News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Tremayne James, age 24, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pled guilty on July 10, 2018, before United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo to unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Keion Griffin, age 23, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on July 11, 2018, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced today that Arup USA, Inc. of New York City was awarded $104,140 to develop wayfinding technology through the Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP).
By State Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: Brady Announces Full Committee Markup. Committee to Consider Bills from the Subcommittees on Social Security and Tax Policy. July 16, 2018 - Markup - Press Releases. What: Full Committee on Ways and Means Markup. Where: 1100 Longworth House Office Building. When: Wednesday, July 18, 2018, at 10:00 AM...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Fabian Louis Bailon, 39, an enrolled member of Kewa Pueblo, N.M., who resides in Santa Fe, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to assaulting a federal officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Trenton woman today admitted her role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed hundreds of grams of heroin in Trenton and the surrounding area, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb sentenced Francisco Felix, 45, of Mountain House, to 20 years in prison for his role in leading a large, multi-defendant drug-trafficking conspiracy that moved significant quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico into California and throughout the United States, and that controlled at least three large marijuana grows in the Central Valley of California, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A criminal complaint was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: On Friday, July 20th, 2018 at 1 :00 pm, William Howard Taft National Historic Site will host a program about the Taft family kitchen. This re-enactment will give visitors a view into the past and what Victorian kitchens and cooks were like during the 19th Century.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: Andrew A. Shonk, 36, of Massillon, was charged with receiving and possessing visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: SAN JOSE - A federal grand jury in San Jose indicted Xiaolang Zhang on Thursday, July 12, 2018, for theft of trade secrets, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigations, Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. Zhang was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Virginia K. DeMarchi today on charges of theft of trade secrets, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1832. Zang entered a plea of not guilty at the hearing.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “The Effects of Tariffs on U.S. Agriculture and Rural Communities." The hearing will address the effects on American agriculture and rural communities...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: The FBI is Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Hollywood, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: The United States Attorney’s Office announces that Francisco Ramirez-Espinosa, 29, a citizen of Mexico, appeared Friday in United States District Court in Burlington on a charge that he transported four illegal aliens within the United States. U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy ordered that Ramirez-Espinosa be temporarily detained.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: PARADISE VALLEY, Nev. -As of 8 a.m. on Tuesday July 17, the Type 3 Team on the west part of the Martin Fire will be turning over control to the local agencies. Crews will be demobilizing and heading back to their home units or assigned to other fires as needed. No growth to the fire perimeter and acreage has stayed at 435,569 acres and 95 percent containment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Henry Flerijean, 28, of Tampa, Florida, was sentenced Thursday to 48 months in federal prison after pleading guilty on March 23, 2018, to theft of government money, possession of 15 or more counterfeit or unauthorized access devices, and aggravated identify theft. Flerijean was also ordered to pay $558,075.00 in restitution. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: Spokane, WA -The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Spokane District is committed to keeping public landscapes healthy and productive. Because of this the district has issued a fire restrictions order on public lands administered by the BLM in eastern Washington. The order is effective July 17, 2018 at...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Shawn Christy, age 27, of McAdoo, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 10, 2018, for threatening to harm President Donald J. Trump, and law enforcement officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - Thomas Scott Taylor, 38, of Lexington, Kentucky, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison by United States Senior District Court Judge Joseph M. Hood for exceeding authorized access of a protected computer, a felony under federal criminal statutes. Judge Hood also ordered Taylor to pay restitution in the amount of $492,689.59.