News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: A Cleveland man was sentenced to jail for stealing a medical device from a veteran at the Cleveland VA Medical Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Cambridge man was arrested and charged today in connection with tweeting a murder-for-hire solicitation to kill ICE agents for $500.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to 6 1/2 years in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted of a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: SELMA, Ala - A three-month operation focused on reducing violent crime in Selma and the Gulf Coast region resulted in federal charges against 24 defendants, with about 50 guns seized, announced U.S. Attorney Richard Moore, Southern District of Alabama; U.S. Attorney Louis Franklin, Middle District of...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy, in partnership with the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), is hosting a free webinar titled “Utility-Scale Energy Development" on Wednesday, Aug. 29, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mountain Time.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: GREENVILLE - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces the sentencing of ROBERTO HERNANDEZ-CUARENTA, age 57, of Zebulon, North Carolina, for two counts of Voting by Alien. HERNANDEZ-CUARENTA was sentenced to time served on both counts which is four months of imprisonment.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) issued the following statement today in response to an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos. The 9th Circuit Court decision nullified efforts by the Trump Administration to overturn a proposed ban on the pesticide, which has been found to pose a health hazard to humans...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: VERMILION CLIFFS, Ariz. - There is nothing quite as iconic in the western United States as a California Condor soaring over the red-rock-canyon landscapes of northern Arizona and southern Utah. Thanks to people working together to recover this species, condors have become a fixture in southwestern skies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: SAN JOSE - A federal grand jury in San Jose indicted Travis Cole Malone, Jr., on July 12, 2018, for conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse and for causing the transmission of code to damage protected computers, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: SAN JOSE - A federal grand jury in San Jose indicted Travis Cole Malone, Jr., on July 12, 2018, for conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse and for causing the transmission of code to damage protected computers, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Arcenio Sosa-Solorio, 27, of California, was sentenced today by United States
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - The owners of five Chicago-area restaurants are facing criminal tax charges as part of a federal investigation into the underreporting of gross receipts.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: Chairman Jeff Denham (R-CA). Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Field Hearing on “Continued Oversight of the California High Speed Rail Project". August 9, 2018. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). This is the fourth hearing that I have held on the California High Speed...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Kenneth R. McLemore, 29, of Destin, Justin G. Reimche, 39, of Lorain, Ohio, and Alex A. Mena, 30, of Stockton, California, were sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to drug and firearm offenses. On June 7, McLemore was sentenced to 106 months in prison. On July 30, Mena ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A former Belmont resident was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a decade-long Ponzi-style investment scheme in which he defrauded 15 investors of over $6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Cole Christian, 33, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 37 months in prison after earlier pleading guilty to possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Nancy McNamara, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A North Carolina man was sentenced in federal court today for the sexual exploitation of a child in Joplin, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that, on August 7, 2018, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging MUHAMMAD SHAHBAZ, 49, a citizen of Pakistan residing in Jersey City, New Jersey, with one count of conspiracy to commit food stamp fraud and two counts of unlawful use of food stamp benefits.
By State Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) today issued the following statement calling for the release of top Zimbabwe political opposition official Tendai Biti, who was jailed yesterday as the crisis in Zimbabwe deepens...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III, sentenced TANYATORN GHANJANASAK, 35, of Texas to serve one year and one day in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, upon conviction for Interstate Threats to Injure. GHANJANASAK previously pleaded guilty to the charge on March 5, 2018.
