News from April 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: APRIL 3, 2018 - This year marks the 40th anniversary of the State Data Center Program, one of the U.S. Census Bureau's longest and most successful partnerships. This partnership, created in 1978 between the Census Bureau and the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Island Areas...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEVEN SIMMONS was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 37 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Kimba M. Wood. Between 2013 and January 2017, SIMMONS solicited over $6 million in investments...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Joseph J. Colello, 57, of Salem, Oregon, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 60 months in prison followed by three years’ supervised release for money laundering and defrauding the IRS. Colello was also ordered to pay more than $81,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - Following a four-day trial before U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor, a federal jury convicted three men, last week, for their roles in a conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of underage girls. U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Plymouth man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston with anonymously stalking a woman by text message and social media for more than two years, including throughout the 14-months that they dated.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
Release: SEATTLE - Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport today announced that Automated Screening Lanes (ASLs) have been installed and are in use at security checkpoint 5, which is located at the north end of the airport terminal. This state-of-the-art technology enhances security efficiency while decreasing the amount of time travelers spend in the security screening process.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: Several public information sessions aimed at educating the local community on the risks of wildfires are scheduled for later this month.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: Three Energy and Commerce Democratic leaders sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today requesting a briefing and answers on radical changes the Trump Administration is making to the Title X Family Planning Services Grants program. In February, HHS announced a number of...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Myles Davis, age 29, of Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on April 2, 2018, before U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo to the charge of conspiracy to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Damion Christopher Alexander Brown, 42, a Jamaican National residing in Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana, and bribery of a public official. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 5 years in prison, a maximum of 40 years in prison and a $5,000,000.00 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: Rep. Jenkins CNN Op-ed: The IRS is still using fax machines. It’s time for a makeover.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A Houston man will be serving nearly 43 years in prison for the attempted robbery and robbery of the Shared Resources Credit Union and for using and carrying a firearm during commission of the crimes, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. A federal jury deliberated for less than five hours before convicting Raynard Gray, 34 and Sonny Pervis, 28, March 23, 2017, on all counts as charged following a three-day-trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - After deliberating twenty minutes, a federal jury of twelve men and women found Leonard Gibbons guilty of five counts of violating federal bank robbery and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - EM Office of River Protection tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solution (WRPS) is making it loud and clear that worker safety is its highest priority.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: Two Mexican nationals and a Cleveland man were charged in federal court after law enforcement agents seized more than 140 pounds of methamphetamine, believed to be the largest seizure of meth in Ohio history.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSEPH MELI was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 78 months in prison by the Honorable Kimba M. Wood. Between 2015 and 2017, MELI solicited approximately $100 million in investments from 130...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: An Alabama man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for producing child pornography between 1997 and 1998, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town of the Northern District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Kong Meng Vang, 34, of Tulsa, Oklahoma: Count One - Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess With Intent to Distribute 100 Kilograms or More of Marijuana; Count Two - Possess With Intent to Distribute 100 Kilograms or More of Marijuana; and a Forfeiture Allegation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Joseph F. Booker Jr., 28, and Kaishawndra Lyons, 25, both of Pensacola, along with the previously charged defendants Uy Nguyen, 34, of Vallejo, California, and Aaron M. Booker, 26, of Pensacola, were arraigned today in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola after a federal grand jury...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Preparations for the second annual Mustang Mania Trainer Incentive Program (TIP) Challenge are underway as 44 approved trainers will pick up their mustangs April 6-7, 2018, at the Boise Wild Horse Corrals from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-5 p.m. on Friday and from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday.
