News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced JOAQUIN R. ORTEGA, 36, of Graham, North Carolina, to 252 months imprisonment followed by 60 months of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced today that ANDRE STAGGERS, a/k/a “Dre," age 44, and GREGORY LONDON, JR., a/k/a “Lil Gregg," age 43, were sentenced Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 after having been convicted after a five-day trial that was held in August 2018 before U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon. STAGGERS and LONDON were two of four defendants who were convicted.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - FRANCISCO JAVIER NUNEZ-ALEMAN, age 32, a citizen of Mexico was charged in a two-count indictment for illegal use of a Social Security number in violation of Title 42, United States Code, Section 408(a)(7)(B). He was further charged with using a false social security number in attempting to secure a U.S. Passport, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1542.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Victim Was Grandmother of Defendant’s Child.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Homestead National Monument Honors Volunteers Gayle and Nancy Hanshaw Named Volunteers of the Year.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: HIALEAH, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited PGT Industries Inc. - operating as CGI Windows and Doors Inc. in Hialeah, Florida - for machine guarding hazards after an employee suffered a partial finger amputation while working on an unguarded punch press. The window and door manufacturer faces $398,545 in penalties, including the maximum amount allowed by law for the violations that can cause life-altering injury.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH -A resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and of false bankruptcy declaration, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has indicted Bobby Hunt, Jr., 26, and Amy Dean, 29, both of Jamestown, NY, on charges of conspiracy to retaliate against witnesses, witness retaliation, and taking action harmful to a witness. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
Release: ARLINGTON, Va. - With Thanksgiving just a few days away, travelers are eager to bring some of their favorite food items with them for their flights and contribute to the Thanksgiving table. Sometimes the items come from a favorite local shop such as a bakery. Sometimes they are homemade from a long-standing...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Bobby Joe Sanapaw (age: 33) and Jeremy Fish (age: 34), both of Keshena, recently received sentences after convictions for firearms offenses on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The sentences were the result...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
Release: STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - More than 500 travelers are expected to be screened by Transportation Security Administration officers at University Park Airport each day during the busy Thanksgiving holiday travel period. Overall, the number of passengers expected to fly this Thanksgiving season is expected to be high nationwide with more than 2.4 million passengers per day expected to pass through TSA checkpoints across the country each day leading up to Thanksgiving.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Dallas Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty in False Tax Return Scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Democratic leaders on health care committees in the House and Senate today called on the Trump Administration to cease their continued attacks on affordable, comprehensive health care for Americans, following a proposed change to Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act that would further open the door to junk insurance plans and undermine health care for people with pre-existing conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: In Austin today, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman sentenced 28-year-old Austin resident Tyler Carlson to 70 months imprisonment followed by two years of supervised release for his role in a firearms smuggling scheme involving machineguns and assault weapons, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; Bureau ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - This holiday season, permits are available for cutting Christmas trees on Bureau of Land Management public lands in the greater Montrose area from Nov. 19 - Dec. 24.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the following statement in response to President Trump's announcement that he intends to nominate Andrew Wheeler to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced yesterday that a federal grand jury returned an indictment against defendant TROYNELL COOKS, age 39, of New Orleans, for bank robbery, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a).
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are seeking possible additional fraud victims of three-time convicted criminal who pleaded guilty Nov. 8 to defrauding numerous legal and illegal aliens.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA-A man who admitted bringing methamphetamine to Kalispell for distribution was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Thursday, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Today the Santa Monica Mountains Fund, in cooperation with the National Park Service, is launching “The Paramount Project," a campaign to rebuild Paramount Ranch’s Western Town, recently destroyed by the Woolsey Fire.
