News from March 2018
By USDA Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 138,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to South Korea during the 2017/2018 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Shawn Steven Wilson, 33, of China Grove, N.C., was sentenced today to 142 months in prison for enticement of a minor using the internet, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. also ordered Wilson to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. - Steven M. Boice, 28, of Saratoga Springs, New York, was indicted today on a charge of distributing fentanyl that caused an overdose death in Saratoga County in February 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Federal Jury Convicted Folse of Two Violent Carjackings during Two-Day Crime Spree.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: HOUGHTON, MI - Isle Royale National Park is proud to announce the summer 2018 Teen Artist Exploration selections. This year, two teen artists, along with an artistic mentor, will be traveling to Isle Royale at the same time to explore their art together through wilderness. The chosen teen artists are Kellan Heikkila (Drawing) of Chassell, MI and Gabe Clark (Ceramics) of Charlotte, MI. One alternate, Colleen Miller (Drawing) of Saginaw, MI, was also chosen.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: TOLEDO, Ohio - Two men and a woman from Texas are in custody Wednesday after authorities seized a package of fentanyl destined for Ohio. The seizures and arrests follow a joint investigation by the Toledo Bulk Cash Smuggling Task Force, on which U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is the lead federal agency.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: For Wednesday, March 21, NIST Gaithersburg is CLOSED with Limited Access.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Faith Diane Leasure, of Bridgeport, Ohio was sentenced today to 36 months incarceration for her role in a crack cocaine distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington today sentenced Chris J. McDonald, Sr. (53, Riverview) to one year and one day in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to commit theft of government property. As part of his sentence, the Court also ordered him to pay $117,952.35 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service, and entered a separate money judgment against McDonald in the amount of $64,924.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Christian Schunn, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Pittsburgh since 2001, has agreed to pay the United States $132,027 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by submitting false documents to the National Science Foundation (NSF) in order to obtain federal grants to fund his research, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said this after the House voted in favor of right to try legislation.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Three people from the Houston area were charged in federal court after authorities arrested them in Toledo with what is believed to be more than three pounds of fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has convicted Emmanuel Feaster, 21, of Rochester, NY, of being a felon in possession of a loaded handgun. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - William Hale, a/k/a “Man," age 44, of Schenectady, New York, was arraigned yesterday on charges that he distributed heroin and crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Travis Demond Johnson (38, Bunnell) to eight years and nine months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and for selling cocaine on two occasions. He pleaded guilty on November 9, 2017.
By State Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today delivered the following remarks at a committee hearing on foreign assistance...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Mario Ernesto Garcia-Zavala, 22, a citizen of Honduras, was convicted today following non-jury trial in U.S. District Court of having entered the United States after being removed or deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - David Hawthorne, 36, of Long Beach, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to making false declarations before a federal grand jury, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Canadian Man Charged by Superseding Indictment for Committing an Act of Terrorism Transcending National Boundaries.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 21, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - David Hawthorne, 36, of Long Beach, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to making false declarations before a federal grand jury, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
