News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Defendant was present during search in which SWAT officers were exposed to fentanyl analogue.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A New York City man was sentenced today to over six years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Jonathan A. Valentine, age 40, was sentenced in federal court Monday in Omaha, Nebraska, for one count of interference with commerce by robbery. The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Valentine to 10 years in prison, ordered him to pay $1,256.50 in restitution, and three years of supervised release after he is released from prison.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: STINSON BEACH, CA -Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is pleased to announce the selection of The Siren Canteen to operate food and beverage and other associated services at Stinson Beach.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that three men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy to import and distribute methamphetamine in Ketchikan, Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: TULSA, Okla.- A grand jury returned an indictment today charging three men, including two physicians, with violations of the federal anti-kickback statute as well as conspiring to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today sentenced Richard Daniel Hiller, age 64, of Owings Mills, Maryland, formerly a licensed pharmacist, to 40 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, and for distributing oxycodone. Judge Hollander also ordered Hiller to pay a fine of $15,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., area man was found guilty at the conclusion of a bench trial today of illegally possessing a firearm.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-American Internet pioneer and security expert Vint Cerf will be a keynote speaker for the 2019 S&T Cybersecurity and Innovation Showcase on Jan. 10, 2019 at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A former procurement officer of Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), pleaded guilty today. Alfonso Eliezer Gravina Munoz (Gravina), of Katy, admitted to his role in a scheme to obstruct an investigation relating to bribes paid by the owner of U.S.-based companies to Venezuelan government officials in exchange for securing additional business with PDVSA and payment priority on outstanding invoices.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Gary Kinard (40, St. Petersburg), Martin Steele (46, Largo), and Mark Boring (47, St. Petersburg) have each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. Each faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for the wire fraud conspiracy and a minimum mandatory consecutive term of 2 years’ imprisonment for the aggravated identity theft.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: M. President, the Senate will soon cast the first procedural vote on the nomination of Justin Muzinich to serve as the deputy secretary of the Treasury. I’m going to oppose this nomination, and I’d like to lay out exactly why, beginning with this basic rule I’m going to maintain going forward...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced that on December 6, 2018, 36 year old Beau Croghan was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 110 months of imprisonment, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release. A jury found the Croghan guilty of Receipt of Child Pornography on Aug. 22, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: FBI Releases 2017 NIBRS Crime Data as Transition to NIBRS 2021 Continues.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: Northwest Arctic Heritage Center Reduces Building Hours.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: EPHRATA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation will begin releasing flows up to 100 cubic feet per second (cfs) from Pinto Dam into Crab Creek, beginning the week of Dec. 10, 2018, to perform a regularly planned inspection on the Pinto Dam headworks. Releases are not expected to last more than 30 days.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 9, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Dunbar man received a mandatory 10 year prison sentence for methamphetamine distribution, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Schauwne Martin, 36, previously pled guilty to possession of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Martin further...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 9, 2018
News Release: Following the passing of former Secretary of Agriculture Robert Bergland on Sunday, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson released the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2018
News Release: As part of its ongoing efforts to address aging park infrastructure and improve the visitor experience, Capulin Volcano announces an entrance fee increase beginning Jan. 1, 2019. The changes, which come in response to public comments on a fee proposal released in October 2017 resulted in a nationwide...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) today publicly released the transcript of the first day of former FBI Director James Comey’s interview before the Committees, which concluded 24 hours ago.
