News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Sergeant Wayne Earl Jenkins, age 37, of Middle River, Maryland today to 25 years in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for one count of racketeering conspiracy, one count of racketeering, two counts of robbery, one count of destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in a federal investigation, and four counts of deprivation of rights under color of law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: A Biloxi, Mississippi physician was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for his involvement in a $3 million compounding pharmacy fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore is pleased to announce the 2018 opportunities to join the Horse Sense and Survival tours with Wildlife Resources Ranger, Dr. Sue Stuska. The first trip will take place on Saturday, June 23 out of the Beaufort Visitor Information Center at 8:15 a.m. Participants will return to the Town docks at Noon.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: An 11-count indictment was filed in U.S. District Court charging two Cleveland men were for brandishing firearms while robbing four MetroPCS stores and shooting at an off-duty Cleveland police officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Shane Ryan Hammond, 26, of Hilliard, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to impersonating a federal agent, kidnapping, wire fraud and interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: On June 7, 2018, Bruce J. Walker, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Electricity (OE) and Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER), testified before the U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Energy Subcommittee during a hearing on “The Electric Grid of the Future.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - A grand jury sitting in Asheville returned a federal criminal indictment today, charging Marion Kent Covington, 63, and Diane Mary McKinny, 65, both of Rutherfordton, N.C., with a conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with an unemployment insurance benefits scheme, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Eugenio Delgado-Rivera, 48, an illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, to 21 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for unlawfully re-entering the United States as an alien previously convicted of an aggravated felony, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Joseph A. Banco Jr., Acting Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s New Orleans Sector.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Sergeant Wayne Earl Jenkins, age 37, of Middle River, Maryland today to 25 years in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for one count of racketeering conspiracy, one count of racketeering, two counts of robbery, one count of destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in a federal investigation, and four counts of deprivation of rights under color of law.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JASON BARBER, 42, of Bethany, Oklahoma, was sentenced today to serve a total of 30 days in prison during a one-year term of probation for his use of excessive force against a pretrial detainee, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: The 2018 forecast is similar to the 33-year average Gulf dead zone of 5,460 square miles and is smaller than the 8,776 square mile 2017 Gulf dead zone, which was the largest dead zone measured since mapping began in 1985.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, and Patty Murray, D-Wash., the top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee led 38 of their Democratic Senate colleagues in demanding the Trump administration stop further traumatizing children and end Trump’s inhumane policy of separating innocent boys and girls from families who cross the Southwest border seeking asylum in the United States.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the launch of the American-Made Solar Prize, a competition to revitalize U.S. solar manufacturing. The program will support entrepreneurs as they develop transformative ideas into concepts and then into early-stage prototypes ready for industry testing.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Hearing on “Maritime Transportation in the Arctic: The U.S. Role". June 7, 2018. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). Today the Subcommittee will hear testimony on maritime transportation in the Arctic and the need...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Loren Glen Warner, 28, of Fresno, CA, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to production of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, a maximum of 30 years and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: FBI Warns of Posting Hoax Threats to Institutions and Launches Campaign to Educate the Public to #ThinkBeforeYouPost.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Craig T. Pope, 29, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court in Pensacola to mailing threatening communications and threatened use of a weapon of mass destruction. The guilty plea was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - ANNETTE M. STRAILY, of Comanche, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty yesterday to bank fraud and signing a false federal income tax return, in connection with a $283,000 embezzlement scheme from a Duncan dental office, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Longtime Director of Security for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Accused of Lying to FBI About Repeated Contacts with Reporters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Mississippi Physician Sentenced to Over Three Years in Prison for Role in $3 Million Compounding Pharmacy Fraud Scheme.
