News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that yesterday in federal court, Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced MICHAEL WAYNE RADETSKI, 42, of Holly Ridge, North Carolina to 120 months of imprisonment followed by 4 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: A Willoughby Hills man was indicted for failing to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kmart Corporation has paid $525,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act when it knowingly submitted claims for reimbursement to California’s Medi‑Cal program that were not supported by applicable diagnosis and documentation requirements, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: Earlier today, a federal grand jury in Savannah charged Jaquan Shakur Singleton, 23, with perpetrating an armed carjacking near Forsyth Park on Feb. 12, 2018. The indictment alleges that Singleton brandished a nine-millimeter semiautomatic pistol and used force, violence, and intimidation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Randy Payton, 35, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Churchrock, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 137 months in prison for his voluntary manslaughter conviction. Payton will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Darnell Branch, 33, of Durant, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves, to conspiring to sell stolen firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Oregon Pastor Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Transporting Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 14-count indictment charging James A. Chapman, a/k/a Fatz Guy, a/k/a Perverted Doe, 37, of Jamestown, NY, with enticement of a minor; sex trafficking of a minor; production, distribution, possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Cristian Lopez-Moncion, 36, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced today for possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RAMIRO MARTINEZ-RAMIREZ, age 43, a citizen of Mexico, was charged today in a one-count indictment with illegal reentry of a removed alien after deportation, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: For Conspiracy to Distribute Over 100 Grams of Heroin.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 110,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Japan during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has launched a new prize competition seeking innovative methods and technologies to detect leaks and flaws in large buried pipelines that deliver water for municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses. Currently, no practical method exists to detect leaks and flaws in large diameter pipelines.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal investigation in Kansas has tied drug traffickers to an international money laundering scheme, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Buffalo National River is currently upgrading utilities that service the Buffalo Point Campground. The flush restrooms, shower facilities, and dump station at Buffalo Point will remain closed until the infrastructure upgrades are completed later this spring. Portable toilets will be available for visitors to use in areas adjacent to the current restroom facilities. Electrical and water hookups will be turned on and available at all drive-in sites starting March 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Salvadoran national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after deportation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - A Phenix City, Alabama, resident was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for his role in masterminding multiple stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) schemes, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. of the Middle District of Alabama, and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Paul Everett Creager, 39, of Wildwood, having pleaded guilty to fraud in December in association with investments he solicited for his failed residential real estate business, faces additional charges relating to that business.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Earlier this week, federal prosecutors filed a terrorism charge against a Huntsville man who has acknowledged that he bought bomb-building ingredients last year, stated his aspirations to conduct ISIS-inspired attacks on police stations and Redstone Arsenal, and attempted to form a cell to conduct violent acts within the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a meeting of the BLM California Desert District Advisory Council, demonstrating that partnerships and inclusion are vital to managing sustainable, working public lands. The public is welcome to attend the meeting, which will occur on March 20, at the Hilton Garden Inn, Mirage Room, 12603 Mariposa Rd., Victorville, from noon to 5 p.m.
