News from June 2018
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Hunterdon County, New Jersey, woman today admitted stealing outstanding customer refund checks and failing to report that income on her individual tax returns, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore is pleased to announce this year’s evening programs of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse. The first set of programs will take place on Thursday, June 21, Friday, June 22, and Saturday, June 23. Bring your flashlight and experience South Core Banks and the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Defendant had pistol in his waistband while seeking to distribute meth.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A previously convicted sex offender from southwestern Missouri, who pretended to be a woman online to solicit sexually explicit photos from a teenage boy, was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 25 years in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Military Appreciation Day at Florissant Fossil Beds, Saturday June 30, 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Trafford, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of theft of government property, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced WILLIAM MAURICE SADDLER, 35, of Wilson to 480 months’ imprisonment followed by a lifetime of supervised release. On...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kevin Allen, Jr, 29, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to forcible interference with a federal officer with a dangerous weapon. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: ] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement following oral argument this morning in the case ofBlumenthal, Nadler, et al. v. Trump ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOSE MARTINEZ-OSWALDO, age 33, a citizen of Honduras, pleaded guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: NEW BERN - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced WILLIAM MAURICE SADDLER, 35, of Wilson to 480 months’ imprisonment followed by a lifetime of supervised release. On...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Largest Increase in AUSAs in Decades Allocates Two Prosecutors in Idaho to Focus on Violent Crime and Civil Anti-Opioid Matters.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today the formation of the United States Attorney’s Project Safe Childhood Task Force to focus on protecting children from sexual exploitation and abuse.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: In the spirit of serving America through shared conservation stewardship, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced the withdrawal of public land from mining in the Johnny Behind the Rocks Recreation Zone near Lander, Wyoming. Interior’s Bureau of Land Management will withdraw the land...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today issued a standing, open invitation to the scientific and technical communities to propose novel ideas to help address DHS’s most significant priorities. S&T, in concert with the DHS Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, released a newly modernized Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (LRBAA) with significant enhancements to the process.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced former Detective Marcus Roosevelt Taylor, age 30, of Glen Burnie, Maryland today to 18 years in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release for racketeering conspiracy and racketeering offenses, including robbery and overtime fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Ghanaian national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for making false statements in order to obtain citizenship and for attempting to procure citizenship.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, June 7, 2018 - Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is investing $309 million in 16 projects (PDF, 107 KB) to improve rural electric infrastructure in 12 states.
