News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Paul James Marshall has been sentenced to federal prison after stealing nearly $3 million from more than a dozen, mostly elderly, investment clients.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Susie Wilson, age 23, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. for conspiring to obtain firearms by providing false or fictitious statements, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Denver - Kirsten Lippold, 48, of Boulder, Colorado, pled guilty today to distribution of heroin resulting in death. The proceedings were held before U.S. District Judge Raymond P. Moore. Lippold’s guilty plea followed a one-count indictment, which was returned by a Federal Grand Jury in July of 2017. That indictment alleged that Lippold distributed heroin, a Schedule I controlled substance, the use of which resulted in an overdose death on Aug. 17, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted twelve Baltimore men on charges related to a drug trafficking operation in East Baltimore. The indictment unsealed today charges the defendants with distribution of heroin and crack cocaine. Two defendants are charged with Possession of a Firearm ...
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: ELY, Nev. -The BLM Nevada Caliente and Utah Cedar City Field Offices are seeking comments on the Environmental Assessment (EA) that analyzes the need to gather and remove excess wild horses from within and outside the Eagle Complex. The 743,042-acre Complex is located in Lincoln County, Nevada and Iron...
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: LARIMER COUNTY -- Area resource managers will be tightening requirements for launching trailered watercraft at Horsetooth Reservoir and Carter Lake boat ramps in the weeks to come.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SIDNEY RAY COTTON, age 33, of Franklinton, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Jay C. Zainey. The defendant previously pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOL Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following comment on reports that Mick Mulvaney, Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), is eliminating the Office of Students & Young Consumers, the only office in the federal government exclusively focused on serving and protecting student loan borrowers.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney R. Trent Shores announced today that two men pled guilty to child pornography offenses in the Northern District of Oklahoma. Both men used the internet to search for and find material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: For Straw Purchasing Firearms That Ended Up In Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA - Martin James Walsh, a 53-year-old resident of Twin Bridges, Montana, pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeramiah Lynch presided over the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Arthur Lamar Adams, 58, of Jackson, pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves to one count of wire fraud for his role in a large, multi-state Ponzi scheme involving more than one hundred million dollars and hundreds of victims spanning a number of years, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Charges include drug distribution and firearm possession.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States filed civil complaints in Florida and California to enjoin two companies that purport to offer stem cell treatments, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOE Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Today, over 95 percent of the island has its power restored, but the rebuilding process is far from finished. Over the long term, many challenges remain - along with some big opportunities to make the grid smarter and more resilient. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) manages the island...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Joe William Cooper, age 59, of Konawa, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment and 3 years supervised release for Felon In Possession Of Firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Virginia Beach, Virginia, man today admitted possessing images and videos of child sexual abuse while imprisoned at Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix for a previous offense involving the transportation of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: At Chickamauga Battlefield, artillery programs will be conducted at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, and 3:30 pm and will take place at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center. There will also be ranger-guided car caravan tours of the battlefield at 10 am and 2 pm. At Point Park, on Lookout Mountain...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A man who allegedly stole a car in New Bedford, Mass., and used it a couple of hours later as a getaway vehicle after allegedly robbing a bank in Tiverton, R.I., was ordered detained in federal custody on Tuesday following his initial appearance in U.S. District Court on a federal criminal complaint charging him with bank robbery.
By USDA Newswire | May 9, 2018
News Release: Washington - On Jan. 18, 2018, Norwood Producers Auction Yards Inc. (Norwood), Norwood, Mo., waived its right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and paid a penalty of $2,750 for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
