News from December 2018
By DOE Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has issued a request for proposal (RFP) seeking conceptual designs for coal-based power plants of the future, with an option to conduct preliminary front-end engineering design (Pre-FEED) studies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to five years in prison and five years of supervised release on his conviction of violations of the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: In Midland, 44-year-old Jose Alonso Zubia was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release for attempting to entice a minor into engaging in sexual activity, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; F.B.I. Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Jr., and Interim Midland Police Chief Seth Herman.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Bentley Streett, 42, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court to interstate travel to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, child exploitation and child pornography charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the unsealing of a Complaint on Tuesday in White Plains federal court[1] charging SAMIR SULLIVAN, a/k/a “S," with committing four armed carjackings of cabs in Mt. Vernon and the Bronx in the early morning hours of November 25 and November 29. SULLIVAN was arrested on Tuesday, December 4 and presented in White Plains federal court before United States Magistrate Judge Paul E. Davison.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Judson Allen Stiglich was sentenced in federal court today to 120 months in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute the drug and possession of a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Susan Illston, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced the recent prosecution of three individuals for sexual offenses occurring on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Rhonda Henderson, 47, of Cheektowaga, NY, with mail fraud and making false statements. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar and Administrator Verma...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on Dec. 3, 2018, David L. Shanks Jr. (age 37), was sentenced to multiple life terms of imprisonment by Chief District Judge William C. Griesbach. In September, Shanks was convicted by a jury in Green Bay...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Thomas P. DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller, and George P. Beach II, Superintendent...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Raulin Martinez, 27, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl and in a conspiracy to launder money.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Judson Allen Stiglich pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute the drug and possession of a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The guilty plea was accepted by the Honorable Susan Illston, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Defendant Later Re-Arrested in Maryland on Theft Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Silvia Sanchez Valverde, Rodolfo Orozco Aguilar, Daniel Sibaja, Priscilla Sibaja, and Elpelice Figueroa Rosales have been sentenced for their roles in a sweepstakes scam that targeted elderly individuals located throughout the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Brian Lewis, 24, of Greenville, South Carolina, was convicted in federal court in Anderson of conspiracy to murder a trial witness of the State of South Carolina, conspiracy to assault with a dangerous weapon, and conspiracy to possess firearms during the commission of a violent crime.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - A New York based, family-run business with its 13 subsidiaries, a total of 14 entities, has partnered with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York Tuesday by joining the agency’s employment compliance program IMAGE, or “ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers."
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: A Boca Raton attorney was convicted by a federal jury this afternoon of 33 counts of conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering offenses in connection with a scheme to fraudulently register shell companies with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), issue a class of free-trading shares in the companies that were secretly controlled, and sell these shares as part of pump-and-dump stock swindles.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to five years in prison and five years of supervised release on his conviction of violations of the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2018
News Release: FBI Increases Reward in Carlsbad, New Mexico Bank Robbery.
