News from June 2018
By Fed News Journal | Jun 12, 2018
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell yesterday sentenced Hector Luis Santiago-Jorge (48, Kissimmee) to the maximum penalty of five years in federal prison for manufacturing and dealing in firearms without a federal license. The court also ordered that Santiago-Jorge forfeit 10 AR-15 type firearms and 168 rounds of ammunition that were seized from his residence by federal law enforcement officers.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY, Utah.- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salt Lake Field Office is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing a proposed wild horse gather and removal in the Onaqui Herd Management Area (HMA).
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: Seeking bold, unique and unusual scientific images with a nexus in agriculture? Then look no further. Starting today, the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) will post the first in an ongoing series of high-resolution images depicting science in action-from mites magnified thousands of times their size, to fluffy, wide-eyed chicks.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that PABLO JOSE CRUZ, 46, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in the Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for supplying heroin to a New Haven drug trafficking ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that David H. Howard, 59, of Tampa, Florida, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Mary S. Scriven of the Middle District of Florida to serve eight months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, and required to pay $30,000...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Originally constructed during the Manhattan Project to help end a global war, Oak Ridge is now celebrating its 75th anniversary.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Nine defendants residing in and around Corvallis, Oregon face conspiracy charges related to a credit card “bust-out" fraud scheme and an interstate marijuana distribution operation funded by the fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: Fiscalía Federal y el Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico continúan trabajando por la Justicia para los Ancianos.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson of Minnesota welcomed farm bill text released by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry last week. In a statement on the eve of Committee markup, Peterson applauded the Senate for its bipartisan approach and expressed hope that the House would bring a similarly bipartisan bill to conference...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: One of the most cherished segments of any community is its elders. Our elders are the women and men who have lived through more than many of us can imagine, who shaped the world into its present state and have passed the baton to future generations to continue improving upon the foundation they built...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: MACON: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that on June 12, 2018, Senior United States District Court Judge C. Ashley Royal sentenced Qruintrell Renee Cook, age 29, of North Augusta, South Carolina, to 57 months’ imprisonment for Bank Robbery. She was also ordered to pay $6590 in restitution to the bank. Ms. Cook pled guilty on March 8, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: A new photographic exhibit is on display now at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center called “America’s Best Idea: A Photographic Journey Through our National Parks." The exhibit features 38 spectacular images captured by renowned landscape photographer, Stan Jorstad, along with four images of the Gettysburg and Eisenhower parks taken by Jason Martz, Visual Information Specialist at Gettysburg National Military Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Corey Bradberry, Jr., 35, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced that Basil L. O’Kimosh, Jr. (age: 40) of Keshena man was sentenced on June 11, 2018 to 180 months in prison and 8 years of supervised release after a conviction for Attempted Sexual Exploitation of a Child on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The sentence was the result of a guilty plea in March 2018 before Chief United States District Judge William C. Griesbach.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Finance Committee today advanced the Helping to End Addiction and Lessen (HEAL) Substance Use Disorders Act of 2018 unanimously. The legislation seeks to improve how Medicare, Medicaid and human services programs respond to the opioid crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - The second of two defendants in a child pornography production case has been found guilty.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - A federal grand jury has charged the owner and manager of Busch’s Country Corner, Inc. with fraud charges related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in a 42-count indictment returned here today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams today announced that U-Haul Company of Pennsylvania and Miguel Rivera, the general manager of U-Haul’s Hunting Park location, were charged today with violating hazardous materials regulations. One of the alleged violations led to two fatalities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: A French national who was serving at times as an administrator and senior moderator on one of the largest dark web criminal marketplaces pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to launder money.
