News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Michael Greenholtz, age 25, of Cairo, New York, pled guilty today to illegally possessing a.22 caliber revolver as a felon.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking proposals to lease the right to develop hydroelectric power at Silver Jack Dam, part of the Bostwick Park Project, located near Montrose, Colorado, under a Lease of Power Privilege (LOPP).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Grandview, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a three-months-long conspiracy that included at least 27 armed robberies, culminating in the armed robbery of a Walgreens in Blue Springs, Mo., in which a suspect was fatally shot by law enforcement officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A City of Paterson police officer today admitted conspiring with other officers to violate individuals’ civil rights and to personally accepting a firearm in exchange for reducing the charges on an arrestee, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that William Nicholas Hearn, 44, of Toxey, Alabama, was sentenced today for his possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felon in possession of a firearm. Hearn pled guilty to the two charges in August of 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kenneth Cassidy, 52, of Brooklyn, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and willful failure to file an income tax return, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $2,649,169.17.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) reopened Fort Dupont Drive on Sunday, December 16 after installing new asphalt, painting new markings, and cleaning road drainage systems. This work was the first in a multi-phase project to resurface all of the roads in Fort Dupont Park that will improve visitor experiences for years to come.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DOUGLAS E. CASTLE, the owner of Global Edge Technologies Group LLC, a financial consulting firm located in Somers, New York (“Global Edge"), was sentenced yesterday to 50 months in prison for defrauding...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Dec. 17, 2018, Shawn Sanapaw (age: 38), of Keshena, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release by Chief United States District Judge William C. Griesbach after a conviction for Assault Resulting in Substantial Bodily Injury. The sentence was the result of a July 2, 2018, guilty plea entered before Chief Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve accepted the deed on a Spanish-American War fortification from the North Florida Land Trust (NFLT) in a ceremony on Dec. 14, 2018. A symbolic passing of an historic flag took place as the NFLT ceremonially handed over the Spanish-American War fortification...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: Also Admitted Engaging in On-line Chats with at Least 9 Minor Males in Order to Obtain Sexually Explicit Images of the Minors.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: IAV GmbH to Pay $35 Million Criminal Fine in Guilty Plea for Its Role in Volkswagen AG Emissions Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: Arizona Man Sentenced for Providing Material Support to ISIS.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Paul Jumroon, also known as Veraphon Phatanakitjumroon, 55, formerly of Beaverton and Depoe Bay, Oregon, and a naturalized citizen originally from Thailand, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $131,000 in restitution...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - As the greater Los Angeles area continues to be hamstrung by an opioid epidemic that has seen approximately 500 overdose deaths this year, the DEA in Los Angeles has announced a new comprehensive opioid strategy. At a press conference on Dec. 18, 2018, the DEA in Los Angeles has announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Kevin Ruany Grijalva-Soto, age 29, of Glendale, Arizona, and Leslie Azucena Rubio-Rodriguez, age 28, of Glendale, Arizona, entered guilty pleas to one count each of Possession With Intent To Distribute...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Savannah River Site (SRS) employees working in the contaminated Plutonium Fuel Form (PuFF) Facility are applying lessons learned and using commercially available products to lower their risk of radiation exposure.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced DIANNA CARRINGTON, a.k.a. Deanna Collier, Dianna Collier, and Dee Blackburn, age 41, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 22 months in federal prison following her conviction for wire fraud. The Court further...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A historic building on the Hanford Site has a new mission. T Plant is the oldest continuously operating nuclear facility in the world, and it now plays a key role in EM Richland Operations Office (RL) contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company’s effort to move highly radioactive sludge away from the Columbia River. This video tells the story.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: Defendant used debts, fraud, threats of financial and reputational harm, and other means to compel victims to work long hours for minimal pay at restaurants in Oregon and Washington.
