News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Two Mexican citizens were charged with illegally reentering the United States after multiple deportations, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Defendant Used Social Media to Target 12-Year-Old Victim and Create Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 19-year-old Athens, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to the unlawful possession of ricin in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers today.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), held a hearing on “Expanding Affordable Health Care Options: Examining the Department of Labor’s Proposed Rule on Association Health Plans (AHPs)."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Rasheeda Overton, 38, of Dover, DE was charged in an indictment unsealed today with 23 counts of wire fraud and 4 counts of aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - Eight alleged members or associates of the Aryan Circle (AC) have been indicted and arrested for their alleged roles in the 2016 murder of an alleged fellow AC gang member in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Ivan Reyes Perez, 27, of Dallas, Texas, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 166 months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit $27,080 for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Eskandar Molavi, 69, of Frisco, Texas, is in federal custody following his arrest Friday, March 16, 2018 on federal charges stemming from a murder-for-hire plot to have his former business partner kidnapped and possibly killed. The announcement was made this afternoon by Erin Nealy Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: MOAB, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Canyon Country Fire District would like to welcome all visitors to the Moab area. We are asking for everyone’s cooperation in preventing wildfires this season. Here are some general safety tips that can help prevent wildfire, keep families safe, protect resources, and not put fire fighters lives at unnecessary risk.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Elizabeth, New Jersey, man today admitted operating a scheme to fraudulently obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars in commercial and residential merchandise from various companies, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Dear President Trump: I write with concern about your Administration’s consideration of Dr. Robert Redfield to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), given his lack of public health credentials and his history of controversial positions regarding the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On March 19, 2018, Ronald Glen Shupe, 44, of Butler, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve 37 months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, and the use...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former resident of Greene County, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 338 years, one month and 11 days imprisonment, followed by a lifetime supervised release, on charges of production, distribution and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Coron Demon Johnson a/k/a “Savage," age 23, of Baltimore, Maryland, on Distribution of a Controlled Substance with Death Resulting. The indictment was returned on Feb. 21, 2018 and unsealed upon the arrest of Johnson.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Washington - Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is accepting applications for grants to fund broadband infrastructure projects in unserved rural communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: A two-count criminal information was filed today charging a Solon accountant with conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and attempting to interfere with the administration of Internal Revenue laws, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and IRS Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Korner.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Expanding outreach to Indian Country companies, EM officials discussed business opportunities in the cleanup program and greater DOE at the National Reservation Economic Summit (RES) 2018 this month held by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Lester Singleton, 35, of Jackson, was sentenced today by U.S. District Chief Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, to 108 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in importing the controlled substance 5-Fluoro-PB-22, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Thomas M. Annello, Acting Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Five individuals were arrested this morning and charged with using phony money orders, cashier’s checks, receipts and other fabricated documents to fraudulently discharge mortgages, student loans, and other financial obligations, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Iranian Citizen Sentenced for Conspiring to Facilitate the Illegal Export of Technology to Iran.