News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Three Jacksonville, Ill., residents made their respective initial appearances in federal court this morning after they were arrested on June 20, 2018. Nathaniel L. Stone, 40, of the 800 block of S. East Street; Jeremie D. Stone, 32, of the 1100 block of S. Diamond Street; and Amber R. Davis, also of the 1100 block of S. Diamond Street, are charged in a federal criminal complaint.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today to examine H.R. 2651, the Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017. #SubDCCP members heard from expert witnesses representing a range of perspectives about this legislation and its impact...
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: Texarkana, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Christopher Whistle, age 40, of Texarkana, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 100 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of Distribution of Methamphetamine. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in Texarkana.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection, chaired by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH), held a hearing today to examine H.R. 2651, the Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017. #SubDCCP members heard from expert witnesses representing a range of perspectives about this legislation and its impact...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: A Canton woman was charged today with theft of government funds, said Justin E. Herdman, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to abandon a 2017 rule preventing hazardous spills at vessel sites and industrial sites, and to renege on a court order to establish additional rules to protect the public from hazardous substances from vessels, and onshore and offshore facilities.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Dear Mr. Dodaro: We write to request that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) review the ways in which states are utilizing federal funds to address deaths caused by or related to pregnancy, including racial disparities in maternal mortality. Our country has one of the highest maternal mortality...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged three individuals with crimes related to a Las Vegas-to-Columbus oxycodone ring in two indictments returned here yesterday and filed today.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: ELKO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Elko District, Wells Field Office will begin a wild horse water and bait trap gather on or about June 25. Corrals will be placed near the Ferguson Springs area located just outside of the Goshute Herd Management Area (HMA). The BLM plans to gather and remove approximately 125 excess wild horses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: New Orleans - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) New Orleans Field Division Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols announced today the findings of the ATF National Response Team’s (NRT) fire investigation of the April 23 Bayou St. John Warehouse fire located at 3534-3540 Toulouse Street in New Orleans. The cause of the fire was ruled "undetermined".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Texarkana, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that three Texarkana, Texas methamphetamine traffickers were sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. Demetrius Allah Stanley aka “Cuzo," age 42, of Texarkana, Texas was...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Defendant Beat and Robbed Woman, Tried to Get Another Woman to Provide False Alibi.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - A Cincinnati man was convicted today by a federal jury in Covington for conspiring to distribute carfentanil in the Boone County Jail Work Camp resulting in death.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: MOAB, Utah - Independence Day is a great day to celebrate America’s national public lands, parks, and forests. These lands provide tangible goods and materials we rely on and use every day, as well as an amazing array of recreation opportunities. There are many firewise ways to have fun and keep our lands healthy and beautiful.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - A federal jury found one physician and two nurses guilty today of health care fraud, and one physician and one nurse guilty of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, all for their roles in a home health fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging RASHAD DARNELL NORWOOD, 38, with illegal possession of firearms and distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine. NORWOOD, who is currently in custody in Olmstead County on state charges, made his initial appearance earlier today before Magistrate Judge Jon T. Huseby in U.S. District Court in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Defendant Targeted Victim After Earlier Stealing His Jacket.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A registered nurse, formerly employed by an Albuquerque-area hospice care provider, was sentenced yesterday afternoon in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., for her conviction on a prescription opioid conspiracy charge. Desiree Ulibarri, 32, of Albuquerque, will serve 36 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain was honored to speak today at the Delaware Valley Intelligence Center Regional Roundtable in Philadelphia, PA. The Delaware Valley Intelligence Center (DVIC) was established to create cross-jurisdictional partnerships between agencies and serves as the informational fusion center for the Delaware Valley region. U.S. Attorney McSwain’s remarks are below.
