News from June 2018
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: Washington - On May 4, 2018, Central Livestock Association, LLC, (Central Livestock), South St. Paul, Minn., waived its right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and paid a penalty of $2,000 for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act (7 U.S.C. § 181, et seq.).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: (SAN FRANCISO) -Carlos Maturana was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen. The sentence was handed down today by the Honorable Charles R. Breyer, U.S. District Judge.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said that today’s Committee vote on H.R. 3744, Chairman Rob Bishop’s (R-Utah) “Tribal Recognition Act," shows that Republicans are willing to abuse congressional authority to politicize Native American rights. Bishop’s bill, which passed with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - More than 50 individuals, including an alleged Mexico-based drug trafficker and a Wisconsin-based courier, are facing criminal charges as part of a joint federal and state investigation into heroin and fentanyl sales in Chicago.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a complaint to Warren Hudspeth, doing business as 56 Cattle Co., (Hudspeth), Texas, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: LONDON, Ky.- Richard Walker, 33, of Manchester, Ky., was sentenced Tuesday to 16 years in federal prison, by United States District Court Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a methamphetamine mixture.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Donnie Garland, 52, of Corbin, Ky., was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in federal prison, by United States District Court Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, for distributing methamphetamine, possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a methamphetamine mixture, possessing a firearm in furtherance of his drug trafficking crimes, and possessing a firearm following a felony criminal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: One Man Involved in Armed Standoff Prior to Arrest.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: PRICE, Utah - Consistent with the administrations goal of energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Price Field Office (PFO) announced today that the comment period is open for the Draft Environmental Analysis (EA) for Canyon Fuel Company, Sufco Mine lease modification.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: Former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional officer Michael Mazar, 39, of Hollywood, was sentenced today to 5 years in prison and ordered to pay over $8 million in restitution for his participation in a mail and wire fraud scheme orchestrated from a Miami federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that a federal jury has convicted JOSHUAL HILTON, age 33, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, of drug trafficking and firearm violations. Earlier this afternoon, after a two and a half day trial, the jury unanimously returned guilty verdicts on all three...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: ELBERT MOORE, age 36, of Houma, Louisiana, was sentenced today before the Honorable Susie Morgan. MOORE was charged by way of a bill of information with violating the Federal Controlled Substances Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: GREENVILLE - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a federal grand jury in Greenville has returned indictments charging AQUILEO PEREZ-PINEDA, age 48, of Mexico, ABEL RAMIREZ-URIBE, age 33, of Mexico, and PEDRO VICENTE SANCHEZ-JOVEL, age 34, of Guatemala, with Illegal Reentry of a Deported Alien.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: Thank you, Chairwoman Granger, Ranking Member Visclosky, and Chairman Frelinghuysen, for your work on this bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Former Government House Security Officer Neal Chesterfield, 41, was sentenced before District Judge Curtis Gomez to 70 months incarceration for his conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen Shappert announced today. Gomez also sentenced Chesterfield to five years of supervised release and $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Michael Roman Burghardt, 34, of Manchester, was sentenced to serve 180 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced increased collaboration with stakeholders to reduce regulatory barriers on the development of hydrogen infrastructure. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Daniel Simmons announced a new Request for Information (RFI) to foster this united effort with industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: On June 13, 2018, Cary E. Mosley, 48, of Benton, Illinois, pled guilty to defrauding his former employer, Southern Illinois Healthcare ("SIH"), announced Donald S. Boyce, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. A federal grand jury had returned an indictment on January 4, 2018, charging Mosley with wire fraud and mail fraud.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: ST. LOUIS (June 11, 2018) On Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 10 a.m., Gateway Arch National Park will celebrate the completion of the $380-million project to renovate the national park, the St. Louis Riverfront and Kiener Plaza with a grand opening celebration and public reveal of the Museum at the Gateway...
