News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NY - Latam Games, LLC of Miami, Florida, pled guilty today to structuring financial transactions to evade currency reporting requirements. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith; Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration Keith Kruskall; and Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation James D. Robnett.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that RANDY WANG was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 18 months in prison for defrauding his former employer, a company based in Manhattan that manages a global airline alliance whose members consist...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a draft Finding of No Significant Impact and Environmental Assessment on the Aspen Canal Piping Project located in Delta County, Colorado. The project would replace approximately 5.6 miles of open irrigation ditch with buried pipe. The purpose of the project is to prevent seepage and reduce salinity loading in the Colorado River Basin.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and U.S. Attorney John H. Durham announced that a Connecticut crime prevention organization is the recipient of one of 16 awards presented today during the 2018 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) National Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. The awards recognize...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - United States Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Asheville has charged Shane McKinley Swimmer, 18, of Cherokee, N.C., with first degree murder in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Southwick man was indicted today by a federal grand jury for sending two packages, containing white powder, to federal agencies in Springfield.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ENRIQUE FAJARDO MARIN, 40, a citizen of Ecuador recently residing in Danbury, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 18 months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Moldova has been sentenced in federal court to time served on his conviction of conspiracy and damaging a computer, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - In keeping with Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s commitment to work closely with states to enhance conservation, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and proposed plan amendments addressing Greater Sage-Grouse conservation on public land in Wyoming.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the Trump Administration will attempt to roll back carbon emissions standards for new coal power plants...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested 58 people in enforcement activities during a 5-day period, ending Dec. 4, in the New England region.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a follow-up letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today renewing his request for answers on the ongoing family separation crisis following recent reports that raise new questions about the Trump Administration’s efforts to adequately track, care for, and reunite children in its custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore has found Reginald Lee Black, Jr. (26, Tampa) guilty of 30 counts of fraud, including 1 count of conspiracy, 27 counts of credit card fraud, and 2 counts of aggravated identity theft. Black faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison for...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND- Derek Tyrone Edwards, 40 years old, of Gary, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - On Wednesday, December 5, 2018, William E. Wild, Sr., 48, of Redmond, Oregon, was sentenced to 120 days in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for endangering human life by manufacturing hash oil, a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Ohio Man Convicted of Terrorism Offenses After Trying to Join ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Diblaim Alan Valdez-Araux, 31, of Madera, and Fresno residents Erick Lizarraga, 28; Perla Ramos, 29; Brittany Martinez, 26; David Martinez, 66; Rosemarie Martinez, 64; Jesus Bueno, 27; Noyra Gonzalez, 41; and Maricela Castellanos, 54, charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Defendant Firebombed Mosque and a Hindu Temple.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member Paul Tonko (D-NY) sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Michael Burgess M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 at 10:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Implementing the 21st Century Cures Act: An Update from the Office of the National Coordinator."
