News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging eight defendants with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute, and to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine. Named in the indictment are.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Robert C. Ard, of Elkins, West Virginia, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges related to two homemade explosive devices found in his home, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Kimberly McGuire, age 49, of Elkhart, Indiana, was sentenced by the Honorable Robert L. Miller, Jr., Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division, for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) led more than 190 House Democrats in introducing the Keep Families Together Act, H.R. 6135, legislation to end family separation at the U.S. border. In addition to Rep. Nadler, original House cosponsors of the legislation include: ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Two Palm Beach County investment advisors were sentenced to prison for their roles in defrauding a client and tax evasion charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Jonathan F. Cowles, 47, of Honolulu, Hawaii, and formerly of Rowley, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to six months in prison and three years of supervised release for wire fraud. Cowles was also ordered to pay $359,784.90 in restitution. He pled guilty on Jan. 22, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Leaman George Crews, III, 44, of St. James, Missouri, surrendered this morning in federal court to an Indictment charging him with five counts of wire fraud in connection with his scheme to defraud the company he worked for - Brewer Science Incorporated (BSI), Rolla, Missouri.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Monica Vega, 35, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges. Vega’s plea agreement recommends a ten-year prison sentence followed by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Katmai National Park & Preserve, King Salmon, AK - Katmai National Park & Preserve’s popular Bearcams are back for another summer. Through a partnership with Explore.org, viewers are able to watch online as one of the world’s highest concentrations of brown bears gathers to feed on sockeye salmon in the Brooks River.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Marlin E. Beckner, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on methamphetamine distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Huntington man pled guilty today to being a felon in possession of ammunition, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Landrius Tyree Boose, 34, entered his guilty plea to possession of ammunition by a prohibited person. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Huntington Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By DOE Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - The Savannah River Site Leadership Association (SRSLA) last week honored two leaders from EM’s liquid waste contractor for exemplary leadership in site operations.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued a statement after Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, announced a hearing to examine the prescription drug pricing system in the United States...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, in the aftermath of national security issues surrounding the use of Kaspersky and ZTE products, Senators Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) introduced a bipartisan bill to ensure government agencies consider the supply chain risks to national security and the public...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Two Palm Beach County investment advisors were sentenced to prison for their roles in defrauding a client and tax evasion charges.
By State Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - In remarks on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he hopes Congress will “rise to the occasion" and assert its constitutional authority on trade policy by passing his bipartisan legislation to require congressional approval of tariffs designated under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that BYRON ELLIOTT VAUGHN, 32, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri Lydon stated today that Edward Lawrence Johnson, II, age 42, of Florence, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Florence by United States District Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks to 51 months imprisonment and ordered to pay $1,246,122 in restitution, for violations of wire fraud, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Ely District is accepting Special Recreation Permit (SRP) applications to fill the two Truck/Buggy/Off-highway Vehicle event slots for calendar year 2019. Applications must be received by the District’s Caliente Field Office by 4:30 p.m. PST, Monday, July 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 19, 2018
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Alex James Spooner, 23, of Coeur d’Alene, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for unlawfully acquiring a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Spooner was sentenced by United States District Court Judge David C. Nye. Spooner was indicted by a federal grand jury on Jan. 17, 2018.
