News published on Federal Newswire in July 2018

News from July 2018


News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - The United States Attorney’s office had the opportunity to employ four interns this summer. The law students assisted in the Wheeling, Clarksburg, and Martinsburg offices in the criminal and civil divisions.


Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Man on Drug Trafficking Charges

News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Following a one-day trial today before Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings, a federal jury has convicted Enrique Rodriguez, 37, of El Paso, Texas, for his role in smuggling heroin and cocaine into the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.


Carbondale Man Charged With Making a False Threat to Blow Up a U.S. Military Recruiting Center

News Release: On July 2, 2018, George Rita II, 42, of Carbondale, Illinois, appeared in United States District Court on a Complaint charging him with falsely making a threat to blow up a Carbondale, Illinois Military Recruiting Center, Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.


News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Carlos Daniel Chavez-Lozano, age 27, of Mesa, Arizona was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 15 projects to receive nearly $8.8 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects to develop innovative technologies that enhance fossil energy power systems.


Ohio Man Arrested for Attempting to Assist a Foreign Terrorist Organization With Homeland Attack Plot

News Release: Ohio Man Arrested for Attempting to Assist a Foreign Terrorist Organization With Homeland Attack Plot.


News Release: Mexico - U.S. Natural Gas to Yucatan.