News from February 2018
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: The ability to forecast criminal activity has been explored to various lengths in science fiction, but does it hold true in reality?
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury has found Devin Fabian Collins (25, St. Petersburg) guilty of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, up to life, in federal prison. His sentencing is scheduled for May 15, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Senior United States District Judge James D. Whittemore today sentenced Albert Larry Harris, Jr. (27, Lake County) to 24 months in federal prison for accepting a bribe as a public official. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 15, 2017.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: To calculate a fare, ride-hailing apps rely on mobile devices for determining the vehicle’s movements and travel time, and to access the company’s proprietary software. In contrast, traditional taxis have hardware components installed that measure time and distance and feed the data to a taximeter. The...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: (MISSOULA, Mont.) - Featuring an inside look at the proposed revision to its Resource Management Plan, the Bureau of Land Management’s Missoula Field Office will hold an open house Feb. 21 in Greenough, Mont.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Maysville, KY woman, who previously pleaded guilty to communicating threats in interstate commerce, was sentenced today to ninety (90) months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The owner and manager of a New Jersey hedge fund was convicted by a federal jury today for defrauding two investors of $4 million, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Three people were charged in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to recruit poor and homeless people to allow them to file fraudulent tax returns on their behalf, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and IRS Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Korner.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on news that Idaho will allow “junk plans" to be sold that will raise premiums for people enrolled in the exchanges and potentially...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: The park superintendent, under the authority of Title 36 C.F.R., section 1.5(a)(1), has issued a temporary closure order for climbing in the Slatanic Area of Rattlesnake Canyon. Specific locations include: Witch Hunt, South of Heaven, Rattlesnake Buttress, Rattlesnake Forks, Margaret Thatcher Spire, The Stepping Stones, The Bulkhead, The Dunce Cap, Commissioner’s Buttress, and Corrugated Wall.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Kyle Dale Ritsema (35, Land O’ Lakes) with production, possession, and distribution of child pornography. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum penalty of 30 years and a mandatory...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jahkel Lamar, age 37, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on Feb. 14, 2018, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to serve 12 years’ imprisonment and four years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Oklahoma City - DAVID CHESLEY GOODYEAR, 44, of El Segundo, California, was convicted today by a federal jury on one count of directing distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber-attacks against two websites owned by Oklahoma telescope retailer Astronomics in August 2016, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT/LAFAYETTE/ALEXANDRIA/LAKE CHARLES/MONROE, La.: United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana collected $14,869,623 through civil, criminal and asset forfeiture actions in fiscal year 2017. Generally, the money collected is used to restore funds to crime victims and to recover money owed to the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Nebraska Man Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Zachary Edward Kuhn, age 26, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information on February 6, 2018, with the robbery of a pharmacy.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to Secretary DeVos calling for Congressional hearings into school shootings.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: James M. Elbert, III, of Flint was sentenced to 260 months (21⅔ years) in federal prison for kidnapping and being a felon in possession of ammunition, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Corey Hughes, 36, of Holmes County, pled guilty on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, before U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2018
News Release: TUPELO, MS: The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking proposals for the use of eight historic houses and their associated outbuildings at the Natchez Trace Parkway. The homes are located on the east side of Hwy 145 in Lee County, Mississippi. The street address is County Road 665, Tupelo, MS 38804.
