News from May 2018
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of strengthening America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management will offer 162 whole or partial parcels totaling 198,588.57 acres at the June 2018 quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The BLM will hold the lease sale online via www.energynet.com.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Justin Weist, age 26, of Berwick, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on May 2, 2018, to 33 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani for Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Two international computer hackers, Teodor Laurentiu Costea and Robert Codrut Dumitrescu, were extradited from Romania and arraigned on federal charges of wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, computer fraud and abuse, and aggravated identity theft. A federal grand jury returned the 31-count superseding indictment on Aug. 16, 2017. Cosmin Draghici, another co-defendant, is in custody in Romania awaiting extradition to the U.S.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: RIDGELAND, MS: The Natchez Trace Parkway will be hosting a special event on Saturday, May 5 starting at 7 a.m. Approximately 900 bicyclists will ride in both directions along the Parkway from the Ridgeland Information Cabin, near milepost 102, to as far north as Ratliff Ferry near milepost 123.
By DOE Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, this week hosted U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry in Alaska, his first visit to the state since being confirmed to lead the federal Department of Energy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that RICHARD BREGA, the former owner of Brega D.O.T. Maintenance Corp. in Rockland County, was found guilty by a federal jury in White Plains of fraud, bribery, and theft of government property. The...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: Two individuals have been charged in connection with a scheme to defraud a Nigerian company of over $2 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: A Lorain man faces at least 20 years in prison after a jury convicted him of selling fentanyl that killed a 23-year-old Lorain man in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O’Donnell is charged with wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: May 24, 2018 - UPDATE - The breakwater at the Antelope Point Public Launch Ramp is back on station. There will be some ongoing maintenance work for the next couple of weeks. Boaters are advised to watch for park staff conducting maintenance on the system.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has reached a settlement agreement with Fritz’s Snack Bar in Oxford to resolve allegations that the restaurant was not operating in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA").
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have combined derivatives of two surplus materials-wood pulp and dried-up pieces of an invasive exotic pest-to form a new composite material that is flexible, sustainable, nontoxic and UV light-reflective. The material, described...
By DOL Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Desouza Framing Inc. for exposing employees to dangerous falls at two northwest Florida worksites. The Jacksonville-based residential framing contractor faces proposed penalties of $199,178.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the issuance of an Immediate Suspension Order served on Morris and Dickson Company, a wholesale pharmaceutical distributor, located in Shreveport, Louisiana.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the three House Democratic leaders of the Committees with jurisdiction over health care, Ways and Means Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-MA), Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and Education and the Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), sent a letter...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: Defendant underreported income by more than $4 million.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: PLANO, Texas - A 27-year-old Lewisville, Texas man has been sentenced to 62 years in federal prison for violent crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that four defendants have been sentenced to significant prison terms by United States District Judge Katherine B. Forrest for their participation in two bank burglaries. In April and May 2016, MICHAEL...
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: Jacob Waitze, 22, of Southbury, Connecticut, was charged today by criminal information with cyber-stalking, announced United States Attorney William M. McSwain.
By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man charged with Assaulting, Resisting, Opposing, and Impeding a Federal Officer was sentenced on April 30, 2018, by U.S. District Court Judge Roberto A. Lange.
