News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Newton man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston with illegally possessing firearms and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments. The indictments were returned today, with the exception of the indictment of Andrew Steiskal, which was returned by the grand jury yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Brandon Shane Kolesar, age 39, of Lexington, plead guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2), and 924(e).
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Shahbaz Khan Conspired to Send Tens of Thousands of Kilograms of Heroin to the United States for Distribution in New York City.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Jermaine Griffin, 31, of Kosciusko, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Tom S. Lee to 10 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a stolen gun, 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 | May 31, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today against Derek Carl Toledo, 30, of Shiprock, New Mexico. The indictment charges him with being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: The FBI is Seeking Information From a Bank Robbery in Miami.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Four Executives of Guam Based Hansen Helicopters Charged in Alleged Conspiracy to Defraud the FAA and Related Charges.
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced a proposed rule that would extend the compliance date for certain ancillary requirements of the general industry beryllium standard to Dec. 12, 2018. This extension applies to all processes, operations, or areas where workers may be exposed to materials containing beryllium that fall under the scope of the general industry standard.
By DOE Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Thursday, June 7, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Improving the Hydropower Licensing Process."
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Katrina Brown (37, Jacksonville) and Reginald Brown (56, Jacksonville) with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, twenty-six counts of aiding and abetting mail and wire...
By Interior Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Due to the continued high risk of wildfire in the region, Valles Caldera National Preserve will implement public closures to all backcountry areas of the preserve on Friday, June 1, 2018, at 12:01 AM, pursuant to Stage III fire restrictions. However, main public areas of the preserve unit will remain open. These restrictions are being put in place to help the National Park Service provide for public safety and reduce fire risk.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced long-time tax preparer SANDRA LENORA GREEN, 61, of York, Ala., to five years and three months in prison for aiding and abetting the filing of false tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Holloman.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Camdenton, Mo., man who molested a 10-year-old child was sentenced in federal court today for receiving child pornography over the Internet.
By EPA Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Thursday, June 7, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Improving the Hydropower Licensing Process."
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: (JACKSON, Miss.) - Eleven individuals are facing federal drug charges in multiple indictments unsealed on Wednesday targeting a large, multi-state drug trafficking operation in East Central Mississippi, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Derryle Smith, U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Special Agent in Charge Jere T. Miles of Homeland Security Investigations, and John M. Dowdy, Jr., Director of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: (ANCHORAGE, Alaska) - Four Anchorage residents have been charged for attempting to smuggle drugs into the State of Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) Anchorage Correctional Complex (“ACC").
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Oscar Alfredo Burgon-Urrea, 39, an illegal alien from Honduras, was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison today by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., for the crime of Unlawful Re-entry By a Removed Alien Previously Convicted of a Felony, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and...
By Commerce Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today announced a hearing for Thursday, June 7, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Improving the Hydropower Licensing Process."
By DOJ Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: BISMARCK - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on May 30, 2018, Chief United States District Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Michael Arthur Giron, a/k/a Little Feather, age 45, of New Mexico, on charges of Civil Disorder during the DAPL protest in October 2016. Judge Hovland sentenced Giron to serve 3 years in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, and was further ordered to pay a $100 special assessment.
