News from December 2018
By DOT News Wire | Dec 17, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: Florida Department of Corrections Officer Charged With Conspiring to Commit Civil Rights Violations and Making False Statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: On Dec. 13, 2018, a Broward County resident was convicted by a federal jury of one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and four counts of mail fraud, in connection with a scheme to fraudulently raise $2 million from over a dozen elderly victims throughout the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: On Dec. 15, 2018, a 63-year old woman suffered a medical emergency near the Haleakalā Visitor Center. She was initially treated by Haleakalā National Park rangers. Emergency medical personnel responded and took over treatment. The woman was pronounced deceased at approximately 11 am.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Carl Levon Haynes, 26, of Pascagoula, Mississippi, entered a guilty plea today before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of controlled substances, and to making a false statement on an ATF form to purchase a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon from Chicago has been sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison for illegally selling more than a dozen handguns and rifles.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Reggie Denard Goodwin, age 47, of Columbia, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine and to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: Two Arrested for Narcotics Possession with Intent After Traffic Stop in Lima.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - South Louisiana’s New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park and Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve welcomed new park superintendent, Charles E. “Chuck" Hunt in late November.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Lorenzo Keith Goins, age 27, of Sumter, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Senior United States District Judge Margaret B. Seymour, of Charleston, sentenced Goodwater to 57 months in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of court-ordered supervision. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A convicted felon from Chicago has been sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison for illegally selling more than a dozen handguns and rifles.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is planning for the remediation of contaminated mine drainage sites throughout Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, NPS is releasing a contaminated mine drainage mitigation and treatment, programmatic, and site specific Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ramon Perdomo, 38, of Greece, NY, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charges carry a minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced a joint statewide federal initiative with a goal to catch and federally prosecute mail thieves this holiday season and beyond.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against Ricardo González-Rodríguez, charging him for threatening to injure the Secretary of Public Safety Héctor Pesquera via Facebook, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 844(e), announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The FBI is in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Two Missouri residents and two Colorado residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute more than $1.7 million of marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, after an eight-day jury trial, a jury found Cristian Serrano-Delgado guilty of Hobbs Act robbery and murder, announced U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez for the District of Puerto Rico. The FBI and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) were in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 22-year-old Corpus Christi man has entered a guilty plea to robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that two men pled guilty to drug charges in federal court in Bluefield. James Kelsor, 46, of Northfork, pled guilty to distribution of cocaine, admitting that on Sept. 30, 2016, he distributed one-half gram of cocaine to an informant...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - After a four-day trial, a federal jury found Craig Martin Shults, 48, of New York, guilty on Friday of retaliating against a federal official by threat, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
