News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: Kelly Thornton, Director of Media Relations (619) 546-9726.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Pavel Ryzhenkov, 32, of Sacramento, California, pleaded guilty today to one count of trafficking in counterfeit goods.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: By Thomas T. Cullen. United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia. The one-year anniversary of the odious “Unite the Right" (UTR) rally in Charlottesville thankfully passed without incident. Marked by mainly peaceful marches and rallies on the grounds of the University of Virginia and...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: Honolulu - In anticipation of Hurricane Lane, World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument will close the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center at 12:00pm on Wednesday, Aug. 22, to allow staff time to prepare for heavy winds and rain. The park will remain closed until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Four more individuals indicted for their roles in a major, multi-state heroin and fentanyl distribution network pled guilty today to a federal drug conspiracy charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. To date, 8 of the 15 defendants charged in connection with the Peterson...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - Crews successfully removed a steel penthouse structure from atop the Vitrification Facility earlier this month at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) site, moving EM closer to finishing demolition of the building.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: Concord - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Geraldo De La Cruz Cabral Pena appeared in federal court today after being extradited from the Dominican Republic to face a drug trafficking conspiracy charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A Indiana County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A federal grand jury returned a 10-count superseding indictment today on charges related to opioid drug trafficking, including the distribution of fentanyl resulting in the 2017 death of a person, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Daniel W. Neill for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Reggie Joe McLain, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 123 months incarceration for distributing methamphetamine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jorge Consuegra-Rojas, 43, Miami, Florida, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit access device fraud and possession of 15 or more counterfeit access devices. Consuegra-Rojas pleaded guilty to these charges on May 31, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: On Aug. 15, 2018, Travis J. Taylor, 38, of Herrin, Ill., pled guilty to a one-count federal indictment charging Interference with Commerce by Robbery, in violation of the Hobbs Act, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Steven D. Weinhoeft announced today. Evidence at the plea hearing established that, on April 25, 2018, Taylor robbed the Valero Gas Station in Marion, Williamson County.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: Kelly Thornton, Director of Media Relations (619) 546-9726.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: Concord - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Jepherson Emanuel Cabrera, 18, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - Nine individuals are facing criminal charges as part of a joint federal and state investigation into heroin and cocaine sales in the Joliet area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 30-year-old Mexican resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiring to import and importing nearly 15 kilograms of heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Nestor Omar Dueñas-Jimenez, of Villa de Alvarez, Colima, Mexico, pleaded guilty May 1, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Employees recently gathered at Oak Ridge’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center (TWPC) to celebrate completing a full year of shipments to EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: Owners of Pennsylvania Based Internet Floral Company Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Texas man pleaded guilty today to driving a load of cocaine to Kansas, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX- Yesterday, Irwin Carl Foster, 38, of Ft. Defiance, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 41 months’ imprisonment. Foster had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.
