, announces that Gregory Owens, a 55 year old, resident of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced to 121 months of incarceration followed by five years of supervised release for a bank robbery and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime, bank robbery.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management Anchorage Field Office is seeking public input as it prepares an Environmental Assessment of educational activities on the BLM Campbell Tract in Anchorage.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MOHAMED H. ABDI, also known as “Vic," 25, of Worcester, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: A New Orleans, Louisiana-area woman pleaded guilty today for her participation in a scheme to obtain oxycodone through fraud by creating fictitious prescriptions and to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone on the black market.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Portage, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court in Johnstown to 72 months in prison and three years’ supervised release on her conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Brandon Eugene Williams has pleaded guilty to distributing the hallucinogenic drugs LSD and dimethyltryptamine (“DMT") to an FBI informant on two occasions.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: Road work is set to begin Monday, April 9 on a five-month project to rehabilitate the first five miles of Hurricane Ridge Road from the intersection with Mt. Angeles Road to the Heart O’ the Hills entrance station.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A Mexican National on a visitor visa has entered a guilty plea to attempting to smuggle illegal aliens behind a load of produce, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
