News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: Waheba Issa Dais, 45, originally of Israel and a U.S. legal permanent resident residing in Cudahy, Wisconsin, has been charged in a criminal complaint with attempting to provide material support or resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit this week affirmed the sentences of Ali Afif Al Herz, Bassem Afif Herz, and Sarah Majid Zeaiter.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
Release: European cherry fruit fly is the most serious pest of sweet cherries in Europe. The fly attacks only the fruit of its host plants, causing it to rot and fall off the tree. If European cherry fruit fly becomes established in the United States, it could affect U.S. access to foreign cherry markets and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - Four men have been charged federally in a case involving the seizure of approximately 20 pounds of fentanyl.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Grand Teton National Park rangers conducted an overnight rescue after receiving a call for help around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 12. Derek Wilcock, 18, of Kansas City, MO, was descending the Southwest Couloir of Symmetry Spire when he fell. Due to the darkness of the hour, rangers responded to...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Peggy Shelton McCarson, age 57, of Greenville, South Carolina, was sentenced to 180 months imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Today, and for the third time in two years, U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss for the District of Delaware and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) returned a more than 500-year-old copy of a Christopher Columbus’ letter describing his discoveries in the Americas to the Vatican...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to distribution of fentanyl resulting in an overdose death, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: Southeastern Utah is experiencing hazardous fire conditions due to prolonged drought and extremely dry vegetation. Weather forecasts and wildland fire prediction models point to increased fire danger. As a result, on Friday, June 15, 2018, all Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Service, National Park Service, State of Utah and unincorporated private lands in the following areas will increase fire restrictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Two Dominican nationals and one Cape Cod man were charged yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with drug trafficking activities that resulted in seizures of over a half-kilogram of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - Three additional doctors have been charged in three new cases for their roles in a 15-year-long health care fraud scheme that involved more than $40 million in illegal kickbacks paid to doctors and other medical professionals in exchange for referring thousands of patients who received spinal surgeries. As a result of the kickback scheme, more than $580 million in fraudulent bills were submitted, mostly to California’s worker compensation system.
By State Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 10 a.m., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing entitled “Democracy Promotion in a Challenging World." Live webcast and witness testimony will be available HERE.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announced today that a prosecutor with the state Attorney General’s office would be designated as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in an effort to help reduce violent crime in the Monroe area.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is preparing for another record-breaking travel season this summer, as 243 million passengers and crew are projected to come through security checkpoints nationwide between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- Reclamation's June forecast of the April through July runoff for the Bighorn Basin is as follows...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - School’s out for most which means summertime fun, including train ride excursions from Steamtown National Historic Site in downtown Scranton. Our June 2018 schedule has something for everyone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: Eight people were indicted in federal court their roles in a conspiracy selling cocaine and crack cocaine in and around Lima, law enforcement officials said.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy released the following statement after the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report on FBI and DOJ actions in advance of the 2016 election.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Kristina Gross, age 37, of Wynantskill, New York, was sentenced today to pay a $5,000 fine for misusing the names of the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a misdemeanor offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: An Elyria man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for selling a mixture of fentanyl and heroin that resulted in the overdose death of a Lorain County woman.
