News from June 2018

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that a former federal air marshal with the Newark, New Jersey field office has been charged by indictment with making various threats against his former colleagues.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Westminster woman was arrested today in connection with stealing Social Security benefits.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: A Port St. Lucie resident pled guilty today to unlawfully exporting firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition from South Florida to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: *UPDATE on June 21, 2018: The following statement provides additional clarity to this press release (originally issued on June 18, 2018) and includes a revised headline. Please attribute the statement to Joshua Stueve, Director of Communications for EDVA. "As stated in the Statement of Facts for defendants...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Dziatkowicz, of Weirton, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months incarceration for possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: The former Allen County Sheriff was indicted in federal court for asking for and taking bribes from drug dealers, people arrested in prostitution stings, suspected gamblers and others.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: Tammy Lamere Conspired With Co-Defendant Clif Seaway in the Abuse of a Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Sanjay Nelson, 25, of Chinle, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for recklessly killing a man on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation. Nelson had previously pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, is soliciting your input for the proposed acquisition of 14,522 acres of environmental sensitive lands owned by Bently Family Limited Partnership as part of the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act (SNPLMA) Round 15 nominations. Public comments will be accepted through July 15, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of McKees Rocks, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to 24 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of escape from custody, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: CASCADE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation will temporarily close the roadway across Cascade Dam to the public while maintenance work is performed between June 25 and June 29, 2018, from Lake Way to Shore Drive.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DIGBY KERR, 50, of Meriden, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding four manufacturing companies of more than $600,000.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $40 million in funding for 31 projects to advance research in the development of microbes as practical platforms for the production of biofuels and other bioproducts from renewable resources.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Robert Farrace, 54, of Modesto, was sentenced today to two years in prison for a fraudulent short-sale scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Beverly Hills Radiologist Ronald Grusd and two of his corporations, California Imaging Network Medical Group and Willows Consulting Company, were sentenced in federal court today after a jury trial in December resulted in convictions on 39 felony fraud counts.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: Former Arkansas State Senator Sentenced to Prison for Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, and Bank Fraud.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: Wide-Ranging Operation Filed Over 12,000 Fraudulent Tax Returns Seeking More Than $42 Million.

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: (SYRACUSE, N.Y.) - Jeffrey Rivera, 34, of Utica, New York, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. The announcement was made by the United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Columbus, Ohio, has been sentenced in federal court to time served, approximately eight months incarceration, and three years supervised release on his conviction of conspiracy to utter and pass counterfeit Federal Reserve notes, and for possession of counterfeit Federal Reserve notes, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Jeffrey Rivera, age 34, of Utica, New York, pled guilty today to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute more than five (5) kilograms of cocaine. The announcement was made by the United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...