News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: Used Nominee to Hide Income and Concealed Information from his Return Preparer.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announces the arrests of two of three defendants pursuant to a federal indictment for drug related charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Nelson Rodriguez, age 38, of Amsterdam, New York, was arraigned yesterday on an indictment charging him with narcotics and firearms offenses.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - As the new Cockspur Island Bridge nears completion and prepares for the first of many visitors, Fort Pulaski National Monument will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. A brief ceremony will be followed by light refreshments. Parking will be available near the Fort Pulaski entrance station.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that John P. Cutler, 35, of Delevan, NY, pleaded guilty, before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo, to receipt of child pornography following a prior conviction. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a nine-count indictment today against Michael Paul Grisham Smith, 44, of Grass Valley, charging him with unlawful dealing and manufacturing in firearms and unlawful possession of unregistered firearms, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) wants to evaluate technology solutions for first responders. S&T released today a Request for Information (RFI) for participation in the Next Generation First Responder (NGFR) - Harris County Operational...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: On Feb. 28, 2018, a federal jury in Benton, Illinois, convicted a Williamson County man of a methamphetamine offense, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Carol Lynn Been, age 60, of Henryetta, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 5 years of probation and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $567,774.87 for Credit Union Theft, Embezzlement And Misapplication, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 657. The charge arose from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: NOAA’s GOES-S, the second in a new series of four highly advanced geostationary weather satellites, blasted into orbit at 5:02 p.m. EST today from Cape Canaveral, Florida. GOES-S mission managers confirmed that its solar arrays successfully deployed at 8:58 p.m. EST and the spacecraft was operating on its own power.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: MOOSE, WY-Grand Teton National Park’s Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center in Moose will open its doors to visitors Monday, March 5. The visitor center will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through April 28. Beginning April 29, the visitor center will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas; L. Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI; and David Etheredge, Prosecuting Attorney for the Fourteenth Judicial District Drug Task Force announced that on Feb. 27, 2018 and March 1...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Derek Indivero, age 25, of Syracuse, New York, was arrested and charged with enticing a 12-year old victim into engaging in sexual activity using a facility of interstate commerce and subsequently attempting to entice the same 12-year old victim into engaging in additional sexual...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Mark A. Richards, 48, of Sacramento, charging him with advertising and distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for proposed five-year Warren Act contracts with water service contractors within the Sacramento Canals Unit of the Central Valley Project.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Donora, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a narcotics charge, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Phillip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of attempted post office robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform joined Rep. Gerald E. Connolly and Rep. Matthew Cartwright in sending a letter asking Chairman Trey Gowdy to issue a subpoena to compel J. Russell George, the Treasury Inspector...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 1, 2018
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC) today issued a renewal of Cooperative Agreement to Vanderbilt University. The Cooperative Agreement, entitled “Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation III" (CRESP-III) was renewed for a five-year period of performance beginning March 1, 2018. The total value for CRESP III is $15,000,000.
