News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRYCE ALEXANDER LAISTER, 26, formerly of Bridgeport and Stratford, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 107 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for robbing five Connecticut banks between November 2016 and June 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Black Mountain Golf and Country Club (BMGCC), a non-profit corporation that holds a patent on 140 acres of public land in Clark County, Nevada under the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, has applied to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a direct sale of the reversionary interest in its R&PP patent. The BLM Las Vegas Field Office seeks public comments on the proposal, which will be accepted until Sept. 20, 2018.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: CONTACT: USDA Press Office, press@oc.usda.gov. Washington, DC, August 7, 2018 - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the government of Morocco has agreed to allow commercial imports of U.S. poultry meat and products into Morocco...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: On Friday and Saturday, September 7th through 8th, celebrate the skies at the Kaibab Indian Reservation and Pipe Spring National Monument. Everyone is invited to participate. Tribal staff from the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians and rangers from Pipe Spring National Monument are looking forward to sharing information with visitors under a star-filled sky.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The former Chief Executive Officer of ConvergEx Global Markets Limited (CGM Limited) pleaded guilty this afternoon in federal court in Newark, New Jersey for his role in a scheme to commit securities and wire fraud from 2006 through 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges relating to Social Security fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced JOSEPH LUTHER LEWIS, 29, of Fayetteville, North Carolina to 151 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: Employees Allegedly Misused Government-Issued Credit Cards to Purchase Thousands of Dollars of Goods and Services for Personal Use.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that, ERIC ELWIN LEVAN, 36, of Jacksonville, was sentenced by United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan for distribution and possession of child pornography. Judge Flanagan sentenced LEVAN to 140 months imprisonment followed by 20 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Mexican man was sentenced Monday to 12 years in federal prison for his role in smuggling more than 1,000 pounds of liquid methamphetamine into Kansas City, Kan., U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown announced today that five individuals have been arrested following a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: Former residents of the Rio Linda Neighborhood are cordially invited to the first-ever reunion picnic. The free event is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Chamizal National Memorial, 800 S. San Marcial Street, El Paso. The reunion will take place in the southcentral portion of the park closest to the Delta Drive Gate.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Byron Lee White, 36, of Lexington, has pleaded guilty, to conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A 23-year-old Peabody, MA, man previously convicted in Rhode Island state court on multiple drug trafficking charges today was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: JASPER, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Carl Cannon Inc., an automobile dealership, have reached a settlement agreement to resolve citations and penalties issued after five employees were injured, three fatally, in a fire at the company’s Jasper, Alabama, facility. The company will pay $114,074 in penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: A Warren man was charged in federal court with distributing heroin and crack cocaine and maintaining a drug house.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office and Cleveland Clinic, together with numerous community partners, will be hosting a daylong conference on Sept. 6 focused on solutions to the opioid and narcotics epidemic.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - On Aug. 1, 2018, a Federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment charging Creative Educational and Psychological Services, Inc., the president of the corporation Coral Rivera-Arroyo, and three other employees with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy to commit...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Wahilli Nasco James, 23, of St. Croix, was sentenced today for his role in the armed robbery of the Gems and Gold Corner jewelry store, located on the St. Thomas waterfront, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. "The flagrant actions of gun-toting robbers will not...
