News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Arritta Spence (48, Haines City) to one year and three months in federal prison for theft of government funds. As part of her sentence, the court also entered a money judgment of $117,234.40, the proceeds of the offense. Spence pleaded guilty on December 4, 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation released final environmental documents on entering into an agreement with San Luis and Grassland water districts to provide additional Level 4 water to south of Delta refuges in exchange for Level 2 water. The proposed agreement is five years from the date of execution and may be extended to 25 years.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Chief United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Gerald Barber, 40, a resident of Marengo County, Alabama, to 120 months imprisonment in a crack cocaine case. The judge ordered that Barber undergo...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A longtime member of the MS-13 transnational street gang, who is described in court papers as the “shot-caller" of the gang’s Hollywood clique, pleaded guilty today to federal narcotics and weapons violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A federal jury in Boston convicted three members of MS-13 of racketeering conspiracy and murder today. They are the 41st, 42nd, and 43rd defendants, respectively, to be convicted in this case.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Chief United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Marcus Dooms, 32, a resident of Mobile, Alabama and Houston, Texas, to 120 months imprisonment for trafficking cocaine. The judge ordered that...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeks Public Assistance in Identifying Unknown Man.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: On Thursday, April 26 at 9:30 a.m., the subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions will hold a hearing on “Worker-Management Relations: Examining the Need to Modernize Federal Labor Law." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
Release: Windsor Locks, Conn. - Alert TSA officers at Bradley International Airport (BDL) discovered a loaded firearm at the security checkpoint Monday morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: For Accessing Child Pornography. HAMMOND- James Struensee, 48 years old, of Dyer, Indiana, was sentenced before Hammond District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen following his plea of guilty for accessing an internet connected computer system with intent to view child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. (April 23, 2018) --- Effective Tuesday, May 1, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, Bureau of Land Management Gila District, all districts of the Coronado National Forest, Saguaro National Park, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Coronado National Memorial, Chiricahua...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: Tucson, Ariz. (April 23, 2018) --- Effective Tuesday, May 1, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, Bureau of Land Management Gila District, all districts of the Coronado National Forest, Saguaro National Park, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Coronado National Memorial, Chiricahua...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: Investigators seized 600 videos and more than 175,000 images of child pornography.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $14.5 million in new funding to advance geothermal energy development. The Efficient Drilling for Geothermal Energy (EDGE) funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will focus on geothermal drilling in support of accelerating the research and development of innovative geothermal energy technologies in America.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: We write to update you on some troubling developments regarding Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt’s security spending and personnel decisions and to provide you documents we have obtained that shed further light on these matters. Last week, the Government...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Acting Homeland Security Investigations New Orleans Special Agent in Charge Thomas M. Annello, announced today the sentencing of David Frazier, 56, of Little Rock, to attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sex acts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jordan T. Ratliff, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine distribution and firearm charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit, Michigan man was sentenced today to 18 months for a federal gun charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Quadralon Mayberry-Figures, 20, previously pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Stuart applauded the work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Hurricane Police Department.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - An East Amherst man was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration officers stopped him from bringing a loaded semi-automatic handgun onto an airplane at Buffalo-Niagara International Airport Friday, April 20.
By State Newswire | Apr 23, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Representative Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member, released the following statement in support of Argentina’s bid to be a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)...
