News from August 2018
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON - 3-D printed firearms, like standard, realistic replica and novelty firearms, may be transported in checked baggage only in accordance with federal regulations. Travelers must comply with laws concerning possession of firearms as they vary by local, state and international governments. Travelers with 3-D printed firearms at the checkpoint will face criminal referrals to local law enforcement as well as civil penalties imposed by TSA.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of time served after having served 8 months in jail, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on her conviction of Attempted Post Office Robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ronald J. Martinez, 44, an enrolled member and resident of Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: FBI, KPD Offering Reward for Information About Suspect Wanted for Shooting at Knoxville Police Officer.
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 Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation has completed a draft Yakima Basinwide Tributaries Programmatic Investigation Report. The report describes potential projects to enhance water supplies, improve habitat conditions, and benefit federally listed fish species in tributaries throughout the Yakima River basin.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Washington -"On a planet dominated by people, the future of plants is in our hands" was the subject of paleobotanist Sir Peter Crane's 2018 ARS Benjamin Y. Morrison Memorial Lecture delivered today at the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) annual conference in Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Ashley Warner, 54, of Tortola, pleaded guilty today in District Court before District Court Judge Curtis V. Gomez, to conspiracy and possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert anno.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: SEATTLE - Three high-ranking members of a sophisticated international cybercrime group operating out of Eastern Europe have been arrested and are currently in custody facing charges filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Jay S. Tabb Jr. of the FBI’s Seattle Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MATTHEW PETROVITCH, 38, of Stratford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: New York Man Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking in Endangered Lion and Tiger Parts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Victim Companies in 47 U.S. States; Used Front Company ‘Combi Security’ to Recruit Hackers to Criminal Enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Ronald L. Wheeler III, a/k/a Trappy, has been sentenced for conspiracy to commit access device fraud while working as a public relations specialist for the Dark Web Marketplace AlphaBay.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a special recreation permit authorizing Black Rock City (BRC) LLC to host the 2018 Burning Man event on public lands in Nevada. The event will take place from Aug. 26 through Sept 3.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana Thomas L. Kirsch II announced a ten-count indictment against Yvonna Lee, age 32, of Merrillville; Latonya Foxx, age 31, of Indianapolis; and Tanisha Bledsoe, age 44, of Chicago, Illinois for engaging in a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Washington County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of theft of government property and supplemental security income fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Antwan Mims Captured.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that physician MUSTAK Y. VAID was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield to 18 months in prison for his participation in a $30 million scheme to defraud Medicare and the New York State Medicaid...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina---- Following a four-day trial before U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel, a federal jury convicted Gena Randolph, 44, of Mount Pleasant, of committing a $2 million health care fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2018
News Release: Business Executive Arrested on Foreign Bribery Charges in Connection With Venezuela Bribery Scheme.
