News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A former resident of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court on one count of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Yesterday, Jesus Manuel Franco, a former United States Border Patrol Agent, 39, of Vail, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson, to 18 months’ imprisonment for theft of firearm parts and equipment valued at approximately $100,000 and for the unlawful possession and transfer of two machinegun conversion devices. Franco had been previously found guilty of these offenses after a jury trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that a federal jury unanimously convicted DEARIEUS DUHEART, age 34, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, of possessing with the intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 841, following a trial before visiting U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced Feb. 27, 2018, to 10 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Vincente Cruz was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and related charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Jill Snyder. The sentence was handed down today by the Honorable Edward M. Chen, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Marcus Deshawn Price, 28, of Gulfport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Sul Ozerden, Jr. to 74 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam. Price was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Benjamin Thomas Samuel McDowell, age 30, of Conway, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court in Florence, South Carolina. McDowell pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, a violation...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Damar Currie, 42, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of cocaine, was sentenced to 54 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ERIC GREEN, 31, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty yesterday in Hartford federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Today at the Distributed Wind Energy Association's (DWEA's) Distributed Wind 2018 Business Conference, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released the latest request for proposals under the Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP) for distributed wind energy. The CIP, supported by the Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: "The National Institute of Justice-the research, development, and evaluation agency of the Department of Justice-has never tested nor certified ballistic items, such as backpacks, blankets, or briefcases, other than body armor for law enforcement. Marketing that claims NIJ testing or certification for such products is false," said Justice Department spokesman Devin O’Malley.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: An Akron man was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for having a firearm and methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One Michigan resident and one New Jersey resident have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Defendant Killed a Man in Queens with a Destructive Device in Plot to Target NYPD Officers.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
Release: MOLINE, Ill. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has implemented stronger carry-on baggage security screening procedures that travelers can expect to see when departing Quad City International Airport (MLI).
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) High Performance Computing for Materials (HPC4Mtls) Program seeks qualified industry partners to participate in short-term, collaborative projects with DOE’s national laboratories.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Brian J. Bilodeau, 33, of Auburn, Maine, was arrested yesterday and charged today by criminal complaint in U.S. District Court with illegal possession of a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: Two Cleveland men were indicted for robbing a Richmond Heights bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Randy David May, of Franklin, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 70 months incarceration for a firearms violation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND - Three members of the “Sem City" street gang in East Oakland were sentenced today for their respective roles in the shooting of an Oakland police officer on Jan. 21, 2013, and, just 28 hours earlier, shooting a rival gang member in a street-corner ambush in the Seminary neighborhood of Oakland...
