News from January 2018
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the committee’s ranking member, today welcomed two new members to the committee: Sens. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Tina Smith, D-Minn.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A citizen of Mexico has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of re-entry of an illegal alien, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: Faces at Least 35 Years in Prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: “NOAA’s supercomputers play a vital role in monitoring numerous weather events from blizzards to hurricanes," said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “These latest updates will further enhance NOAA’s abilities to predict and warn American communities of destructive weather."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTE, N.C. - Six members of the United Blood Nation gang (UBN or Bloods) were sentenced yesterday to terms ranging from 13 years to life in prison, for conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity (RICO) and related charges, stemming from the 2014 double-murder of Douglas and Deborah London and the 2013 murder of Kwamne Clyburn, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Energy Communities Alliance, in cooperation with EM and the Energy Facility Contractors Group, is set to hold the fourth National Cleanup Workshop on Sept. 12-13, 2018, at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, Va.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that Brandon Leroid Cummings, age 27, and Brandon Christopher Craft, age 30, both of Sumter, pled guilty in federal court to various firearm and drug charges. Cummings pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute and distribution...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: BOISE - James Maxheimer, 46, of Boise, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. As part of his plea, Maxheimer also agreed to forfeit the computer and electronic storage devices used in the commission of the charged offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On Nov. 21, 2017, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 32 defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances in the municipality of San Juan, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The FBI and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD), San Juan Strike Force Unit, are in charge of the investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Brooklyn, New York, has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: U.S. Military combat veteran and acclaimed painter Joshua Osburg is the new Artist-in-Residence at Gettysburg National Military Park beginning in mid-January. Gettysburg National Military Park, in partnership with the National Parks Arts Foundation and the Gettysburg Foundation, is welcoming Osburg for...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: The remaining four defendants charged in a conspiracy to steal and sell U.S. Army equipment from the Fort Campbell Army Installation were sentenced in U.S. District Court this week, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee. Eight persons were initially charged in this case, seven of whom pleaded guilty. John Roberts was convicted after a jury trial in August 2017 and later sentenced to 15 years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: FOLSOM, Calif. - On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, the Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region, Central California Area Office, will waive day use fees at New Melones Lake for all visitors in observance of the civil rights leader’s birthday. Other fees, such as for overnight camping and boat launching, will still apply.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Trent Sowsonicut, age 28, of Ft. Duchesne, Utah, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter Monday afternoon in federal court in Salt Lake City. As a part of the plea agreement, Sowsonicut admitted that he killed L.M., an enrolled member of the Ute Indian Tribe, during a quarrel within the boundaries of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida- U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Jarvis Rodrick Thomas (43, Bradenton) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison for possessing 500 grams or more of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it. The Court also ordered him to forfeit a.25 caliber Beretta firearm, seven rounds of ammunition, and $23,486 that are traceable to proceeds of the offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Micaela Hernandez Reyes, age 32, and a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (26 days in jail) for illegal re-entry into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced today that William Marion Patterson, III (49, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to receiving child sexual abuse videos and images over the Internet. Patterson, who was previously employed as a computer security contract worker, faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years, in federal prison. His sentencing hearing is set for April 26, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: Neo-Nazi Leader Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Explosives Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that the owner of a Taney County, Mo., restaurant has been sentenced in federal court for tax evasion after confessing his crimes to undercover federal agents who posed as buyers when his business was for sale.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2018
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Two undocumented aliens from Mexico have been ordered to federal prison for possession with intent to distribute more than 1000 kilograms of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Oscar Erick Calvillo-Lores, 37, of Reynosa, Tamulipas, Mexico, and Jose Manuel Portillo-Guerrero, 42, of Valadeces, Tamulipas, Mexico, pleaded guilty May 2, and March 28, 2017, respectively.
