News from June 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today announced that he will convene a hearing to consider the nomination of Charles Rettig to lead the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The hearing will take place on June 28 at 10 a.m. in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Timothy M. Maher, Supervisory Assistant United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota, was one of 58 individuals or group prosecution teams or administrative teams recognized at the Department of Justice by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director James Crowell, IV at the 34th Director’s Awards Ceremony in Washington D.C. on June 15, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A New York man was sentenced today to 32 months in prison for defrauding a Virginia-based trade association out of more than $1.1 million in an email phishing scam.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Two defendants unlawfully entered the United States as unaccompanied minors; one defendant who was previously deported, recently reentered the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Jeremy Scott Clark (44, Ponte Vedra) today pleaded guilty to transporting images depicting child sexual abuse over the internet. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, and up to 20 years in federal prison, and a potential life term of supervision. A sentencing hearing has not yet been scheduled. Clark has been detained since his arrest on March 8, 2018. He was employed as a teacher at First Coast High School in Jacksonville.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Travis Jonathon Card, 38, of Westbrook, Maine, was charged today by criminal complaint in U.S. District Court with interference with commerce by robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa-- On June 21, 2018, Timothy Ray Kain, age 30, of Des Moines, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 210 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Kain was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow his prison term.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: We, like many island residents, are anxious to see the sunken and damaged vessels removed from Hurricane Hole and other areas of the park. We are charged as an agency, and as a park, to protect the resources of St John that are under our jurisdiction. The vessels strewn about the park and specifically in Hurricane Hole are persistent daily reminders, to you and us, that we are not doing that.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Strafford, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine to distribute and for illegally possessing a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Delta, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management Utah’s Wild Horse and Burro Team will host a trail ride onJune 29, 2018, through the Conger Wild Horse Herd Management Area (HMA). The ride is open to all equines and equestrians who want to learn about impacts to the range when over-population occurs.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A Michigan woman was arrested on federal witness intimidation charges following an investigation that included U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that an illegal alien from Honduras who was arrested in Sulphur, Louisiana, pleaded guilty Wednesday to re-entering the United States illegally after having been previously removed from the United States four times.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Attaching a camera to a Small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS)-or drone-is not a new concept. Wedding videos, sporting events and feature films are captured using camera-mounted drones all the time. Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is looking to equip drones with different sensors useful in search-and-rescue, reconnaissance, active shooter response, hostage rescue situations, and a myriad of border security scenarios.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Fugitive Gang Members Sought by FBI Richmond.
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 DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Victim Attacked While She Was at Work.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - A federal jury today found John M. Gayden, Jr. (64, West Melbourne) guilty of seven counts of distributing oxycodone outside the course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical reason. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for September 7, 2018. Gayden was indicted on Sept. 28, 2016.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: LEBANON, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited JK Excavating & Utilities Inc. after an employee suffered fatal injuries in a trench collapse. OSHA has proposed penalties of $202,201, and placed the company in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: FARMINGTON, Pa: Fort Necessity National Battlefield will host a series of Ranger guided history walks on July 3 to commemorate the 264th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Necessity. The three walks, one at each of the three units of the park, will cover different events from the beginning of the French and Indian War.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
Release: ROANOKE, Va. - A West Virginia woman was stopped by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) with a loaded handgun at the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport checkpoint on Thursday, June 21. The TSA officer who was staffing the checkpoint X-ray monitor detected the.38 caliber handgun inside the woman’s carry-on bag. The gun was loaded with six bullets.
