News from January 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two defendants appeared in federal court in Huntington yesterday for drug crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Lurduea Appling, 37, of Detroit, previously pleaded guilty to distribution of oxycodone, and was sentenced to two years and 10 months in federal prison. In a separate prosecution, Joseph Mitchell, 44, of Huntington, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay" Pak announced that the Northern District of Georgia collected $135,962,250.57 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2017. Of this amount, $11,426,485.99 was collected in criminal actions and $124,535,764.58 was collected in civil actions.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), today scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, at 11 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Examining Implementation of the Compounding Quality Act."
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Closing the Digital Divide: Broadband Infrastructure Solutions."
By EPA Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced today a hearing for Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Closing the Digital Divide: Broadband Infrastructure Solutions."
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Otha Don Watkins, III, 35, of Cairo, Illinois, pled guilty today in United States District Court in Benton to assisting James Nathanial Watts in the May 15, 2014, attempted armed robbery of the First National Bank in Cairo, announced Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. During that attempted robbery, long-time bank employees Anita Grace and Nita Jo Smith were killed and a third employee was seriously injured.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - SUSAN MICHELLE TYSON, 51, of Yukon, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for stealing $467,352.43 from the Oklahoma Operating Engineers Welfare Plan, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The ex-wife of a man who was a fugitive for 20 years until his arrest in April 2017, has pleaded guilty to lying about the whereabouts of her former spouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - The Justice Department today announced that two former Tuskegee Police Department lieutenants, Alex Huntley, 53, and Darian Locure, 44, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in the beating of an arrestee and an attempted cover-up.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Rockford man was indicted today in federal court and charged with multiple counts of drug-trafficking and firearm offenses. ANTWAN D. MANLEY, 25, of Rockford, Ill., was charged with possessing with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine base, and marijuana in Rockford on Jan. 11, 2018. Manley ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: Over One Million Dollars and Over 100 Pounds of Marijuana Seized; Three in Custody.
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: Eminence, MO - "Whooo is out there?" Owls have fascinated mankind for centuries, from the wise owl of the Greek goddess Athena to Winnie the Pooh’s friend. To learn more about these creatures of the night, join rangers from Ozark National Scenic Riverways on an Owl Prowl at 5:30 PM on Friday, Feb. 2, beginning at the Alley Spring General Store.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Action Concrete Construction Inc. for exposing its employees to fall hazards and eye injuries. The company faces proposed penalties of $59,864.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: 2 Men Charged With Conspiring to Illegally Obtain Technology and Computer Chips That Were Sent to China.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey R. Amundson announced today that on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced ALDEN HALL, age 58, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to serve 30 months in federal prison for her multi-year scheme to defraud the United...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Claude Taylor, 38, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of robbing the Lexington Federal Credit Union, at 1275 Lexington Avenue in Rochester, was sentenced to 40 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - An Antelope, California man was indicted today by a federal grand jury on firearms and drug charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TIFFANY RICHARDSON, age 30, of Chalmette, Louisiana, was charged by way of a Bill of Information with one count of disaster relief fraud.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 23, 2018
Release: Washington - Due to the temporary closure of the Federal Government this week, the “U.S. Export Sales" report scheduled for release at 8:30 A.M. on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 will be released this week on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018.
