News from August 2018
By DOE Gazette | Aug 8, 2018
The US Energy Department published a one page proposed rule on Aug. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today joined Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) at a formal grant announcement marking the award of $45,000,000 to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development for the LA 23 Belle Chasse Bridge and Tunnel Replacement project. The funding is provided through the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary grant program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that EDDIE JAMES, age 40, of New Orleans, was sentenced today for a one-count Bill of Information charging bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Two Lowell-based physicians have agreed to settle with the U.S. Attorney’s Office to resolve allegations of improper dispensing of controlled substances and improper billing.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Monica Rigsby, a former office manager for a cardiology practice, has been sentenced to federal prison for embezzling over $1.1 million from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On Aug. 8, 2018, Ethan Barlow, 27, of Kayenta, Ariz., and a member of the Navajo Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 46 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. Barlow had previously pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: ATHENS: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that today, Benjamin Blackburn, aged 50, of Jackson, Georgia, was sentenced to 43 months imprisonment for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon by United States District Judge C. Ashley Royal in Athens.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: (BYNUM, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management is accepting comments on a proposal to transfer 80 acres of BLM land to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MT FWP) under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, a federal grand jury has issued an indictment charging THORNTON LEWIS WATSON, IV, 24, of Raleigh and SHANTEVIA FAITH EVANS, 26, of Durham, with federal crimes. This operation...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that the 2018 Indian Country Conference: Offering Hope to Victims in the Spirit of Justice, was recently held in Bismarck, ND, on July 19-20, 2018, at the North Dakota Heritage Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Fairfax man who is a registered sex offender pleaded guilty today to downloading images of child sexual abuse.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: GRAND ISLAND, Neb. - During a multi-state operation led by special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a series of criminal arrest warrants were executed Wednesday for 17 individuals connected to an alleged criminal conspiracy to exploit illegal alien laborers for profit, fraud, wire fraud and money laundering in Nebraska and Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced that Damien D. Gambrell (age: 37) of Green Bay, Wisconsin, was sentenced on Aug. 3, 2018 in federal court in Green Bay for conspiracy to distribute heroin and enticement of another to travel in interstate commerce to engage in a prostitution act.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Stephanie M. Johnson, 40, New Richmond, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 30 months in federal prison for mail fraud and willful failure to pay payroll...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Twin brothers, Kecole Dukes and Kemeca Dukes, have been sentenced for conspiracy to distribute and distribution of crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: Oklahoma City - RICHARD SPILLANE, 30, of Oklahoma City, was indicted yesterday on charges of producing and receiving child pornography, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a fugitive citizen of Guatemala Aug. 8, wanted by Guatemalan authorities for murder.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: Also Admitted Distributing Methadone That Resulted in an Overdose Death.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jonathon Rule, age 28, of Moreau, New York, pled guilty today to failing to update his sex offender registration, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury sitting in Nashville, Tennessee today, returned a five count indictment, charging two members of the MS-13 gang with murder in aid of racketeering, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee and Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
