News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that Chief U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced WALTER GLENN of Connecticut to one hundred and twenty (120) months in federal prison for his leading role in a prolific identify theft scheme. This sentencing follows GLENN being convicted by a federal jury of all charges against him after a weeklong trial in December.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: Thought He Was Sending a Hallucinogenic Drug That Turned Out to be Fentanyl.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: SANTA FE, New Mexico - Today, the National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $4.2 million contract to MW Morrissey Construction to repair the exterior adobe walls and historic elements of the Old Santa Fe Trail Building, a National Historic Landmark.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: (Washington) - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA Educational Foundation and Discovery Education awarded Porter Christensen of Pine View High School in Utah the grand prize for the annual Operation Prevention Video Challenge. Christensen’s public service announcement entitled “Waiting to Die" elicits the visceral experience of opioid misuse while taking viewers inside the mind of one teen’s decision making.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH- On June 14, 2018, a resident of Carnegie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally possessing firearms, ammunition and body armor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “The State of U.S. Public Health Biopreparedness: Responding to Biological Attacks, Pandemics, and Emerging Disease Outbreaks:"
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - On Thursday, a superseding indictment was brought against Noel Carter, 45, of Bakersfield, adding charges of bank fraud and making a false statement on a loan application, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to administer an $18.5 million offshore wind research and development (R&D) consortium. The consortium is a cooperative innovation hub that will ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Suffolk man pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: McLean, VA - The National Park Service (NPS) is approaching the end of our planning process so we can rehabilitate the north section of the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP), and we want you to comment on how we are proposing to do that. The project would involve road and bridge work from Spout Run to Interstate 495.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man will appear in federal court today to face charges for his alleged involvement in the September 2017 armed robbery of a jewelry exchange located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: Danville, VIRGINIA - Federal, state and local authorities announced this afternoon the largest and most significant federal prosecution of organized gang activity in the Western District of Virginia in at least a decade. The indictment charges 18 suspected gang members and associates in Danville, Virginia...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Conservancy and public officials today dedicated the newly restored Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias following a landmark project to protect the ancient trees and reestablish the area’s natural serenity.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: SEATTLE - New information has prompted special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in conjunction with the King County Prosecutor’s Office and the Mercer Island Police Department, to seek the public’s help in identifying potential victims in a child pornography investigation involving a local cheerleading coach.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man caught selling heroin in January 2017 pled guilty today to a federal drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Dana Stevenson, 27, entered his guilty plea to an indictment charging him with distribution of heroin and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ADRIAN ROBLES, JR., age 38, and FRANCISCO RUIZ, age 42, were sentenced yesterday after being charged by an indictment with violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: Interactive Map Connects Rural Individuals and Communities to Model Practices Across the Country WASHINGTON, June 14, 2018 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today unveiled a new interactive feature on the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) rural opioid misuse ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: A former Colorado home healthcare business owner was sentenced to 24 months in prison for tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: Defendant financially benefited from co-defendant’s use of debts, fraud, threats of financial and reputational harm, and other means to compel victims to work at restaurants Tanya Jumroon, also known as Thunyarax Phatanakit Jumroon, 59, of Beaverton, Oregon, and a naturalized citizen originally from ...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday approved a rule to prevent concentrations of risk between large banking organizations and their counterparties from undermining financial stability. As demonstrated during the financial crisis, excessive exposure between the largest financial institutions spread contagion and eroded confidence in these institutions.
