News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Authorities with the Orange County Violent Gang Task Force this morning arrested nine defendants on federal narcotics and firearms charges stemming from an investigation into gang activity in Santa Ana and surrounding communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: A Parma man was indicted for filing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 years’ imprisonment followed by 8 years supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Seven people from Northeast Ohio were indicted in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute carfentanil, fentanyl, heroin and cocaine.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry, today released the following statement on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcement of a new $600 million loan and grant program to bring high-speed internet to rural communities...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced TRAVIS KWYMAINE RUFFIN, 29, of Wilson, North Carolina to 54 months imprisonment, followed by 3 years of supervised release; MARCUS ANTWAN WILEY, also...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: TULSA, Okla. - A former University of Oklahoma football player has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a scheme that defrauded investors of $869,300 announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores. Timothy Hamilton, 31, of Dallas, Texas, pleaded guilty Sept. 14, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: I am very proud of the accomplishments we have made with the state and with our partners on the framework for voluntary agreements to address water flow issues in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Basins. I am also extremely pleased that we were able to reach agreement with the state on an addendum to the Coordinated Operation Agreement that lays the groundwork for improved water management in California for the next generation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Schools, Camps and Daycares Must Reasonably Modify Their Practices to Accommodate Needs of Children with Diabetes.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Glen Jean, WV - New River Gorge National River Superintendent Lizzie Watts has announced a new Love Your Park Challenge to kick off the winter season and give area residents and visitors a fun way to explore the three national parks of southern West Virginia all year long. Originally conceived as a way...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Fredericksburg, VA: Christmas at Chatham, scheduled for Sunday, December 16th has been cancelled. Because recent snow and predicted heavy rains this weekend will render the fields normally used for parking at Chatham unusable, the National Park Service has no choice but to cancel Sunday’s event. We do this with a heavy heart, knowing a visit with a period Santa at Chatham has become a community tradition that now spans generations.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - The former Chief Financial Officer of a north suburban automobile parts company has been indicted on federal fraud and money laundering charges for allegedly embezzling $700,000 in company funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Sentences. Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced DIEUDLET JEAN-LOUIS, 25, of Miami, Florida on Dec. 12, 2018 for access device fraud conspiracy. Jean-Louis was arrested in Northwood, Massachusetts. He received twelve months and one day of imprisonment, to be followed by thirty-six...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS"), and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: MACON- A Dublin, Georgia man was sentenced to 240 months in prison for spearheading an organized interstate pimping ring, said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Jesse Lee Hall, Jr., 39 of Dublin, pled guilty in May to one (1) count of conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Kevin Brown, age 30, was sentenced in federal court today in Lincoln, Nebraska, for one count of bank robbery. The Honorable John M. Gerrard sentenced Brown to 33 months in prison, ordered him to pay $84,505 in restitution, and three years of supervised release after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Ari C. Shapira, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Division, Juan J. Perez, Director of the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD); Jorge R. Colina, Chief of the...
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: The reports, which cover coral reef ecosystems in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Hawaii, and the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, say that more remote areas have few water quality issues and are less affected by fishing and nearshore development.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Mark Ian Gaver, age 56, of Bonita Springs, Florida, and previously of Middletown, Maryland, today to 17 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, on his conviction for eight counts of bank fraud and two...
