News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Christopher R. Buse, 42, of Staunton, Illinois, was indicted on Jan. 17, 2018 on one count of receipt of child pornography, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. The case is set for trial on March 27, 2018 in East St. Louis, Illinois. Buse was released on bond pending trial with special conditions that include home detention and electronic location monitoring.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: For Dispensing Opioids Outside The Scope Of Professional Practice.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: WORLAND, 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 has released its initial environmental analysis for the Wind River/Bighorn Basin District third quarter 2018 competitive oil and gas lease sale. The document is available for public review and comment through Feb. 21, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney highlights sustained, collaborative efforts to bring the worst offenders to justice.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Following the enactment of the continuing resolution, staff at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area have resumed regular winter operations. Please visit www.nps.gov/laro for updated information about the park.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited J&R Fresh Produce LLC, operating out of Tampa, Fla., for failure to pay for produce.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy is accepting applications until February 19 for our summer 2018 college student internship program. This month, we're featuring past Indian Energy interns in a series of blog posts. In this blog, 2017 summer intern Katie Hall summarizes her...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Defendant caught with over five kilograms of fentanyl, worth approximately $1.25 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has undertaken steps voluntarily to address accessibility issues at state owned train stations in Kingston and Westerly to bring them into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Updates have been completed at the Kingston train station. Additional updates are required at the Westerly station, which are expected to be made by Amtrak.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Jonathan F. Cowles, 46, of Honolulu, Hawaii, and formerly of Rowley, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Court to wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A West Boylston man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester to his role in a methamphetamine conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MARCUS STROUD, 20, was sentenced to 13 years in prison by United States District Judge Cathy Seibel for his receipt of files containing sexually explicit images of a minor. The sentencing today followed STROUD’s guilty plea on June 5, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Joseph Michael Griffin (30, Zephyrhills) to five years in federal prison for accessing child sexual abuse videos and images over the Internet using the “dark web." He was also sentenced to a 20-year term of supervised release and ordered to register as a sex offender. Griffin pleaded guilty on Sept. 28, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Jonathan F. Cowles, 46, of Honolulu, Hawaii, and formerly of Rowley, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Court to wire fraud.
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 contract performance are now available.
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 DOE Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy is accepting applications until February 19 for our summer 2018 college student internship program. This month, we're featuring past Indian Energy interns in a series of blog posts. In this blog, 2017 summer intern Teri Allery summarizes her...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today that the Eastern District of California collected $82,182,771 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2017. Of this amount, $13,278,653 was collected in criminal actions and $68,904,118 was collected in civil actions. The Eastern...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: A Cleveland Heights man was sentenced to more than three years in prison for preparing false tax returns and making false statements to law enforcement, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and Ryan L. Korner, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation’s Cincinnati office.
