News from July 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: Lucresha Frank, 41, of Pontiac, a former manager of the Colony Arms apartments in Detroit, pleaded guilty to bribery, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal investigators, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: BLUEFIELD, W.Va. - Two felons pled guilty to federal gun crimes, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christopher Glotfelty, 36, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in federal court to production and possession of child pornography charges. Glotfelty entered the guilty plea under a plea agreement that recommends that he be sentenced to a 25-year term of imprisonment followed by 15 years of supervised release. Glotfelty also will be required to register as a sex offender after he completes his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Dennis Kitchens has been sentenced to an additional two years in prison for escaping from the minimum-security camp at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta (USP Atlanta) over 10 years ago.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson delivered the following opening statement at today’s full committee hearing, “The Upcoming Agenda for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission:".
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court to a charge of possession of a stolen firearm, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: Today, the Committee on Education and the Workforce held a bipartisan Innovation Forum and Showcase to highlight the accomplishments of 23 innovators from across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a South Rockwood, Michigan, man was arrested for climbing Mount Rushmore.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: Joseph Stern Used Sales of Luxury Brand Watches to Conceal Approximately $2,000,000 for Mexico-Based Drug Trafficking Organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Aaron Dodd, 35, of Baldwin, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to five years in prison for possession of stolen firearms. Dodd pled guilty on April 4, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Earl T. Cook, Jr., age 54, of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information on July 24, 2018, with receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - Federal authorities this morning concluded a 2½-year wiretap investigation into a drug trafficking organization based in the Coachella Valley by arresting eight defendants linked to the distribution of wholesale quantities of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Trent Shores announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office and the Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office collected full restitution of $207,590.01 owed by former Skiatook School Superintendent Gary Johnson. U.S. Attorney Shores stated, “the restitution collected from Gary Johnson...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Three Little Rock men pleaded guilty to participating in a fraudulent scheme that generated over $1 million in illicit profits by exploiting a government program designed to help distressed businesses. Mark Gregory Jackson, Sr., 61, Jimmy Don Winemiller, Jr., 53, and Don “Terrell" Stephens, Jr., 39, each of Little Rock, all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud today before Chief United States District Judge Brian S. Miller.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A former captain with Alaska Airlines who admitted piloting a plane carrying more than 80 passengers while under the influence of alcohol was sentenced today to one year and one day in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: UTICA, NEW YORK - Marco Avila, age 34, and an Ecuadorian citizen living in Newark, New Jersey, pled guilty yesterday to transporting an alien.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: Pecos, NM: On July 28th and 29th Amanda and Carolyn Lovato of Kewa Pueblo (formerly Santo Domingo) will showcase the methods and materials of silver jewelry making at Pecos National Historical Park. Drop by the park visitor center between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday to learn more about this artful tradition.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is proposing to charge and retain fees for day use and boat launch at Capell Cove Boat Launch, Oak Shores and Smittle Creek Day Use Areas located at Lake Berryessa. The proposed fees would be used to improve local facilities, provide increased visitor services and protect natural resources. Special recreation event authorization fees and shade shelter reservations fees are also proposed.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Education’s announcement of a “borrower defense" rule that would cut $12.7 billion in debt relief from...
