News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Brandin Gardner has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon while on federal supervised release following a prior heroin trafficking conviction, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced the appointment of Gregory G. Brooker as Interim United States Attorney pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546, which provides that “the Attorney General may appoint a United States Attorney for the district in which the office of United States Attorney is vacant." This appointment will take effect on January 5, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of six projects to receive approximately $30 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development in unconventional oil and natural gas recovery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Robyn Smith, 55, of Mexico, MO, pleaded guilty this morning to Credit Card fraud in connection with her embezzlement of more than $150,000 from the Mexico law firm at which she worked from 2011 to 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Former Executive Managing Director of Och-Ziff Capital Management Indicted for Defrauding Client and Obstruction of Justice.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation published a notice of intent Friday to prepare an environmental impact statement, “Revisions to the Coordinated Long-term Operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project, and Related Facilities" in the Federal Register
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an 11-count indictment Wednesday afternoon charging Travis Luke Dominguez, age 33, of Midvale, Utah, with threats against the President, threats to injure others, and conveying false information.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded 418 Intelligence Corporation of Herndon, Virginia $350,000 to develop a forecasting platform that will help critical infrastructure owners and system operators share and keep abreast of the latest developments in cybersecurity protection.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: A 10-count indictment was unsealed today, in federal court in Brooklyn, charging Michael Leslie Cohen, a former executive managing director of New York-based hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (“Och-Ziff"), for his alleged participation in a scheme to defraud one of the hedge fund’s clients...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Unanimous Manhattan Jury Finds That the Defendant Also Used His Position at Turkish Bank to Facilitate Access to the U.S. Financial System and to Conceal International Financial Transactions for Iranian Entities in Violation of U.S. Sanctions.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed an alliance to promote employee safety and health with the North Central States District Council of Ironworkers, the Ironworkers District Council of St. Louis and Vicinity, and Iowa OSHA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Defendant Admitted Fatally Shooting Man in Broad Daylight in Southeast Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: The investiture for United States Attorney Charles E. “Charlie" Peeler will be held on Friday, January 5, 2018 at 3:00 pm in the C.B. King United States Courthouse located at 201 W. Broad Avenue in Albany, Georgia.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: In anticipation of a winter storm event, National Park Service visitor facilities at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial, will be closed on Thursday, January 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice today announced the opening of the grant solicitation period for comprehensive funding to federally-recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments and tribal consortia to support public safety, victim services and crime prevention.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: Judy Forte is pleased to announce the free public events that will take place at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park to celebrate and commemorate the 89th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., beginning Friday, Jan. 12, 2018 and ending on the National King Holiday, Monday, January...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two Allegheny County residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh and charged with violations of the federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Waldwick, New Jersey, man today admitted carjacking a taxi and striking the victim on the head with a beer bottle, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By State Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 3, 2018
News Release: HELENA-On Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, United States District Court Judge Sam Haddon sentenced Chase Ryan Storlie, 33, of Deer Lodge, Montana, to 360 months in prison, 5 years’ supervised release, and a $100 surcharge for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
