News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Charmaine Peralta, 38, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced yesterday in federal court to 30 months in prison for assaulting a federal law enforcement officer. Peralta will be on supervised release for three years after she completes her prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man caught selling methamphetamine in July and September 2017 pled guilty yesterday to a federal drug conspiracy charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Michael Ginther, 35, entered his guilty plea to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA -Northwest ENT Associates, P.C. (“Northwest ENT"), a Marietta, Georgia based professional corporation, has agreed to pay $1,195,361 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims for sinus dilation procedures in which it re-used balloon catheters that were intended for single use only.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: Four people were charged in a 13-count federal indictment for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in the Youngtown area.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Bipartisan Energy and Commerce Committee leaders sent letters yesterday to three opioid manufacturers requesting detailed information about each manufacturer’s role in the opioid crisis. The individual letters highlight the complexity of the opioid crisis, which claims the lives of more than 115 Americans every day.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A North Carolina man was sentenced yesterday to one year and one day in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in dog fighting activities, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: Laurent Marc-Antoine Jean Maubert-Cayla was arrested pursuant to criminal complaint charging him with misconduct or neglect of a ship officer that resulted in the death of an individual, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1115.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILFREDO LEBRON, also known as “Tony," 47, of New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 46 months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for his role in a southeastern Connecticut heroin trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A North Carolina man was sentenced yesterday to one year and one day in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for his role in dog fighting activities, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces that United States District Court Chief Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced John Spinner and Valeria Brown on Aug. 3, 2018 to a term of 10 years in federal prison each for armed robbery. Both Brown and Spinner entered a plea of guilty on April 24, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Springfield with two counts of distribution of crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Kaleb June, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 33 months of imprisonment. June, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, had previously pleaded guilty to robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 33-year-old Jacksonville, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office is increasing fire restrictions and further limiting target shooting effective Aug. 4, due to high fire danger. The restrictions apply to BLM-managed public lands in Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, Sonoma and Yolo counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: Defendants Aided and Abetted Co-Conspirators Who Shot and Paralyzed a 16-year-old Suspected Rival Gang Member.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Robert C. Ard, of Elkins, West Virginia, has admitted to charges involving two homemade explosive devices found in his home, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on media reports of a suspected spy working for the U.S. Secret Service in the U.S. Embassy in Moscow...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public input on existing capabilities and needs of national-level offshore wind research and development (R&D) test facilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A jury has found two Chinese nationals guilty of maritime drug smuggling, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
