News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A Kendall County real estate professional has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly orchestrating a $23 million Ponzi scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: Possessed Firearms and Ammunition as a Felon Three Times in Three Months in Two States.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management has approved the Ormat, Tungsten Mountain Solar Project located in Churchill County, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Robert Jacob Eberle, age 30, of Lexington Park, Maryland, on federal charges including theft of firearms, possession of stolen firearms, and being a felon in possession of firearms. The indictment was returned on Dec. 10, 2018. Eberle is detained and is scheduled to have his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt on Dec. 28, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS-An indictment filed today in U.S. District Court charges former Custer County High School athletic trainer James “Doc" Jensen, of Miles City, with coercion and enticement of minors to engage in sexual activity, U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme announced.
By State Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today praised House passage of legislation that strengthens U.S. global leadership in the fight to end modern slavery and human trafficking. The Trafficking ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today announced that Senior Policy Advisor for Tax Reform Christopher Hanna will be departing the committee at the end of the year.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: Portland, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management is launching a process to transfer excess vehicles, equipment and supplies to local fire departments and Rangeland Fire Protection Associations in Oregon to enhance their wildland firefighting capabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Kan., man has been sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing crack cocaine and a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that United States District Judge Robert D. Mariani sentenced Ashley Perez, age 29, to 21 months’ imprisonment and a two-year term of supervised release on Dec. 20, 2018, for conspiring to commit theft on federal land, and for committing aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Gabriel Trinidad Lopez, age 38, of Spokane, Washington, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on July 12, 2018, to being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Judge Stanley A. Bastian sentenced Lopez to a 30-month term of imprisonment, to be followed by a 3-year term of court supervision after he is released from federal prison.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement after the House passed S. 512, the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act, sending the legislation to the President’s desk to become law.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Dec. 13, 2018, Deily Veras (age 33) of Newark, New Jersey, was sentenced in federal court to 52 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining over $2.7 million in tax refund checks. The sentence followed...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA - Vicki Dyer Middlemas, 49, of Panama City, was sentenced Thursday in the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire and tax fraud on August 2. She was ordered to pay $44,696.00 in restitution. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today highlighted accomplishments of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) during 2018 that assisted rural communities in building prosperity and contributing to America’s growing economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS -U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that GABRIEL CARRETO-SANCHEZ, age 41, of New Orleans, was sentenced on Dec. 19, 2018 after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of cocaine and possession with the intent to distribute one kilogram or more of cocaine.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement after the House passed S. 512, the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act, sending the legislation to the President’s desk to become law.
By State Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act passed the House today, moving the bill to the White House. The bipartisan legislation, authored in the House by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL), Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, will help break down gender-related barriers to economic growth and supports women-led enterprises in developing countries.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of DOUGLAS VAUGHN HOSKINS, 50, to 24 months of federal prison. HOSKINS was sentenced earlier today by Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A federal jury convicted HOSKINS and RYAN RANDALL GILBERTSON...
