News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: ELIZABETH CITY - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that “Operation Nor’easter," a heroin and opioid centered Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Operation headed up by the Federal Bureau of Investigation resulted in the indictment of twelve (12) defendants for...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Kenneth W. House, Jr., 20, Madison, Wisconsin, is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The indictment alleges that he possessed a loaded.380 caliber handgun on July 26, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Mercer County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that EVERETT J. ALLEMAN, JR., age 71, of Franklinton, Louisiana, was charged by way of a Bill of Information with one count of theft of government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hoboken man was arrested for allegedly using his cell phone to take a picture underneath a girl’s dress, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Los Angeles man was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for engaging in a fraud conspiracy to defraud purchasers of classic cars and muscle cars on Craigslist and other Internet websites.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry traveled to Oswego, New York to tour Exelon Generation’s James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant. FitzPatrick, located just north of Syracuse, is the first nuclear power plant Perry has visited as Secretary of Energy.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Most climbing routes on cliffs used by nesting Peregrine Falcons in Zion National Park have been re-opened beginning Aug. 1, 2018. The following cliffs are re-open to climbing: The East Temple, Mount Isaac (in Court of the Patriarchs), Tunnel Wall, Mount Kinesava, Mount Spry, The Streaked Wall, and the Middle Fork of Taylor Creek. The Angels Landing climbing route will remain closed due to the trail closure at Refrigerator Canyon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Jason Jay Cheek, 41 years old, of Michigan City, Indiana, was charged in U.S. District Court in a Criminal Complaint with Bank Robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Defendant had role in counterfeit check cashing scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, STERLIN KOREN WHITTED, 40, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III to 66 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, CA - Known as the hottest place on Earth, Death Valley National Park just experienced its hottest month on record: 108.1⁰F. If that doesn’t sound hot to you, realize that is the average temperature for the month, including overnight lows.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Bubacarr Drammeh, a DAL Global Services, LLC employee, and his wife Matako Drammeh, have been charged with smuggling hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and transporting that money to California. Bubacarr Drammeh has also been charged with bribing airport employees to get the cash through security.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Future Agents in Training-Getting an Inside Look Into the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri Lydon stated today that John Scott Jarrett, age 46, of Summerville, was sentenced in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for Wire Fraud and Identity Theft. United States District Judge Richard M. Gergel, of Charleston, sentenced Jarrett to 60 months imprisonment and 3 years Supervised Release.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District-Sierra Front Field Office, announces the temporary closure of 450 acres of public lands adjacent to and north of Stead Airport in Washoe County, Nevada, due to activities related to the National Championship Air Races. This action...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: SHOSHONE, Idaho-- As the threat of wildfire danger continues to increase, state and federal land management agencies willimplement Stage 1 Fire Restrictions on lands within south central Idaho effective Aug. 3, 2018 at 12:01 a.m. Fire restrictions are intended to decrease the chance of any preventable fires in the designated areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Three Members of Notorious International Cybercrime Group “Fin7" In Custody for Role in Attacking Over 100 U.S. companies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 43-year-old Baytown, Texas, man has been sentenced to prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - As part of the reentry efforts of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, it is important for us to partner with and support agencies and initiatives that provide services to released felons in order to promote successful reintegration into society, employment opportunities, and the ability to lead...
