News from March 2018

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Vladimir Nevidomy, 31, of Hallandale Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty on March 19, to conspiring to illegally export military-grade night vision and thermal vision devices and ammunition primers to Russia.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DARNOLD TROY DEVILLE, age 50, of Houma, was sentenced yesterday for charges relating to narcotics trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Defendants are latest to plead guilty out of nearly two dozen indicted after long-term narcotics investigation.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: “Today, our Committee is honored to welcome back U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to testify on President Trump’s trade policy agenda.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Shavon Montgomery (38, Bradenton) to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison for distributing crack cocaine and a substance containing fentanyl and heroin. She pleaded guilty on Dec. 20, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - The Justice Department filed a civil complaint today in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Ohio alleging a Sedamsville landlord violated the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against female tenants.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Farran S. Campbell has been sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. As part of his fraud and deception, Campbell stole identities, took out fraudulent loans, claimed automobiles were for sale that he never possessed, and even claimed he was a physician.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - Six defendants, including two brothers-in-law and a man and his nephew, are facing criminal charges as part of a federal investigation into drug and gun trafficking in Chicago’s western suburbs.

By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced three changes to his senior staff team for the Committee: Machalagh Carr will serve as General Counsel and Parliamentarian, Rachel Kaldahl as Oversight Staff Director, and Julia Slingsby as Communications Director.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: COEUR D'ALENE - Alex James Spooner, 23, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, pleaded guilty Tuesday to unlawful acquisition of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Spooner was indicted by a federal grand jury on Jan. 17, 2018.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for six San Luis Unit, Central Valley Project Interim Renewal Contracts for the Westlands Water District.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Five residents of Hudson, New York, have been indicted for their involvement in a crack cocaine distribution ring that operated in Columbia County.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions will travel to Birmingham.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement today in response to voting no on the omnibus package passed by the House.

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Jefferson City, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine that was found in the trunk of his car after it stalled at an intersection in Grandview, Mo.

By Homeland Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
Release: LA CROSSE, Wis. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is implementing new procedures for screening electronics larger than a cell phone at La Crosse Regional Airport (LSE).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Zachary Longgrear, 29, of Madison, Mississippi, appeared in court yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge F. Keith Ball for an initial appearance on a federal criminal complaint charging him with providing false odometer disclosure statements and conspiracy in an odometer roll back scheme...

By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged Izmir Koch, 32, of Huber Heights, with violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in an indictment unsealed today.

By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: (LEWISTOWN, Mont.) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is asking for the public’s help in determining what it should analyze as it considers proposed changes to several grazing leases.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An Allegheny County resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.