News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Kevin Sellers, 26, of Covington, was sentenced today to 52 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge David L. Bunning, for unlawful possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA- A former resident of Allegheny County has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating firearm laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national was charged today in federal court in Boston with illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: STOW, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Polystar Inc. - doing business as Polystar Containment - for exposing employees to excessive noise after 12 employees’ audiograms indicated mild to moderate hearing loss at its manufacturing plant in Stow, Ohio. The company faces penalties totaling $331,490.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - More than a half dozen New York based businesses have partnered with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York Thursday by joining the agency’s employment compliance program IMAGE, or “ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers."
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, today urged Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske to continue passenger screenings at small and medium-sized airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Defendant Drew Loaded Firearm While Being Pursued by Deputy U.S. Marshal.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - A Sanford man who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment today, announced Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington today sentenced Jorge Eliecer Cifuentes-Cuero (54, Colombia, South America) to 21 years in federal prison for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine while aboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: On Aug. 10, Joshua Tree National Park celebrates a birthday. Eighty-two years ago, through the efforts of Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, Joshua Tree was designated a national monument by then, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Fifty-eight years later, President William Jefferson Clinton signed the California Desert Protection Act granting national park status to Joshua Tree.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Paul Kozlyuk, 32, of Brockport, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to aiding and abetting the unlawful transfer, possession, and use of identification documents, authentication features, and information. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: A Fort Lauderdale federal jury convicted Mohammed Al-Ghool, 50, of Broward County, yesterday of possessing a firearm and ammunition while being an alien illegally and unlawfully in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Reynaldo Lerburds, 41, of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty today in District Court before Judge Curtis V. Gomez, to conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Sentencing is set for December 6, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: FBI Offers $1,000 in Case of Albuquerque Man Charged with Kidnapping.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Wells Field Office (WFO) working with Trout Unlimited, the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), and private landowners is proposing a stream habitat restoration project for approximately 1,400 feet of Dry Creek, a tributary to Salmon Falls Creek in northeastern...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. - Aaron M. Booker, 27, Joseph F. Booker Jr., 29, and Kaishawndra Lyons, 25, all of Pensacola, and Uy Nguyen, 35, of Vallejo, California, have been sentenced for charges arising from a multi-state drug and money laundering conspiracy. Joseph Booker was sentenced to 20 years in federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Charles Gardner, the Commissioner of the City of Yonkers Police Department (“YPD")...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 52 months imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction of possession of material depicting the exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was indicted Wednesday on charges of robbing a Quik Trip, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Rome, NY - On Saturday, August 11 Fort Stanwix National Monument will host the annual Futile Thunder Revolutionary War event. This year marks the 241st anniversary of the British siege of the fort, and visitors will have the opportunity to discover the stories of those who took part in the siege. Events...
