News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Heath Street gang member who was previously convicted of a felony pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to drug trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Webster man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to possession of child pornography.
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: The owner of multiple towing companies in southeast Michigan, Gasper Fiore, 57, of Grosse Pointe Shores, was sentenced to 21 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release and a $10,000 fine today based on his conviction for conspiracy to commit bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - Two Texas men have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of possession with intent to distribute heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jose Jony Romero, 41, of Houston, and Ricardo Rodriguez, 31, of Laredo, pleaded guilty April 26 and 24, 2018, respectively.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Craig Richardson, 43, and Germaine Hall, 41, were sentenced today to 168 months and 160 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen Shappert announced. District Judge Curtis V. Gomez also sentenced both Richardson and Hall to five years of supervised release, 350 hours of community service, and a $100 special assessment.
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We write to express our concern about then-Secretary Tillerson’s decision to recommend the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 400,000 Salvadorans, Hondurans, and Haitians despite warnings from senior State Department officials and U.S. diplomats that such...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Susan Kotson and Randy Peffer, both of New Martinsville, West Virginia, have admitted to their involvement in methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin distribution that spanned multiple states, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Mark Silva, 48, of Sundance, N.M., was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 60 months of imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release for his conviction on a sexual abuse charge. Silva will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Betty Jo Eckenberger, age 32, and James David Eckenberger, age 43, of Perry County were sentenced on Aug. 1, 2018, by United States District Court Judge Yvette Kane for child exploitation crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Aug. 1, 2018, Jimmy L. Desotell (age: 26) of Green Bay, Wisconsin, appeared in federal court in Green Bay and was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine distribution ring in Northeast Wisconsin and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of that distribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Lane Edward Miller, age 26, of Marietta, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment and 1 year supervised release for Aggravated Identity Theft, in violation of Title 18, United States...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced the unsealing of an indictment today charging a Madison, Wisconsin man with a gun crime. Demarko Richmond, 21, is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $36.4 million in funding for 37 research awards at universities, national laboratories, and private industry on a range of topics in fusion energy sciences. The research is designed to help lay the groundwork for the development of nuclear fusion as a future practical energy source.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: National Park Service. Homestead National Monument of America. 8523 W. State Hwy 4. Beatrice, NE 68310. 402-223-3514 phone. 402-228-4231 fax. www.nps.gov/home. National Park Service News Release. - Aug. 02, 2018. Susan Cook 402-223-3514. View the Perseid meteor shower the evening of Aug. 11, 2018 at the Homestead...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after the Senate passed H.R. 2345, the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act, authored by Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), by unanimous consent yesterday.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: MEDFORD, OR. - The BLM roads, lands and recreation sites along the West Fork of Evans Creek that were previously closed due to the Grave Creek Fire and Pleasant Creek Fire within the Garner Complex are now re-opened to the public due to lessened fire activity in the area. The BLM has been working closely...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued the following statement after the Senate passed H.R. 2345, the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act, authored by Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), by unanimous consent yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: DANNY LAURENCE RUST, 34, of Mills, Wyoming was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on July 30, 2018 for possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Rust was arrested in Casper, Wyoming. He received one hundred fifty six months of imprisonment, to be followed...
