News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Brandi Marshall, 41, of Fresno to four years and three months in prison, and Daniel Barrios Jr., 37, of Fresno to two years and seven months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud and conspiracy to launder money in connection with their embezzlement of money from a Fresno business, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: On May 8, 2018, Bruce J. Walker, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) and Assistant Secretary for the Office of Electricity (OE), testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Puerto Rico’s electric grid.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Jefferson City, Mo., man who supervises workers at the federal courthouse in Jefferson City has been charged in federal court with illegally selling 11 firearms to a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: On May 8, 2018, Aaron L. Butler, of Steeleville, Illinois, was charged by indictment with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Donald S. Boyce, announced today. The indictment alleges that the offense occurred on March 13...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - To mark National Police Week, United States Attorney Nicola T. Hanna and Attorney General Jeff Sessions are honoring the service and sacrifice of federal, state and local police officers who put their lives on the line every day they put on their uniforms.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Following Mother’s Day, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess (R-TX) today requesting a hearing on maternal mortality in the U.S. and on proposed solutions to address the public health crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Defendants Held Victim Captive, Burning His Arms with an Iron to Obtain Drugs and Cash.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - JOSE TOMAS CASTILLO-GARZA, 40, and CHARLES DANIEL LYNN, 34, of El Reno, Oklahoma, have been sentenced to federal prison for a bribery scheme, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is moving forward with a key infrastructure upgrade at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico to enable increased progress in DOE’s mission to address the environmental legacy of decades of nuclear weapons production and government-sponsored nuclear energy research.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: St. Augustine, FL - On Saturday, May 26, 2018, Castillo de San Marcos will host a one- hour special event, commencing at 9:30 a.m., to commemorate those Spanish soldiers who fell in defense of the Castillo and the colony of St. Augustine during the British siege of 1740.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Three Romanian nationals were sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with an ATM skimming scheme operating throughout Massachusetts and other states including Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York and South Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Three members of the United Bloods Nation gang (UBN or Bloods) were sentenced today on charges of conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity (RICO) and murder, stemming from the 2014 double-murder of Douglas and Deborah London and the 2013 murder of Kwamne Clyburn, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. presided over the sentencing hearings.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: A 48-year old Renton man who falsely presented himself as a legitimate investment advisor was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to eight years in prison for eight federal felonies, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. RICHARD THOMAS ZIESKE was previously convicted of federal fraud...
By EPA Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Following Mother’s Day, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess (R-TX) today requesting a hearing on maternal mortality in the U.S. and on proposed solutions to address the public health crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Today, Alberto M. Michel, 41, of Casa Grande, Ariz., was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Bury. Michel had previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to traffic marijuana and one count of accepting a bribe as a public official. He received a sentence of 90 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release and a $24,000 forfeiture judgment.
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Battle Mountain District, hosted the 27th annual Sixth Grade Environmental Day at Willow Ponds on May 10. This long standing event is always something the District looks forward to putting on and presents the perfect opportunity to engage children about the wonders of public lands in Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: A Nebraska man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for producing child pornography in 2015, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph P. Kelly of the District of Nebraska.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ronald Wieczorek, 57, of Lancaster, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder to tax evasion. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 25-year-old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Fred Aaron Corona pleaded guilty Feb. 20, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2018
News Release: Following Mother’s Day, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Gene Green (D-TX) sent a letter to Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess (R-TX) today requesting a hearing on maternal mortality in the U.S. and on proposed solutions to address the public health crisis.
