News from June 2018
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON, Pa. - Railfest 2018 at Steamtown National Historic Site (NHS) in downtown Scranton is a celebration of railroading’s past, present and future. Held annually on the Saturday and Sunday of Labor Day weekend, this year’s event takes place on September 1 and 2, with an opening ceremony on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m., hosted by park Superintendent Debbie Conway.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Boston, announced that TRAVIS W. MCCOY, 24, of Houston, Texas, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to one count of enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: DUBLIN, GA: Federal indictments were unsealed today against 7 Dublin residents charged with federal firearms, drug distribution, and related offenses. The charges are the result of joint federal, state, and local efforts to reduce violent crime and drug activities in the Dublin area.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Defendants charged with theft from an agency receiving government funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Jose Luis “Joey" Sanchez, 39, of Boise, pleaded guilty yesterday in United States District Court to access with intent to view child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Sylas Way, 44, Elijah Blake, 26, Keon Baptiste-Harris, 35, Jamie Perry, 46, and Davontae Perrybrooks, 26, all currently residing in Lewiston, were arrested and charged today by criminal complaint in U.S. District Court with distribution of cocaine base, commonly known as “crack."
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement on Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s retirement from the United States Supreme Court...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: (SAN DIEGO) - A pharmacy in Lakeside, California and its owners have paid $75,000 to resolve allegations that they failed to properly account for highly addictive and frequently abused opioids, including fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Due to drying vegetation, increasing daytime temperatures and several human-caused fires the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District Office, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)-Western Nevada Agency, Public Domain Allotments, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) Stillwater National...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - The developer of the Oread Hotel and his bookkeeper were indicted Wednesday on federal charges of scheming to collect more than $400,000 in fraudulent tax refunds from the City of Lawrence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney A. Dale Blankenship (619) 546-6705.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: FBI El Paso Special Agent in Charge Announces the Arrest of FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Eduardo Ravelo, AKA 'Tablas'.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Lawrence man was sentenced in federal court in Boston today for his role in an opioid trafficking conspiracy involving the distribution of fentanyl, heroin, and oxycodone across Massachusetts and Florida.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service protects many of America’s most valuable natural and cultural resources and tells its’ most compelling stories. Many would argue, however, that America’s most treasured resource and its best hope for the future are its children. This summer you are invited to introduce your child to the resources and stories of Fort Scott National Historic Site.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury today indicted four Georgia men for the May robbery of an east Alabama bank, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On Tuesday, after a four-day trial, a federal jury found Robert S. Turchin, 68, of Salinas, guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit bribery and identity fraud and three counts of identity fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An Illinois man, who previously lived in Massachusetts, was arraigned today in federal court in Worcester on charges associated with a wire fraud scheme whereby victims were told they owed money to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a New Orleans man was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for viewing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 27, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a federal prisoner in Oakdale pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempting to escape by climbing over a razor wire perimeter fence.
