News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. - Two men who were arrested last September in Salisbury, North Carolina, in a gas pump credit and debit card-skimming investigation were sentenced to federal prison today, announced Matthew G.T. Martin, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A Michigan resident has been sentenced in federal court to 72 months of incarceration and four years of supervised release on his conviction of conspiring to possess and distribute opiate pain killers, oxycodone and oxymorphone, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
Release: SAN ANTONIO - Officials at the Transportation Security Administration’s National Canine Training Center here have adopted a canine with the intention of training it in explosives detection after a nearby dog training operation was shuttered by law enforcement.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: DOUGLAS, Wyo. - In the spirit of shared conservation stewardship, and in keeping with our commitment to sustain healthy wild horse populations on healthy public lands, the Bureau of Land Management hosted the annual Wyoming Mustang Days wild horse competition and adoption last weekend at the Wyoming...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Ricky R. Wadsworth and Shannon Brown were sentenced on August 23 and 24, respectively, by United States District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio for transferring a firearm to a felon and illegal possession of firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Entertainment Industry Business Manager Convicted of Defrauding Celebrity Clients, Bankruptcy Fraud and Tax Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Kevin J. Gorbsky, age 32, of Bowie, Maryland, on five counts of enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity and one count of transferring obscene material to a minor. The indictment was returned on Aug. 23, 2018, and unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Craig Carpenito, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a New York man is scheduled to appear in court today on charges of selling dangerous designer drugs, fentanyl, and oxycodone over the Internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Scheme Involved Mail Theft, Aggravated Identity Theft, Bank Fraud, and Possession of Stolen Credit Cards and Debit Cards.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in support of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule. On Feb. 16, ...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: On Sept. 1, 2018, the National Park Service will be going into winter hours at the temporary visitor center at the Minidoka National Historic Site, also known locally as Hunt Camp in Idaho. The temporary Visitor Center will be open to the public for the months of September and October of 2018 providing...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury sitting in the District of Utah has returned an indictment, which was unsealed today, charging the CEO and CFO of Washakie Renewable Energy (WRE), a Utah-based biodiesel company, and a California businessman with laundering proceeds of a mail fraud scheme, which...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: National Park Service River Rangers introduced a new river safety program to alert boaters of a flow reduction in case of an emergency on the Gauley River. Signs will be used during Gauley River boating season and will be placed at Summersville Dam, Mason’s Branch, and Wood’s Ferry public boat launches.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Coshocton, Ohio, has been sentenced in federal court to 48 months in jail on his conviction of violating money laundering laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Benjamin Abraham, 60, of Charlotte, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. to 41 months in prison in connection with a $3.5 million investment scheme involving jewelry, precious metals and gemstones, announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina. Abraham was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release and to pay $2,034,537 in restitution.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources yesterday held a business meeting to advance two nominees for the Department of Energy:
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A supervisory Federal Air Marshal for the Baltimore region has been honored by receiving the Transportation Security Administration’s Trailblazer Award for 2018, for blazing a path for women in non-traditional careers as part of the agency’s Women’s Equality Day celebration.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid today sentenced a rural Mercer County, Ill., man, Steven Austin Adams, 27, to seven years in prison for illegal possession of a firearm by a felon. Adams was ordered to remain on supervised release for three years following his release from prison. Adams has remained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since he was arrested in July 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: Shipped cash to Phoenix, Arizona, for approximately a year in exchange for over 50 pounds of ice methamphetamine.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 24, 2018
News Release: GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Hammers Construction Inc. and Montes Construction LLC after a fatal fall at a Greenwood Village, Colorado, worksite. The companies face proposed penalties of $177,893.
