News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that THOMAS M. MURTHA, 62, of Birmingham, Michigan and formerly of Newtown, Connecticut, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 78 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for stealing nearly $2 million from clients, friends and family members.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Secretly Exposed Foreign Workers to Mercury Waste to Increase Corporate Profits.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
Release: PHILADELPHIA - The number of passengers expected to fly this Thanksgiving season is expected to be high with more than 2.4 million passengers per day expected to pass through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints nationwide each day leading up to Thanksgiving, including nearly 41,000 travelers...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
Release: LATROBE, Pa. - Residents of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and surrounding counties will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program inside the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport terminal from Nov. 26 to 30, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" TSA Pre✓® enrollment center.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: HELENA-- Deer Lodge resident Rex Thomas Kendall, who admitted to possessing child pornography, was sentenced on Thursday to 35 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Joseph Owusu, 63, of Tampa, was sentenced November 14 to 135 months in prison after pleading guilty on August 17. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Dylan Michael Poole, 24, of McCandless, Pa., has been charged by criminal complaint with robbing three area banks and attempting to rob a fourth bank, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman has announced that six submissions were selected to receive awards while three submissions were selected to receive partial awards in the Colorado River Basin Data Visualization Prize Competition. Jared Schwartz was selected to receive the top prize of $15,750.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Carissa Carpenter, 55, formerly of Malibu, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to six years and six months in prison and ordered to pay $3,642,755 in restitution in connection with her conviction for mail fraud and lying to a federal agent, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Abuse Began When Child Was 10, Continued for Years.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging ADRIAN JOSEPH VALDEZ, 33, with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury.[1] VALDEZ was previously charged via federal compliant on Oct. 18, 2018. He made his initial appearance before Magistrate Judge Jon T. Huseby in U.S. District Court on Oct. 24, 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
Release: HARRISBURG, Pa. - Approximately 2,500 travelers are expected to be screened by Transportation Security Administration officers at Harrisburg International 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 nation each day leading up to Thanksgiving.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury has convicted a black-market arms dealer of conspiring to acquire, transfer and use missiles designed to shoot down aircraft.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging DARWIN LEE LUSSIER, SR., 52, with assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. LUSSIER was previously charged on Oct. 30, 2018, via federal complaint.[1] LUSSIER made his initial appearance before Magistrate Judge Jon T. Huseby in U.S. District Court on Oct. 31, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas Inc. Sentenced to $1.9 Million Criminal Fine for Violating the Clean Air Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Victim Immediately Reported Abuse By Her Stepfather’s Half-Brother.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Peter Tuccio and Jonathan Gurino with arson and arson conspiracy, extortion and extortion conspiracy and using fire to commit a felony. The defendants were arrested today and are scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Steven L. Tiscione.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Francisco Castaneda Rivera has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly transporting 4.5 kilograms of heroin - hidden inside a car battery - from Texas to the Atlanta area.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 16, 2018
News Release: Flights between the Northeast and the major international airports in Florida and the Caribbean are more direct, more efficient, and safer since the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) implemented 55 new Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) routes on November 8.
