News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: Defendant Falsely Testified in Brooklyn Federal Court about Photo Arrays that He Claimed to Have Administered.
By EPA 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 US DOT Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, chaired by U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA), will hold a field hearing in Sacramento next Thursday to review the status and recent changes to the California high-speed rail project, including the most recent modifications to the project’s evolving business plan which was released in June.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A West Warwick man today became the 16th person who participated in a multi-state fentanyl and cocaine distribution conspiracy with ties to the Dominican Republic, dubbed “Operation Panamera," to plead guilty to federal drug trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PAULO EMILIO OSABAS-MUNGUIA, age 32, a citizen of Nicaragua, pleaded guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
Release: PHILADELPHIA - Residents of the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area will be able to apply to the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside the Philadelphia International Airport during the week of August 6 - 10, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" TSA Pre✓® application center. The airport is a convenient location to enroll in the popular program.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, Melvi Amador-Rios, Santos Amador-Rios, Yan Carlos Ramirez and Antonio Salvador were charged in a four-count indictment with assault, murder conspiracy and attempted murder in-aid-of racketeering, along with a related firearms offense. The defendants were arrested today and will be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Marilyn D. Go at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: In El Paso yesterday, United States District Judge David C. Guaderrama sentenced 33-year-old Javier Chanet Navarro to ten years in federal prison on drug trafficking and firearms charges announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Jr., El Paso Division; and, Special Agent in Charge Kyle W. Williamson, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), El Paso Division.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement regarding the recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finding the majority of taxpayers will receive a tax refund when filing their taxes next year...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Togo national was sentenced Wednesday to six months in prison for refusing to leave the country twice after being ordered to depart.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announces that three men have made their initial appearances before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on charges related to their heroin distribution in the Sioux Falls area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Following a three-day jury trial, a Las Vegas felon was found guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm that was discovered during a traffic stop, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Jill A. Snyder for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute heroin, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: Madison, Wis. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jay’Von Flemming, 25, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson for armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during the robbery. Flemming was sentenced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Carlos Bayon, 63, of Grand Island, NY, who was previously charged by criminal complaint with interstate communication of a threat, is facing an additional charge of threatening two federal officials, after an amended complaint was filed today. The new charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced an $110 million grant program to support the transition to Next Generation 9-1-1 technologies.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at a John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) checkpoint this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - William C. Ruff, age 43, of Clifton Park, New York, was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison for distributing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2018
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Last night, Aug. 2, at approximately 10:45 p.m., Glacier National Park rangers apprehended Raymond Reinke, age 55, from Pendleton, Oregon. Reinke was wanted following an incident earlier this week at Yellowstone National Park when he was captured on video harassing a bison.
