News from August 2018
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - In response to ongoing severe drought, the Bureau of Reclamation and partnering water management agencies have reached several agreements intended to keep the Middle Rio Grande wet through the Albuquerque reach for the remainder of this year.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Kevin McIntyre requesting an explanation for recent statements made by his Chief of Staff...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Elkhart, Indiana, has been sentenced in federal court to 50 months in jail on her conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 27-year-old resident of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, has been ordered to prison for importing methamphetamine into the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Leonardo Daniel Ramirez-Gallegos pleaded guilty May 1, 2018, to conspiracy to import fifty grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today that new frequently asked questions (FAQs) and training videos on the Agency’s standard for respirable crystalline silica in construction are now available online.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Chris R. Cook, 45, of Lancaster, Ohio, was arrested this morning on charges related to distributing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Karl O’Dell, 61, a pharmacist and owner of a pharmacy in Ashland, Kentucky, pled guilty yesterday to a conspiracy to misbrand oxycodone and hydrocodone. Stuart praised the investigation conducted by the Food and Drug Administration...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) sent a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Kevin McIntyre requesting an explanation for recent statements made by his Chief of Staff...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: MACON: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that today, Bryan Shamar Little, age 38, of Athens, Georgia, was sentenced to 188 months’ imprisonment for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon by United States District Judge C. Ashley Royal in Macon. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA - Martin James Walsh, a 53-year-old resident of Twin Bridges, Montana, was sentenced to 120 years in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. Chief United States District Judge Dana Christensen handed down the sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: A former federal grand juror was sentenced to prison today for obstructing justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Damien S. Pinckney, 36, of Goose Creek, South Carolina, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to the maximum penalty of 120 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. He was also ordered to pay an $8,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - While in Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the unsealing of a 43-count indictment in federal court in Cleveland, which charges two Chinese citizens with operating a conspiracy that manufactured and shipped deadly fentanyl analogues and 250 other drugs to at least 25 countries and 37 states. The indictment also alleges the drugs sold by the group directly led to the fatal overdoses of two people in Akron, Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Chris R. Cook, 45, of Lancaster, Ohio, was arrested this morning on charges related to distributing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: Fugitive Back in Custody. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cleveland Division, Toledo Resident Agency, announces the arrest of fugitive Don Woodson Ellis, Jr. last night, Aug. 20, 2018, at approximately 10:30 p.m. in Detroit, Michigan. Investigative efforts by Violent Crime/Safe Streets Task Forces...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Aug. 20, 2018, Donnie Taylor, 44, of Bean Station, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, to serve 168 months in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for distribution of child pornography in east Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for racketeering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: Robert Khuzami, Attorney for the United States, Acting Under Authority Conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 515, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and James D. Robnett, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On Aug. 20, 2018, Christopher Cortines, 26, of Santa Fe, N.M. and a member of the San Idelfonso Pueblo Tribe, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 40 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Cortines had previously pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jorge Consuegra-Rojas, 43, Miami, Florida, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit access device fraud and possession of 15 or more counterfeit access devices. Consuegra-Rojas pleaded guilty to these charges on May 31, 2018.
