News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Five defendants were convicted yesterday by a federal jury for their roles in operating a massive international sex trafficking organization that was responsible for coercing hundreds of Thai women to engage in commercial sex acts across the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Central California District is accepting applications for 2019 summer seasonal wildland firefighting jobs. There are fire positions available for hotshot, handcrew and engine crew members; heavy equipment operators and dispatcher personnel based in Bakersfield, Bishop, Placerville and Porterville.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced JERRELL ANTWAN JENKINS, 33, from Greenville, North Carolina, to 204 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. Jichun Zhang, 46, of Durham, pleaded guilty today to stealing money from federal research grants, announced United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Westfield man was charged in federal court in Springfield today in connection with a scheme to obtain bank loans and money for projects in Saudi Arabia.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a prostitution operation that involved sex trafficking a minor victim.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Beginning Friday morning, December 7, through Sunday, December 9 search activities for Micah Tice were focused from the Granite Pass area to the northern lower slopes of Longs Peak, including the Wind River and Boulder Brook drainages. On Monday, Dec. 10, due to conducive weather conditions at high...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Travis Jones, age 20, of Oberlin, Pennsylvania, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two men who took part in a conspiracy resulting in the distribution of large quantities of methamphetamine across several counties in West Virginia appeared in federal court yesterday, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Marquis Edward Henderson, 32, of Bronx, New York entered...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The nomination of Courtney Dunbar Jones to be a Judge on the U.S. Tax Court today unanimously advanced out of the Finance Committee. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) released the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced today the release of the Colorado River Basin Ten Tribes Partnership Tribal Water Study that was conducted collaboratively with the member tribes of the Ten Tribes Partnership.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Aldie man pleaded guilty today to using the internet to download videos and images depicting the sexual abuse of children.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: FBI Oklahoma City Investigating Bank Robbery in Warr Acres.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Thomas Christopher Joseph, age 51, of Broken Bow, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2)...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced DEMARCUS FLEMING, a 38 year-old resident of Baton Rouge, to 115 months in federal prison following his conviction of possessing a firearm by a convicted felon. The Court further sentenced FLEMING to 3 years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment and ordered that the firearm be forfeited.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that TOSHIREA JACKSON, 49, of Bridgeport, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of health care fraud.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Today, NOAA released the 11th Fisheries Economics of the United States report which provides the most up-to-date economic statistics on commercial and recreational fisheries as well as seafood-related businesses for each coastal state and the nation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man and Operation Saigon Sunset defendant was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison for his role in a federal drug conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Lonnie Berry, II, 43, previously pled guilty to an indictment which charged him with conspiracy to distribute heroin. This investigation was the result of a joint effort by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Violent Crime and Drug Task Force West.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Thirty-Six Defendants Guilty for Their Roles in International Thai Sex Trafficking Organization.
