News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Three MS-13 members have been indicted on charges of racketeering and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An alleged member of the Latin Gangsta’ Disciples gang in Lawrence was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison for federal firearms trafficking. Defendant sold 11 firearms, 18 magazines and 359 rounds of ammunition (including 59 rounds of hollow point ammunition, sometimes referred to on the street as “cop killers).
By USDA Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Washington - On Jan. 10, 2018, Christopher H. Arnaman (Arnaman), Osborn, Mo., waived his right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and paid a penalty of $3,000 for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA), made the following joint statement after the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee announced it will consider Career and Technical Education legislation next week...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Aaron Vroman, age 28, of Watervliet, New York, was indicted yesterday for sexual exploitation of a child by making pornographic images, distribution of child pornography, and possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Texarkana, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Keith Morgan Block, age 51, of Texarkana, Texas was sentenced yesterday to 155 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey, United States District Judge, presided over the sentencing hearing in Texarkana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Olvin Didier Centeno-Gamez pleaded guilty today to three counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance within 1000 feet of a school, and one count of illegal re-entry into the United States after deportation, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Alex G. Tse and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Spradlin. The guilty plea was accepted by the Honorable Susan Illston, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Cambria County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon, carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime and possession with intent to distribute heroin and crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: (LUBBOCK, Texas) - In a collaborative effort spearheaded by the Caprock HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) Task Force, and the Texas (Lubbock) Anti-Gang Center (TAG), 20 individuals are in federal custody on a federal criminal indictment for a drug trafficking conspiracy, announced Special...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On June 21, 2018, George Robert Everhart, 29, of Maryville, Tennessee, was arrested following the return of a four-count indictment by a federal grand jury on June 19, 2018, alleging that Everhart committed child pornography offenses. Counts One and Two of the indictment, on file with...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Martin, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault by Striking, Beating, and Wounding was sentenced by Daneta Wollmann, U.S. Magistrate Judge.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced an agreement with New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to collaborate on the advancement of geothermal technologies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND- Walter Woldt, 55, of Crown Point, Indiana, was sentenced before District Court Judge Joseph Van Bokkelen on his plea of guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Six people from Northeast Ohio were indicted in federal court for firearms crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: (BEAUMONT, Texas) - A 56-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Thomas Carrano Convicted of Conspiring to Raise, Train, and Sell Roosters for Cockfighting.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- A malfunctioning pump that supplies water to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park has been repaired and the park is beginning a phased-in approach to easing water restrictions over the next several days. The amount of water in reservoir tanks is increasing daily and once sustainable levels are reached the park will return to Level 1 water restrictions.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a draft Environmental Assessment to disclose potential environmental effects and solicit public comment associated with a proposed water acquisition for National Wildlife Refuges within the Klamath Basin Refuge Complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Francis “Cadillac" Salemme, a former boss of the New England Family of La Cosa Nostra (NELCN), and former NELCN associate Paul Weadick, were convicted today by a federal jury in connection with the 1993 murder of Steven A. DiSarro.
