News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A Lehigh County resident pleaded guilty in federal court in Johnstown to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: NORMAN, Okla.-The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro sale event in Tahlequah, Okla., July 27 - 28, at the Cherokee County Fairgrounds, where 50 wild horses and burros will be featured. The event will take place from noon - 6 p.m. on July 27, and 8 a.m. - noon on July 28. Animals will be eligible for direct purchase to a good home. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that the United States Marshals Service coordinated a federal, state and local law enforcement operation, called “Operation Hopscotch," that resulted in the arrests of sixty-two violent offenders...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Louis, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today to his role in a sex trafficking conspiracy.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: HURRICANE, WV - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Design Roofing LLC for exposing employees to fall and other safety hazards at residential construction sites in Scott Depot and Culloden, West Virginia. The company faces proposed penalties of $101,988.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Luis Eduardo Rodriguez Funneled Narcotics Proceeds Through the Las Vegas Real Estate Market and Dummy Corporations on Behalf of the Leading Figure in an International Narcotics and Money Laundering Conspiracy with Ties to Italy, Hong Kong, and Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS, Montana -- The Bureau of Reclamation's Tiber Reservoir (Lake Elwell) just southwest of Chester, Montana, experienced high inflows as a result of heavy rain in the region. Meanwhile, releases from Tiber Dam have been reduced to approximately 700 cubic feet per second (cfs) at the direction of...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier and Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee Elijah E. Cummings sent a letter requesting that Chairman Trey Gowdy issue a subpoena to compel the Department of Justice (DOJ) to produce documents it is withholding related to an internal 2006 report that Purdue Pharma knew of significant abuses of its drug OxyContin shortly after it was brought to market in 1996.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Officer Daniel Capehart, Currently on Administrative Leave, had been Assigned Patrol Duty in the Farmington/San Juan County Area.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -Cyber 20/20, Inc. of Newark, Delaware has been selected by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) to develop security capabilities for financial services as part of S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District Office announced a temporary closure and temporary restrictions for certain activities on public lands that immediately surround the site of the 2018 Burning Man event. The closure and restrictions go into effect July 29. The temporary...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Following a six-day trial before U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay, a federal jury has convicted Alvin Christopher Penn, 28, for escaping from federal custody in Hutchins, Texas and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Everyone is invited to find their park and experience authentic Hawaiian cultural programs, guided hikes, After Dark events and more from Ka‘ū to Volcano to Hilo.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Following a one-day trial Monday before a federal jury has convicted for his role in smuggling heroin and cocaine into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced today, Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt sentenced BAKARI MAURICE TEACHEY aka “Double R", 27 a Rocky Mount resident, to 210 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release. On February 9, 2018, TEACHEY was convicted in a three-day jury trial of 3-counts of Possession of a Firearm and/or Ammunition by a Convicted Felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria man pleaded guilty today to production of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: FORT WAYNE -Latwon Ford, age 25, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann, for two counts of obstructing and interfering with interstate commerce by robbery and for brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a St. Louis, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today to his role in a sex trafficking conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Marco Antonio Munguia, Jr., 43, of Arizona, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Jere T. Miles with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2018
News Release: For Drug Distribution. FORT WAYNE -Israel Bonilla, age 32, of Michoacan, Mexico, was sentenced before Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann, for possessing methamphetamine and heroin with the intent to distribute and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney...
