News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Ellis Arkie Sago, 23, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Mescalero, N.M., pled guilty this afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to assaulting a federal officer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Memphis man was sentenced to 324 months in federal prison for committing armed robberies effecting interstate commerce. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that THOMAS M. MURTHA, 62, of Birmingham, Michigan and formerly of Newtown, Connecticut, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of wire fraud related to his theft of more than $1.3 million from victims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - On May 23, 2018, the United States District Court in the District of South Carolina entered judgment for the United States in the amounts of $111,109,655.30 against defendants LaTonya Mallory, Floyd Calhoun Dent III and Robert Bradford Johnson, and for an additional $3,039,006.56 against...
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Visits by world leaders to President Eisenhower’s Gettysburg farm, the President’s Secret Service protection, his WWI experiences in the Tank Corps, the D-Day invasion and more are the focus of National Park Service programs at Eisenhower National Historic Site this summer.
By Commerce Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-In a report released by the White House today, the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security urge immediate and sustained improvements in the country’s cybersecurity workforce. The report, which was called for by the 2017 Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure, includes findings and recommendations that address both public- and private-sector needs.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Shores stated, “Today, a Delta flight traveling from Portland to Atlanta was diverted to Tulsa due to the alleged conduct of an unruly passenger. Federal Air Marshals on the plane successfully deescalated and controlled the situation, and the flight landed in Tulsa without further incident.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Keon Shine, 28, of Boston, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 6½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of firearms. Shine pled guilty on Nov. 29, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Keon Shine, 28, of Boston, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to 6½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for being a felon in possession of firearms. Shine pled guilty on Nov. 29, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Defendant, a convicted felon, distributed nearly 20 pounds of meth in just six months.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The Acadia National Park Advisory Commission will meet at park headquarters (20 McFarland Hill Drive) in Bar Harbor at 1 - 3 p.m. on Monday June 4, 2018. The meeting is open to the public and will include an opportunity for public comments.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Participants in the upcoming Western States Horse Expo at Sacramento’s Cal Expo will have the opportunity to adopt a saddle-trained wild horse from a training program at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center near Elk Grove. The animals will be offered in an auction, Sunday, June 10, at 1 p.m., in the Strong Arena.
By Interior Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation has made two funding opportunities available, Desalination Construction Projects under the WIIN Act and Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Projects. Applications are due for both funding opportunities by 4 p.m. MDT on July 27, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and other federal, state and local law enforcement officials will hold a press conference on THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. to announce the results of an extensive multi-level law enforcement investigation dubbed “Operation Highlife" targeting illegal narcotics distribution in East Central Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Season Smith, 41, of Bloomfield, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a methamphetamine trafficking charge.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Providence man who stole the personal banking information of several individuals, including a retired Providence firefighter, and used that information to gain access to their funds, pleaded guilty today to federal bank fraud and identity theft charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Law enforcement agencies across the state continue to make Iowa safer by addressing the problem of gun crime and violence. United States Attorney Peter E. Deegan, Jr. announced charges and arrests in thirty-one recent federal gun cases at a press conference held at the United States Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: Conflict resolution training pairs federal prosecutors, IMPD Southwest District officers and 19 boys from Westside school.
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Three individuals have been charged in a federal indictment with a series of bank robberies that took place in Dane County in January and February 2018. The announcement was made by Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, FBI Special Agent in Charge...
By DOJ Newswire | May 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two Lake County, Indiana men, both members of the Chicago-based Latin Kings,were convicted by a federal jury in the Northern District of Indiana of conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine, marijuana and ...
