News from January 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: The lapse in federal appropriations has ended and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is open and meeting its mission serving the nation. Access to facilities is available, and personnel necessary to administer grant performance are now available.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On Jan. 22, 2018, Joseph Anthony Armes, II, 38, of Petros, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas W. Phillips, Senior U.S. District Judge, to serve 12 months and one day in prison for conspiring to defraud the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). He will be also be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for a period of three years following his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: FBI Releases Preliminary Semiannual Crime Statistics for 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two Parkersburg men pleaded guilty today to a federal heroin conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Joseph Reeder-Shaw, 32, and Bernard Spann, 34, entered their guilty pleas to conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that an Alaska man was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for using the internet to attempt to solicit sex from a minor.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is calling for answers after receiving data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture indicating that its nationwide rural broadband loan program received only 39 applicants since 2015, and of those, only three were approved. McCaskill requested the information from the agency last October. According to the most recent government data, 61 percent of rural Missourians do not have broadband access.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Martinsburg man was indicted today by a federal grand jury on drug distribution charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Greensboro, N.C. - A Moore County man pled guilty to federal dog fighting and conspiracy charges yesterday, announced United States Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin and Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that KEVIN DUNN, 49, of Watertown, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday in New Haven federal court to a conspiracy offense related to a bribery scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man who lived in base housing at McConnell Air Force Base was sentenced Monday to 30 years in federal prison for sexually abusing two teenage girls, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 54-year-old Corpus Christi man has admitted he possessed child pornography, announced U.S. Ryan K. Patrick.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Following the enactment of the continuing resolution, Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is open to visitors as of 8 a.m. this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jose Rivas, 40; Jose Luis Santiago Almonte, 37; and Ryan Espinosa Ogando, 30, all natives of the Dominican Republic living in New Jersey, with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and attempted possession of cocaine. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life and a fine of $10,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Michael Carey Clemans, 57, of Sacramento, was sentenced today to life in prison for buying children, attempted travel and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, conspiracy to travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, conspiracy to produce child pornography, attempted production and production of child pornography, and receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - An El Salvador man was indicted today by a federal grand jury on a reentry of a remove alien charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration today announced a deregulatory measure that will make it easier for residents of underserved areas to receive treatment for opioid addiction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 61-year-old Corpus Christi man has been charged with possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Jody Swett, 38, of Weare, New Hampshire, has been sentenced to an 18- month term of imprisonment for possessing multiple firearms and ammunition following convictions for crimes of domestic violence, announced Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - In its ongoing effort to provide opportunities for responsible energy development, support the creation of jobs and facilitate positive economic impacts to local communities, the Bureau of Land Management released its initial environmental analysis for the High Plains District Third Quarter 2018 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale. The document is available for a 30-day public comment period.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Robert Francis Krebs, 75, of Daytona Beach, FL., was arrested on Jan. 13, 2018 and subsequently charged by complaint with bank robbery with the use of a dangerous weapon.
