News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - A correctional officer employed by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Correctional Complex in Victorville has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing two female inmates.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: NATHANIEL THOMAS PUGH, III, 35, of Savannah, Georgia, was sentenced on March 15, 2018, to 200 months in federal prison by United States District Court Judge William T. Moore, Jr. Pugh was convicted on Dec. 12, 2017, by a federal jury of possessing a firearm as a felon, possession of ethylone, commonly referred to as "Molly," with the intent to distribute, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that BLAIN S. KOLLBECK, 34, of Killingly, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former Jersey City, New Jersey, police officer was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for paying bribes in order to obtain compensation for off-duty work he did not perform, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Alexandria woman was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for a fraud scheme that victimized members of a church congregation and other investors.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming committee events...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: Houghton, MI - The National Park Service (NPS) has proposed a project to introduce 20 to 30 wolves at Isle Royale National Park. The proposal is the preferred alternative in a Final Environmental Impact Statement that is available at.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ROBERT KEHAYIAS, 58, of Old Saybrook, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to three months of imprisonment, followed by one year of supervised release, for filing false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: The police chief of a village in Mahoning County pleaded guilty to child pornography crimes, law enforcement officials said.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
Release: NORFOLK, Va.-Two Virginia residents have been caught by Transportation Security Administration officers with loaded guns in their carry-on bags within the last 10 days at Norfolk International Airport checkpoints-one who was caught yesterday and the other on March 6.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: Departamento de Justicia. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Texas. PARA DIVULGACION INMEDIATA. Viernes, 16 de marzo de 2018. El Abogado de los Estados Unidos John F. Bash junto con Emmerson Buie, Jr., Agente Especial en Cargo de la Oficina de Investigaciones Federales (FBI por sus siglas en inglés)...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Daryl Christopher Wade, age 50, of Rosedale, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to Extortion Under Color of Official Right related to an extortion scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - Two men have been convicted after being identified by DNA found in seminal fluid left after the armed robbery of a Houston area massage parlor, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced Koryun Hakobyan, 64, of Glendale, to two years in prison for his role as a straw buyer in a mortgage fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Adrian Brown, age 33, of Laurel, Maryland, today on mail fraud charges related to a scheme to defraud an automobile insurance company. The indictment was returned on March 14, 2018, and unsealed today upon the arrest of Brown.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
Release: DENVER - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding several Fast Track hiring events this week to recruit full- and part-time Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Denver International Airport (DEN).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that ALLAN ROSALES-BENITEZ, age 32, a native of Honduras, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: HEBRON, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today that auto parts manufacturer Sunfield Inc. has agreed to a settlement that includes a $1 million penalty, and hiring a safety and health coordinator to resolve safety and health violations found at the company’s Hebron plant.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Massachusetts man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston after receiving more than 30 packages of methamphetamine through the mail.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, is calling for answers after a recent Department of Homeland Security Inspector General report highlighted problems with the agency’s Suspension and Debarment Program. The program is tasked with penalizing contractors-which can include barring them from future government contracts-that engaged in waste, fraud, or abuse on previous projects.
