News from July 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva today said that House Republicans’ announcement this afternoon of a suite of nine bills that gut the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is part of their undisguised years-long pattern of pushing unpopular, environmentally destructive favors for corporate supporters. Grijalva questioned the thinking behind Republicans’ in-your-face partisan destruction of one of America’s bedrock environmental laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions and U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman Northern District of Ohio, today announced Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (S.O.S.), a new program that seeks to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas and to identify wholesale distribution networks and international and domestic suppliers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Defendant Used Status as a Market Maker and Broker to Help Manipulate Multiple Penny Stocks in Two Separate Conspiracies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: George Anhalt, Jr, 48, of Nashville, Tennessee, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on charges of obstruction of justice; possession and distribution of heroin; being a felon in possession of a firearm; and possessing a firearm during the commission of a federal drug crime, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Eugene James, 34, of Rome, New York was sentenced today to serve 188 months incarceration in connection with his guilty plea to federal drug trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Darren Goodrich, a former registered broker at a brokerage firm in El Segundo, California, was sentenced by United States District Judge Eric N. Vitaliano to 41 months’ imprisonment for one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud for Goodrich’s participation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: A Nebraska man was sentenced today to 76 months in prison for accessing with an intent to view child pornography, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph P. Kelly of the District of Nebraska.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TOSH TOUSSAINT, age 27, was sentenced to 62 months in the Bureau of Prisons, with a term of three years of supervised release to follow. TOUSSAINT previously pleaded guilty to one count of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine base, in violation...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a Shreveport felon was sentenced to 57 months in prison for illegally possessing a pistol after being convicted of multiple felonies.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to examine policy issues facing interstate delivery networks for natural gas and electricity, which was prompted by last month’s oversight hearing of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The committee today dove more deeply into a number of issues impacting our nation’s capacity to deliver affordable, clean, diverse, and secure energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Carissa Carpenter, 55, formerly of Malibu, pleaded guilty today to two counts of mail fraud and one count of lying to a federal agent, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A former bank employee was indicted today in federal court in Worcester in connection with embezzling money from client accounts held by the bank by which she was employed.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Nicholas J. Woychick is now the District of Idaho’s Civil Chief, announced U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis. Previously, AUSA Syrena C. Hargrove served dual roles, as Civil Chief and Appellate Coordinator. She has now assumed the role of Appellate Chief. U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Donald S. Boyce has announced his resignation from the position of United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, effective at midnight on July 21, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Defendant Targeted Gas Stations and Convenience Stores in Queens.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Garrion McCellan, age 30, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty today to a drug conspiracy and to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime causing death, in connection with his participation in a drug trafficking organization that operated in the 300 block of McMechan Avenue in Baltimore. McCellan was an active member of the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) gang during his participation in the drug conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Andrew T. Maliska, 27, of Nashville, Tennessee, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia following an investigation into the creation and circulation of doctored images, related postings, and the personal information of the victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Murville Lavelle Lampkin, 45, of Anchorage, was sentenced on July 10, 2018, to serve 20 years in prison, followed by a 10-year term of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of heroin, and money laundering.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2018
News Release: Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
