News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine charging Shou Chao Li, 37, and Derong Miao, 37, both of Concord, New Hampshire, with one count of conspiracy to engage in interstate transportation and travel for prostitution, two counts of sex trafficking by fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Raymel Weeden, 25, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of discharge of a firearm causing death, was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The sentence will be served consecutive to a 10 year state sentence the defendant is currently serving for robbery in the first degree.
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: Defendants Allegedly Inflated Company’s Value and Revenue to Defraud Investors.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - In support of the Bureau of Land Management’s mission to support sustainable and productive public lands, BLM Wyoming raised nearly $4,000 this week through its quarterly online oil and gas lease sale.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Stevie Alejandro, 32, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By State Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Burmese military and security forces have unleashed a targeted campaign against the Rohingya people - killing unarmed civilians, raping women and children, burning down villages, and planting landmines along border areas transited by refugees fleeing for their lives. Today, the House of Representatives took a stand by passing H. Res. 1091, declaring these crimes genocide.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA - Two dozen people have been indicted on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges related to a distribution ring operating in south Georgia and northern Florida.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $100 million to establish an Energy-Water Desalination Hub (Hub) to address water security issues in the United States. The Hub will focus on early-stage research and development (R&D) for energy-efficient and cost-competitive desalination technologies including manufacturing challenges, and for treating non-traditional water sources for multiple end-use applications.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - An Oak Park man has been sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for sex trafficking several children in the Chicago area.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: A former South Florida attorney and a stock promoter pled guilty today in connection with a $1 million pump and dump securities fraud scheme involving the shares of Valentine Beauty, Inc. (“VLBI").
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Tierun Bush, 56, of Jackson, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee to serve 36 months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and theft of government funds and property, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst. Judge Lee also ordered Bush to pay full restitution to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Craig Alan Castaneda has been found guilty by a jury of traveling from San Diego to Atlanta to have sex with a nine-year-old girl and of enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Khalil Ahmad, age 51, of Hanover, Maryland, pleaded guilty on Dec. 12, 2018, to stalking his estranged wife. Ahmad admitted that he solicited another individual to have his wife killed after he violated protective orders she had obtained against him, but that he ultimately paid...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), wrote to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) expressing grave concerns regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed reconsideration of the Supplemental ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Ernesto Watkins, age 21, of York, Pennsylvania, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for armed robbery and a firearms offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Late on Dec. 12, 2018, a federal grand jury returned indictments charging John Lewis Harrison, a/k/a Binky, age 28; Taurus Tillman, age 29, a/k/a Tosh; and Brandon Wilson, a/k/a Ali, age 24, all of Baltimore, Maryland, on the federal charge of assaulting employees of the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) while they were detained and being transported to and from the courtroom during their trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that Myron Owens, age 31, of East Stroudsburg, was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to 140 months’ imprisonment and four years on supervised release for his role in a Monroe County-based conspiracy that was responsible for distributing between 100 and 400 grams of heroin and cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: A Rochester Hills man was sentenced today to nine years in prison after having been convicted of sexual abuse onboard an aircraft, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Bureau of Land Management rescheduled the four remaining public scoping meetings that were postponed due to the Nov. 30 earthquake in Anchorage. The meetings are intended to gather public comments that help guide the development of a new Integrated Activity Plan (IAP) and associated Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 22.1-million acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A).
