News from June 2018
By DOT News Wire | Jun 5, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on June 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - EM Assistant Secretary Anne White will speak at an event for the House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus on Wednesday, June 6.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: The leader of an international binary options scheme was arrested and a 19-count federal indictment unsealed, charging him with defrauding investors out of at least $10 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Monday, after a seven-day trial, a federal jury found Saber A. Shehadeh, 75, of Sacramento, guilty of three counts of mail fraud related to an arson fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Shehadeh was remanded into custody following the verdict.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House passed H.R. 5956 (Chairman Rob Bishop, R-Utah), H.R. 2991 (Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Penn.), H.R. 5655 (Rep. Andy Barr, R-KY), H.R. 801 (Rep. Darin LaHood, R- IL), H.R. 3997 (Rep. Keith Rothfus, R-Penn.), H.R. 5005 (Rep. Al Lawson, D-FL), and H.R. 1026 (Rep. Rick Nolan, D-Minn.). Chairman Bishop issued the following statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man was sentenced yesterday to federal prison on drug and firearm charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Fashawn “Chops" Cannon, 28, previously entered guilty pleas to distributing Oxycodone and using a firearm during and in relation to that crime. Cannon...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Carlos Manuel Legra-Ramirez, age 43, a citizen of Cuba and a Legal Permanent Resident of the United States living in Georgia, pled guilty Friday before U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to conspiracy to transport illegal aliens within the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: Brunswick, GA: Tracy Wayne Crosby, 42 of Waycross, entered a guilty plea on Friday, before the Honorable Lisa Godbey Wood to one count of sex trafficking of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Two new federal prosecutor positions will increase resources to combat violent crime in Kansas, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Marjorie Sue Webster, of Maidsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months incarceration for her role in distributing oxycodone, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - A jury today voted to convict Peter W. Farnum, age 41, of Clifton Park, New York, of possessing child pornography, following a 2-week trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Monday, after a seven-day trial, a federal jury found Saber A. Shehadeh, 75, of Sacramento, guilty of three counts of mail fraud related to an arson fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Shehadeh was remanded into custody following the verdict.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) highlighted the release this morning of a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that finds the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cannot accurately account for taxpayer cleanup risks at orphaned onshore oil and gas wells. The report...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: The Organization’s Heroin and Fentanyl Has Been Linked to At Least Five Suspected Overdose Deaths.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Fredericksburg man pleaded guilty yesterday to running a drug trafficking conspiracy and illegally dealing over 200 firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached a settlement agreement with the Good News Restaurant and Bar (“Good News") in Woodbury to resolve allegations that the restaurant was not operating in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA").
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 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 ROBERT LEVIE NORRIS, JR., age 50, of New Bern, North Carolina to 48 months in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Mohammed Kayed, aka Mohammed Fayez, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiring to traffic in contraband cigarettes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Leeroy Salazar, 39, of Nampa, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison followed by eight years of supervised release for distribution of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. A federal grand jury indicted Salazar on Dec. 13, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A mother who was arrested and charged along with her son for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy appeared in Camden federal court today for a detention hearing, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
