News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Laurence Cadogan, age 33, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on June 18, 2018, by U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to serve 87 months’ imprisonment for heroin trafficking and unlawfully possessing a firearm in furtherance of heroin trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: He stole over $178,790 between 2013 and 2016 from Teays Valley Fire Department.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said today that President Trump’s destructive cancellation of much of the National Ocean Policy (NOP), which he announced in an executive order this afternoon, demands a Natural Resources Committee hearing as soon as possible. Grijalva and...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration is accepting applications beginning June 19 through June 26 from people interested in becoming air traffic controllers at the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility in Westbury, N.Y.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A new statistical approach to disease surveillance may improve scientists’ and managers’ ability to detect chronic wasting disease earlier in white-tailed deer by targeting higher-risk animals. This approach can also provide financial and personnel savings for agencies that are required to monitor for wildlife diseases, including the National Park Service (NPS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - One resident of Michigan, and one resident of Ohio, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to his role in a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering ring operating between Massachusetts and California.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: DEL RIO, Texas - Federal authorities on Tuesday charged five individuals for their roles in a South Texas smuggling scheme that resulted in the deaths of five illegal aliens.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Brandy Carey Malinosky, age 42, of Pittston Township, was sentenced on June 12, 2018, to 28 months’ imprisonment and to serve four years on supervised release by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley, for her role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy that operated in Luzerne County during February through November 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Demante Syms, 26, of Saint Louis, Missouri, was sentenced to life imprisonment plus one year for his participation in the killing of three individuals in furtherance of drug trafficking and his tampering with a witness. Syms was sentenced by United States District Court Judge John A. Ross.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction Field Office approved the “Palisade Plunge," a new 32-mile single-track trail descending nearly 6,000 feet from the Grand Mesa to Palisade, Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A previously convicted felon has been ordered to federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Cruz Edwardo Gonzalez, 30, of Corpus Christi, pleaded guilty Feb. 1, 2018, to a single count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: El Dorado, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Deadrick Lamar Tatum (aka “Toda"), age 26, of Texarkana, was sentenced yesterday, to 54 months in federal prison on one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in El Dorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kingsley Ufembou Akendeu, 24, of Lubbock, Texas, pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to assaulting federal law enforcement officers in New Mexico. Akendeu entered the guilty plea under a plea agreement that recommends a prison sentence within the range of 37 to 46 months followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A Cambria County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: LOS ALAMOS - Beginning Saturday, June 23, 2018, the staff of Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Los Alamos will offer Ranger Programs at the visitor center next to Ashley Pond. These programs will provide visitors an opportunity to understand and connect with the story of the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos. The Ranger Programs will incorporate the big picture of how the Project Y lab and community fit in with the complex events of World War II.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Avtandil Khurtsidze, Shulaya’s Enforcer and Former Middleweight World Boxing Champion, Also Found Guilty of Racketeering and Wire Fraud Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - An Arizona man was sentenced yesterday in Phoenix, Ariz., for directing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks at the computer networks of the City of Madison, Wis., announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and First Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth A. Strange for the District of Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: San Antonio Man Charged with Receipt of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO- Douglas Pippert pleaded guilty today to production of child pornography announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The Honorable Vince Chhabria, U.S. District Judge, accepted the guilty plea.
