News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Thomas Bass, 23, of Grand Island, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of marijuana, and money laundering, was sentenced to 7 months imprisonment and 2 years supervised release by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Gregorio Lucas-Ramos (29) to nine years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. He pleaded guilty on Oct. 25, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: A Barberton man was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking and firearms crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that STEVEN RE, age 41, was charged on Feb. 15, 2018, in a two-count indictment with possession of stolen firearms, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(j).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a man and a woman from Mission, South Dakota, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Wire Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Javier Castillo, 21, of Hammond, Indiana, was sentenced before District Court Judge Philip P. Simon for his role in a racketeering conspiracy as a member of the Latin Kings street gang, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Today, following the horrific mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, all 24 Energy and Commerce Democrats sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess (R-TX) urging the Republican leaders to hold a hearing as soon as possible on federal investment in gun violence prevention research. The tragic school shooting in Parkland this week, which killed 17 people, is just the most recent instance of this uniquely American tragedy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that MARCIA DENISE JORDAN, age 45, a resident of Mandeville, was charged today in a one-count bill of information with tax evasion, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7201.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: MOBILE, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited fiberglass pipe manufacturer RPS Composites Alabama Inc. for safety and health violations after an employee suffered a finger amputation. The company faces $74,833 in proposed penalties.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - A Dallas attorney pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Matthew D. Lincoln, 37, of Henrietta, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years, a maximum of life, a $250,000 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Daniel Huzinec, 26, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to 168 months imprisonment and lifetime supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. - Water movement on the Rio Grande Project is set to begin next week in preparation for the upcoming irrigation season.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: One Defendant Engaged in Gunfight with Off-Duty Police Officer during Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury in Fort Worth returned a superseding indictment this week, charging Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim, 41, of Richardson, Texas, with seven counts related to a terrorism investigation, announced Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas and Eric Jackson, Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Office of the FBI.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Brent M. Lee, 41, of Pike County, Ky., was convicted by a federal jury yesterday, of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, two counts of aiding and abetting bank fraud, two counts of misapplication of bank moneys by a bank employee, and four counts of making unauthorized obligations by a bank employee.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has selected seven projects to receive approximately $44 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development through the funding opportunity announcement, Design and Testing of Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Houston, Texas man was indicted today on multiple felony counts for allegedly staging a phishing attack that used the Los Angeles County Superior Court (LASC) computer system.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Owners of Pennsylvania Based Internet Florist Convicted of Tax Crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 16, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska -U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today Jim Wayne Thornhill, 40, of Juneau, Alaska, was sentenced on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 to 262 months (21 years and 10 months) in prison, followed by a lifetime term on supervised release, for receipt of child pornography. On Sept. 22, 2017, a federal jury found Thornhill guilty after a five-day trial before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess.
