News from June 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: (NEWARK, N.J.) - Yesterday, at the Essex County courthouse, Darryl Dancy, 44, of Hillside and Parris Russ, 34, of Rahway were charged with numerous drug and weapons offenses. The arrests occurred as a result of a joint investigation between the Essex County Prosecutors Office Narcotics Task Force, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York City Police Department and the New York State Police.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a second superseding indictment charging Dontrell Wise, 32, and Lamario Jones, 31, both of Buffalo, NY, with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, butyryl fentanyl, fentanyl, cocaine...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement today on the reports that the Trump Administration is going to propose a major reorganization and consolidation of the federal government.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A real estate attorney was sentenced today in connection with a sweeping conspiracy to defraud banks and mortgage companies by engaging in sham “short" sales of residential properties in Merrimack Valley.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ranking Members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Michael Capuano (D-MA), along with Representatives Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Jim Cooper (D-TN), sent a letter.pdf) ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Pecos, NM:- Pecos National Historical Park has unveiled a temporary museum display showcasing the work of Artist-in-Residence, Stan Ford. Chosen by the National Parks Art Foundation, Mr. Ford is an award-winning nature photographer who spent the month of August, 2016 as the park’s first-ever Artist-in-Residence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: (DETROIT) - A Detroit man was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison for the January 2017 sale of fentanyl laced heroin that resulted in the death of a 36 year old Westland man, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Two Prattville men were sentenced today to more than 16 years in prison for the sex trafficking of minors, announced United States Attorney Louis Franklin, Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan, Prattville Police Chief Mark Thompson, Special Agent in Charge Jere T. Miles of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans, and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - An Iranian businessman schemed with the owner of a European company to illegally export nuclear nonproliferation-controlled materials to Iran from Illinois, according to a newly unsealed federal indictment.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., June 21, 2018) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after the House of Representatives passed their version of the 2018 Farm Bill: “I applaud Chairman Conaway and the House Agriculture Committee for their diligence and hard work in passing their ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the State of Wisconsin to ensure that Wisconsin voters who temporarily reside overseas receive voting protections to which they are entitled under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA). Under ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: James Baldinger, 51, of Minnesota, and a transport officer with the Prisoner Transportation Services of America (PTS), appeared in federal court today in Duluth, Minnesota, after a federal grand jury sitting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, indicted him on charges related to his sexual assaults of a female in his custody, and using his firearm in furtherance of those assaults.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore, United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald, and Jill Sanborn, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Minneapolis Division, today announced a five-count federal indictment charging Michael Hari, 47, Michael McWhorter, 29, and Joe Morris, 22, with charges including ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Two Alabama men were sentenced today to more than 16 years in prison for the sex trafficking of minors, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin Sr. of the Middle District of Alabama, Prattville Police Chief ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that John Perry Taylor IV, 34, from Charleston, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of West Virginia on a charge of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: A former Fayetteville, North Carolina man was sentenced to 41 months in prison to be served after the expiration of his state sentence, with the expected release date of 2040, for mailing a threatening communication and retaliating against a federal official in the Western District of North Carolina. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Today Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers and U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer announced that a jury in the U.S. District Court in Denver found Jamshid Muhtorov guilty on three counts involving material support to a terrorist organization. The guilty verdicts come after a 19-day trial ...
By Fed Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: The nation's largest bank holding companies are strongly capitalized and would be able to lend to households and businesses during a severe global recession, according to the results of supervisory stress tests released Thursday by the Federal Reserve Board.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the enforcement actions listed below: Consent prohibition of Nathaniel Frazier, former Branch Manager of Regions Bank, Birmingham, Alabama, for engaging in improper practices regarding credit origination Consent prohibition of Jeffrey Garrison, ...
By Commerce News Now | Jun 21, 2018
News Release: Thank you, Karen, for that kind introduction, and good morning everyone.
