News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey Graham, 32 of Lackawanna, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 280 grams or more of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 151 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Josue Daniel Alfaro, a/k/a Danny Alfaro, a/k/a the “Great Outdoors Bandit," age 32, of Portland, Oregon, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 63 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for the crimes of bank robbery and attempted bank robbery. Chief...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following remarks during House Floor consideration of H.R. 5247, the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) entomologist Steven Cook will be leading a $1 million funded international consortium of scientists to seek new controls for Varroa mites, honey bees' number one problem.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - On Wednesday, March 7, 2018, the U.S. Senate confirmed Billy J. Williams as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon by voice vote. President Donald J. Trump signed his commission on Tuesday, March 13, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge John J. Durastanti of the Phoenix Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Brent Broshow announced today that Nathan Jensen, a 35-year-old armed career criminal from Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for convictions in two federal cases, and violating the conditions of supervised release in a third case.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JASON WALKER, 30, of Ansonia, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, cocaine base (“crack cocaine").
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Seth Adam Depiano, 36, of Clovis, pleaded guilty today to mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a real estate investment Ponzi scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By State Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Dear Mr. President: Your apparent refusal to hold Russia accountable for meddling in American democracy has allowed President Putin to operate with impunity. Our country has been left vulnerable to another Russian attack on our election system. The latest example-your unwillingness to impose any sanctions...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A former Dartmouth Selectman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with concealing approximately $2.5 million in cash from the U.S. District Court following his sentencing proceedings in 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Face at Least 15 Years in Prison.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON—In the wake of the recent attack in Parkland, Florida, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is stepping up actions to better protect our nation’s schools against gun violence, as well as other potential threats. DHS conducts training, exercises, and preparedness activities year-round to increase the security of schools across the country and the communities in which they are located.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 12, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the decision to withdraw the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) final rule published on Jan. 19, 2017. The rule would have increased federal regulation of livestock and poultry for certified organic producers and handlers. The withdrawal becomes effective May 13, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: On April 9, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division will hold a public roundtable discussion to explore the issue of corporate antitrust compliance and its implications for criminal antitrust enforcement policy.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Beam Bros. Trucking Inc. (BBT), and its principals Gerald Beam and Garland Beam, have agreed to pay $1,025,000 to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that BBT overcharged the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on contracts to transport mail. BBT is a trucking company located in Mt. Crawford, Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the appointment of six new U.S. Attorneys to serve two-year terms on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys (AGAC), joining the nine members announced on Nov. 13, 2017. The AGAC was created in 1973 and reports to the Attorney General through ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Thirty-five members and associates of the Nine Trey Gangsters set of the United Blood Nation (UBN) street gang, including a “Godfather” as well as other high-ranking leaders of the organization, have pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and related charges in North Carolina, including drug trafficking, wire fraud, firearm possession, and the use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: An individual who ran multimillion dollar prize promotion scams was sentenced on Mar. 12, 2018, to serve 87 months in prison by a federal judge in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with the owner of the Bunker Hill Mine, Placer Mining Company, Inc. (Placer Mining), resolving Placer Mining’s cleanup liability in Idaho’s northern panhandle. The Department of Justice and EPA have concurrently reached a settlement with the lessee of the Bunker Hill Mine, Bunker Hill Mining Corp. (BHMC), removing a barrier to new operations at the Mine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2018
News Release: Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced several steps in support of President Trump’s plan to prevent violence in schools. Through these efforts, the Department of Justice is taking immediate action to protect our schools, better enforce our gun laws, support law enforcement, strengthen the firearms ...
