News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Cleophus Dentmond, aka “Face," 28, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine, was sentenced to serve six months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A man who was arrested with 471 pounds of marijuana in his van pleaded guilty today to drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Morris County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 97 months in prison for distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Another two defendants indicted for their roles in a major, multi-state heroin and fentanyl distribution network pled guilty today to a federal drug conspiracy charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. To date, 11 of the 15 defendants charged in the indictment have entered guilty pleas. The joint investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Violent Crime and Drug Task Force West.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: NOAA has now certified the last of 11 Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) regional associations as Regional Information Coordination Entities. Data coming from all IOOS partners now adheres to common federal collection, storage and management standards, meaning it can be integrated with other data, and help make "big data " research and development possible.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management’s El Malpais National Conservation Area Ranger Station will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every Thursday through Monday, indefinitely. The Ranger Station was scheduled to be closed for renovations and improvements starting Sept. 4; however, the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An illegal alien found in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to one count of illegal reentry after deportation, and has been sentenced in federal court to time served, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Antonio Ulises Mireles, 24, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 142 months of imprisonment for his conviction on a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Mireles will be on supervised release for five years after completing his prison sentence. Mireles also was ordered to pay a $7,000 money judgment and $500 in community restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces a $4 million settlement with Dermatology Healthcare, LLC; Robert A. Norman, D.O, P.A.; Robert A. Norman, D.O.; and Carol Norman (collectively, Dermatology Healthcare).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Fourteen residents of Las Cruces, N.M., and a Mexican national are facing federal heroin trafficking charges as the result of a two-year multi-agency investigation into Jesus Salvador Otero-Martinez, 32, of Ciudad Juarez, the alleged source of heroin supply for numerous street-level heroin...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded $199,260 to Boston-based Protect the Force, Inc. for the development of photovoltaic (PV) energy harvesting fabrics. PV materials produce electricity through exposure to light. Energy harvesting fabrics produce and store electricity within a fabric weave to power portable devices.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Additional charges were filed today against a Kansas City, Mo., man for stalking two more victims.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear an appeal of a lower court decision regarding the regulation of ...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced it had resolved bilateral matters with Mexico in the ongoing renegotiation of NAFTA and would resume discussions with Canada...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A North Attleboro man has been charged in connection with a “lie-and-buy" firearms scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two Rapid City, South Dakota, men were charged in federal district court with Theft of a Firearm, Possession of Stolen Firearms, and Use of a Firearm During a Drug Trafficking Crime.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act, a bipartisan bill that would establish a national mercury monitoring network to protect human health, safeguard fisheries, and track the environmental effects of emissions reductions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: A federal jury convicted a Manhattan Beach, California woman of eight counts of wire fraud yesterday, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider. The convictions followed a week-long trial in front of U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cleland.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: NORMAN, Okla.-The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro sale event in Ft. Worth, Texas, Sept. 7-8, at the Will Rogers Memorial Center, where 35 wild horses and burros will be featured. The event will take place from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Sept. 7, and 8 a.m. - noon on Sept. 8. Animals will be eligible for direct purchase to a good home. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 28, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three years’ probation, the first 180 days of which are to be served under home detention, and 75 hours of community service on her conviction of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
