News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RUFINO MEJIA-ACOSTA, a/k/a Miguel A. Pacheco-Gonzalez (MEJIA-ACOSTA), age 38, a citizen of Mexico, residing in Chalmette, Louisiana, pled guilty today to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal use of a Social Security Number, in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: FBI Asking for Public's Help Finding Medford Fugitive Convicted of Dealing Methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is recruiting one Teacher-Ranger-Teacher (TRT) to spend the summer in the park learning about the resource and developing education programs. Applications received by April 30, 2018 will receive first consideration.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Mumbai, India, has been sentenced in federal court to a 33-month term of imprisonment on his conviction of mail fraud and money laundering, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: Maximilien R. Reynolds is Alleged to Have Possessed Destructive Device and Homemade Silencer.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) issued the following statement on the passing of Rep. Louise Slaughter of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Joe L. Fletcher, a current inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta (USP Atlanta), has been indicted by a federal grand jury following a Facebook video posting that showed Fletcher in his prison cell talking on a contraband phone with family members and friends. During the conversations, Fletcher bragged about his ability to possess a phone in prison, called himself “a motivational speaker for gangsters," and also claimed responsibility for a 2010 murder in Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Sean McChord O’Donnell was sentenced to 60 months in prison and 3 years supervised release for charges of racketeering, involving the use of interstate facilities to promote prostitution occurring between November 2016 and January 2017.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management, Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office, has scheduled a public scoping meeting for the proposed Crimson Solar Project in eastern Riverside County on April 3 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the BLM Palm Springs South Coast Field Office, 1201 Bird Center Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Herndon man was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for threatening to murder officials and employees of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the U.S. State Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Springfield for illegally possessing firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: U.S. Gold refinery Elemetal LLC, based in Dallas, Texas, doing business as “Elemetal" and “NTR Metals," pled guilty today to a single-count information charging Elemetal with failure to maintain an adequate anti-money laundering program, in violation of the Bank Secrecy Act, as part of a plea agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: On March 14, 2018, Kevin W. Shuman, 41, of Benton, was sentenced to federal prison for a methamphetamine offense, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. Shuman, who had previously pled guilty to a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to distribute...
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 DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Troy Graham entered guilty pleas today to 3 counts of extortion, brandishing a firearm during a robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, U. S. Attorney D. Michael Hurst, Jr., announced today.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: The Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management will hold a hearing next week to explore the lessons learned from the catastrophic 2017 wildfires, inform long-term policy solutions, and highlight the importance of mitigation, including provisions contained in the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA), legislation which passed the House in December.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Attorney’s Office hosted a roundtable discussion today on sexual harassment in housing, which brought together local legal services organizations, fair housing organizations, and domestic violence advocates.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A north suburban trader has been charged with fraud for allegedly misappropriating at least $750,000 from investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 16, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Springfield man was charged yesterday in federal court in Springfield with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.
