News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - A federal jury sitting in Albuquerque, N.M., returned a verdict late yesterday afternoon finding Melvin Russell guilty on an aggravated sexual abuse charge following a four-day trial. Russell, a previously convicted sex offender, faces a statutory maximum penalty of life imprisonment when...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Dominican national who had previously been convicted in federal court in Boston in 1998 for trafficking cocaine, sentenced to 72 months in federal prison and ordered deported, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to reentering the county illegally and conspiring to possess and distribute nearly 300 grams of fentanyl laced heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Cody Hiland, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, recognized the service and sacrifice of federal, state, local, and tribal police officers on the occasion of National Police Week, and commented on the FBI’s 2017 Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted report.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dorchester man was sentenced on Wednesday, May 9th, in federal court in Boston for kidnapping, loansharking and illegal gambling.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - In the spirit of practicing shared conservation stewardship on public land, the Fremont County ATV Association and Bureau of Land Management Lander Field Office held their fifth annual cleanup of public lands on April 28 in the Government Draw area east of Lander.
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - After three days of the Department of Energy’s Collegiate Wind Competition held at the American Wind Energy Association’s annual WINDPOWER Conference, The California State University Maritime Academy beat out 11 other teams to claim top honors at the 3rd biennial Collegiate Wind Competition.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today asked the president’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, and global pharmaceutical company Novartis to provide details and supporting documents explaining their business arrangement. Novartis has said it paid Cohen’s firm, Essential Consultants, $1.2 million. At the same time, the company was negotiating with Medicare on pricing for a drug that costs nearly half-a-million dollars to treat cancer.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: FBI Releases 2017 Statistics on of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Sharon woman was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston with stealing Social Security benefits intended for her children.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, AR - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas announced that Ryan Payne, age 36, of Barling, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 52 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $9,953.13 in restitution for False...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Sergeant Thomas Allers, age 49, of Linthicum Heights, Maryland today to fifteen years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for racketeering conspiracy and racketeering offenses, including nine robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Two Associates of La Cosa Nostra Sentenced to Prison for Extortion-Related Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS: United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Charles E. Peeler, announces that Jessie Lee Hall, Jr., age 38, of Dublin, Georgia entered his guilty plea on May 9, 2018 to one (1) count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, five (5) counts of transportation for illegal sexual activity, and one (1) count of inducement to travel to engage in criminal sexual activity in front of United States District Judge Marc T. Treadwell.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. Department of Energy will hold public workshops between May 31 and June 13 in five western states to gather input on ongoing reviews of regional energy corridors on Federal lands managed by the BLM and FS.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Dominican national who had previously been convicted in federal court in Boston in 1998 for trafficking cocaine, sentenced to 72 months in federal prison and ordered deported, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to reentering the county illegally and conspiring to possess and distribute nearly 300 grams of fentanyl laced heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: VALDOSTA: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that on May 9, 2018, United States District Court Judge Hugh Lawson sentenced Kendrick Manning, age 42, of Valdosta, GA, to 60 months imprisonment for Conspiracy to Embezzle Public Monies and Possess Stolen U.S. Treasury Checks. Mr. Manning pled guilty to the offense on Jan. 18, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: Dates: every Saturday in June and July 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Miguel Ángel Martines-Ramos and Michael Rosa-Rodríguez for carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in charge of the investigation.
By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following President Donald Trump’s address today on drug pricing, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill issued the following statement...
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2018
News Release: On May 1, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management personnel attended a reception at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, to celebrate the opening of the exhibition titled Secret Cities: The Architecture and Planning of the Manhattan Project. The exhibit showcases the three “secret...
