News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: America’s Highest Per Capita Murder Rate Down 42 Percent.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Dec. 17, 2018 - Donald M. McCoy, 52, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was arrested Friday by federal and state agents and charged with two counts of healthcare fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that William Tye Grisel, 38, of Lexington, South Carolina, was charged in a 153-count Indictment by a federal grand jury for Wire Fraud and Fraud Involving a Computer.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey Richards, 28, of Niagara Falls, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin; possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking; maintaining...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: Two Men Charged with Conspiracy and Acting as Agents of a Foreign Government.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
Release: DENVER - In partnership with the Transportation Security Administration, Denver International Airport (DEN) is the first U.S. airport to operate next generation Enhanced Advanced Imaging Technology (eAIT) for checkpoint security screening. The new equipment has enhanced detection capabilities that improve security and may help ease the passenger experience.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man pleaded guilty Monday to federal sex trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa. has been sentenced in federal court to 14 months in prison, with credit being given for time served, and three years’ supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An indictment was unsealed today charging two men with conspiracy, acting in the United States as unregistered agents of the government of Turkey, and making false statements to the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JOHN ARNOLD SHELLEY, 68, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for making a false statement to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, announced Robert J. Troester of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He has also been ordered to pay over $137 million in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - Izmir Koch, 33, of Huber Heights, Ohio, was convicted in U.S. District Court today for assaulting a man because he believed the man was Jewish in violation of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, and of lying to the FBI about his role in the religiously motivated assault.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is reducing fire restrictions to Stage I on December 17 for all BLM-managed public lands within the California Desert District, due to the recent rains, new growth in annual grasses, and milder temperatures. This change in fire restrictions will affect Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Mono and San Diego counties.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Lawrence W. LaFlower, 43 years old, of Valparaiso, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon on his plea of guilty to wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: Found With Approximately 578 Counterfeit $20 Bills.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Friday, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), led all EPW minority members in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler calling for the agency to reverse course on a proposal that ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute a quantity of crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Due to very high fire danger on Mauna Loa, park officials have closed Mauna Loa Road at the gate near Kīpukapuaulu parking area until further notice. Non-motorized day use such as hiking and bicycling will be permitted, and backcountry camping on Mauna Loa is allowed with a permit.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that RODNEY JAMES, age 47, a resident of Phoenix City, Alabama, was charged Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 in a one-count indictment for interference with a flight crew, in violation of Title 49, United States Code, Section 46504.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: Anderson, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Precias K. Freeman, 35, of Lyman, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Anderson for her role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute hydrocodone. United States District Timothy M. Cain of Anderson sentenced Freeman to 210 months in the federal Bureau of Prisons. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MOSHE BENENFELD, a/k/a “Michael Benenfeld," pleaded guilty to bank fraud in connection with hundreds of unauthorized transactions that BENENFELD conducted in bank customer accounts while employed...
