News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., couple pleaded guilty in federal court today to failing to pay more than $328,000 in payroll and other taxes for their construction business.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Michael James Bembry, age 28, of Florence, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court in Florence to charges arising out of South Carolina and Pennsylvania. The South Carolina charges were for conspiracy to manufacture...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 61-year-old Friendswood man has been ordered to federal prison for mail and wire fraud and money laundering, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. David Grudzinski pleaded guilty April 13, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dayron Gonzalez, 26, and Felipe Perez, 28, both of Miami, Florida, were sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson for conspiring to use counterfeit credit cards. Gonzalez pleaded guilty to the charge on March 8, 2018, and Perez pleaded guilty to the same charge on March 2, 2018.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) sent a letter today seeking further information from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about the process it uses to review grant solicitations and applications.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: Gettysburg NMP staff wants to advise visitors of potential traffic delays, on all park roads adjacent to the Emmitsburg Road, on Saturday July 14 from approximately 5 pm - 6 pm. Visitors wanting to tour the southern end of the battlefield should plan for up to an hour delay to accommodate the Parade...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), today announced a markup for Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) final report on former Secretary Tom Price’s extraordinary use of taxpayer funds to charter private jets to accommodate his travel...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief United States District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Joseph Laurence Bonds, a/k/a/ Joe, a/k/a Yo Gotti, age 36, to 90 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) gang’s Greenmount Avenue Regime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: VERNON SWEENEY, JR. (“SWEENEY"), age 52, of Tickfaw, Louisiana, was sentenced today for possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: DAVENPORT, Iowa - On July 12, 2018, United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey sentenced Raymone Deshawn Walker, Sr., age 21, of Davenport, to 50 months in prison for felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Walker was ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his imprisonment, pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund, and forfeit the firearm and ammunition seized.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Carlos Alberto Andrade, age 34, a citizen of El Salvador, pleaded guilty yesterday to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park is requesting assistance identifying a subject and vehicle in relation to acts of vandalism to the fee canister located at the Mowich Lake/Paul Peak area of the park. The events occurred.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DILLON DAVIS, age 25, of Destrehan, was charged in a one-count Indictment with bank robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s New York Division, announced that a federal jury has convicted Andrew Garner, 37, of Jamestown, New York of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) final report on former Secretary Tom Price’s extraordinary use of taxpayer funds to charter private jets to accommodate his travel...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: Felon used Wife as Straw Buyer of Guns and Ammunition.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) final report on former Secretary Tom Price’s extraordinary use of taxpayer funds to charter private jets to accommodate his travel...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Candy Miller, age 40, of Wilmington, Delaware, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark for filing a false tax return to one year and one day of incarceration.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2018
News Release: Albuquerque, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management Albuquerque District Office rescinded fire restrictions effective July 13, 2018, at 8 a.m. BLM Albuquerque District Manager, Danita Burns, announced today that the fire restrictions will no longer be in effect on 2.5 million acres of BLM-managed lands...
