News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Charles J. Tan, age 22, of Pittsford, New York, and a citizen of Canada, pled guilty today to crimes related to the unlawful purchase of a firearm that was used to kill his father in 2015, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)-New York Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that DANIEL ADEKUNLE OJO, 34, a citizen of Nigeria residing in Durham, N.C., pleaded guilty yesterday in New Haven federal court to fraud and identity theft offenses stemming from a scheme to obtain the personal identifying information of school employees in Connecticut and elsewhere, and to file false tax returns in the names of those identity theft victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas -A 57-year-old Salvadoran national has been indicted on federal immigration violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Eleven people who were found to be in Ohio after having been deported were indicted for illegally reentering the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Defendants were members of the New England Family of La Cosa Nostra.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Commission (EC) have signed a decision that will pave the way to lower fees that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) charges U.S. manufacturers to validate their design approvals.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces DAVID CAHOON 59, JOHNATHAN BULL 47, JOHNATHAN PARKER WILLIAMS 52, and TIMOTHY CAHOON 49, recently plead guilty to charges of aiding and abetting others to take migratory waterfowl with the use or aid of bait, and hunting migratory waterfowl over an area that was baited.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Former Cornell Student, a Canadian Citizen, Admits to Causing the Straw Purchase of a Shotgun, and Receiving it Knowing it Would be Used to Shoot his Father.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WHAT: The Subcommittee on Environment, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), held a hearing today on the current status of and future issues with the advanced biofuels component of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). WHY: “Unfortunately, cellulosic biofuels have not progressed as well as hoped," said...
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: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that DANIEL ADEKUNLE OJO, 34, a citizen of Nigeria residing in Durham, N.C., pleaded guilty yesterday in New Haven federal court to fraud and identity theft offenses stemming from a scheme to obtain the personal identifying information of school employees in Connecticut and elsewhere, and to file false tax returns in the names of those identity theft victims.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House floor today during consideration of H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States filed a civil complaint against Freshy Foods, LLC of Elmwood, Louisiana, its co-owner and Chief Executive Officer Floyd D. James, and its co-owner and President Ida M. James (defendants) to stop them from manufacturing and distributing adulterated food in violation of federal law, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: In an opinion issued today, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence of a man who actively participated in the Rwandan genocide and then committed naturalization fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Judson Allen Stiglich pleaded guilty in federal court today to possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute the drug and possession of a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The guilty plea was accepted by the Honorable Susan Illston, U.S. District Judge.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks on the House floor today during consideration of H.R. 6, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2018
News Release: Ranking Member Jan Schakowsky's (D-IL) remarks as prepared for delivery for the Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommitttee hearing on “H.R. 2651, the Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017":
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Boat Captain Assaulted During Smuggling Venture.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Jimmie “Peanut" Butler pled guilty to conspiring to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin and to possessing with intent to distribute cocaine base. Five of his co-defendants had previously pled guilty to federal charges stemming...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that 46-year old Lafaven Adams of Corona, California, was sentenced to 54 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided over the hearing.
