News from May 2018
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Cabot, Arkansas man, who previously admitted paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to receive millions of dollars of construction work, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that James Markus Harries, a/k/a “James Harris," 33, of Anchorage, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason, to serve 110 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release. Harries previously pleaded guilty on Feb. 26, 2018, to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - An East Greenwich man charged during an investigation by North Kingstown Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) into drug trafficking in and around a North Kingstown public housing complex has pleaded guilty in federal court to trafficking fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - A federal jury found Dean Rossi, 49, of Warrington, Pennsylvania, guilty yesterday of bank, mail and loan fraud in connection with a mortgage scheme, announced U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Visitors are encouraged to arrive early and plan to expect traffic delays.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that WILLIAM B. “BART" HUNGERFORD, JR., age 57, and TIMOTHY O. MILBRATH, age 62, both residents of Maryland, were charged today in an eight-count indictment alleging violations of federal law in connection with a scheme to defraud immigrants who sought to invest money in job-creating companies in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Elisa Rivera Ortiz, 36, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted attempted possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, was sentenced to serve 46 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOL Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Dear President Trump: We are writing today seeking to understand your decision to replace the Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), Tom Reeder, in the middle of his five-year term. Last week, you nominated Gordon Hartogensis-who seems to have little to no prior experience relevant...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sreekrishna Cheruvu, 61, of East Amherst, NY, pleaded guilty, during trial, before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to theft from a health care benefit program. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dakota Cook, 26, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the federal firearms laws by being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - An Indiana man was arrested yesterday in Indianapolis in connection with allegations he laundered the proceeds of an international advance-fee scheme through a used-car dealership he owned and operated. The scam allegedly involved false promises of investment funding by individuals impersonating...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal grand jury has charged Charles Michael Stratton, 61, of Fairborn, Ohio, with multiple counts of wire fraud and money laundering in an indictment returned here yesterday and filed today.
By USDA Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Contact: press@oc.usda.gov. Washington, D.C., May 25, 2018 - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer announced today that the Trump Administration has requested that the World Trade Organization (WTO) establish a dispute settlement panel to examine unfair...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Morgan City man pleaded guilty Wednesday to failing to report more than $250,000 in income on his 2012 tax return.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: TAYLOR MICHELLE BOWMAN, 26, of Upland, California was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl on May 18, 2018 for transportation in interstate commerce for the purposes of prostitution or other unlawful sexual activity. Taylor was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She received eighteen...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: Defendant Stole Victim’s Car, Rode Off With Her in It, Tried to Stab Her Before She Jumped Out.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota, man convicted of Accessory to Second Degree Murder was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: CANON CITY, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management RoyalGorge Field Office will begin implementing supplementary rules for public lands at Guffey Gorge in Park County.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2018
News Release: * Norris campground will open today, Friday, May 25 at 9:00 a.m.
By USDA Newswire | May 25, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, May 25, 2018 -- The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is reminding bird owners about the need for biosecurity after the confirmation of a case of virulent Newcastle disease, and the identification of one additional presumptive ...
