News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sterling Jones, 24, of Lockport, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 36 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Lower Brule, South Dakota, man convicted of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on June 11, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2018
News Release: WA State Agency Administered ‘Apple Health’ in a Manner that Discriminated Against Patients Who Rely on Sign Language Interpreters.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2018
News Release: Teton Interagency Dispatch was contacted at approximately 12 p.m. Saturday, June 9, about two individuals that did not return from a scenic glider ride that departed from Driggs, Idaho. The call was being investigated by the Teton County Wyoming Sheriff’s Office as initial indications were that the glider and individuals may be located south of the park boundary.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Chad Knowlton, age 24, of Queensbury, New York, pled guilty today to distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg for the Southern District of Florida, Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade State Attorney, Robert F. Lasky, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Troy Walker, Special Agent...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2018
News Release: Federal authorities announced today a significant coordinated effort to disrupt Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes that are designed to intercept and hijack wire transfers from businesses and individuals, including many senior citizens. Operation Wire Wire, a coordinated law enforcement effort by...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2018
News Release: Bank Robber Changes Clothes to Avoid Capture.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the indictment of Corey Damond Smith, Jr. (23, Tampa) for the distribution of fentanyl resulting in the death of an individual. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2018
News Release: SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. June 10, 2018 -Mid-day on Sunday, park rangers received a report of a visitor being swept down the Middle Fork of the Kaweah River inside Sequoia National Park. Immediately, both park and Tulare County swift-water rescue resources were called to the scene.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2018
News Release: Defendant allegedly posted internet threats to shoot attendees and bomb Harvard University.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An Arizona man was arrested last night in connection with posting threats to bomb Harvard and shoot attendees at the Black Commencement event held on May 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Offers $1,000 Reward for Information in Navajo Nation Homicide.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Last night, the Department of Commerce produced to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and other offices a limited set of documents that it also produced in conjunction with litigation relating to the Trump Administration’s sudden decision to add an untested new citizenship question to the 2020 Decennial Census.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2018
News Release: Soldiers from the 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment overcame wildlife encounters, inclement weather and terrain, reaching an elevation of nearly 4,000 feet during a 26-mile ruck march on the Denali Park Road on June 8, 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen will travel to Jerusalem, Israel next week to participate in the International Homeland Security Forum. While in Israel, Secretary Nielsen will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan. She will ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 8, 2018) – Following the release of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Stop Youth Opioid Abuse public service announcement campaign, Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett issued the following statement: “Leaving no community ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: John Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced today the public release of the advisory opinions issued by the Department of Justice’s Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) Registration Unit since Jan. 1, 2010. See https://www.justice.gov/nsd-fara/advisory-opinions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Signature HealthCARE, LLC (Signature), a Louisville, Kentucky based company that owns and operates approximately 115 skilled nursing facilities, including 7 in middle Tennessee, has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims to Medicare for ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: Today, a federal jury convicted Kevin Patrick Mallory, 61, a former Central Intelligence Agency case officer of Leesburg, Virginia, on espionage charges related to his transmission of classified documents to an agent of the People’s Republic of China.
