News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: HELENA - The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division hosted a roundtable today for community organizations to discuss the problem of sexual harassment in housing, U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme announced.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management expects to begin a helicopter-conducted wild horse gather on or about Nov. 26, 2018 within and outside the overpopulated Silver King Herd Management Area (HMA) in eastern Nevada which is currently over 10-times above the land’s capacity to support wild horses along with the other wildlife long term. The BLM plans to gather and remove up to 980 excess wild horses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Woodbridge man today for his role in a conspiracy to commit sex trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A Chicago man who pointed a loaded gun at a federal agent after an armed robbery on the South Side has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Former Chesterfield Township Supervisor, Michael Lovelock, 59, of New Baltimore, Michigan, was sentenced to 24 months in prison today based on his conviction for conspiracy to commit bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed eight bills, H.R. 3593 (U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La.), H.R. 5025 (U.S. Rep. Amua Amata Coleman Radewagon, R-American Samoa), H.R. 6507 (U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Penn.), H.R. 6602 (U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J.), H.R. 6652 (U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash.), H.R. 6939 (U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.), S. 245 (U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D.) and S. 669 (U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Maksim Zaslavskiy pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge Ramon E. Reyes, Jr., to conspiracy to commit securities fraud in connection with two Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) - REcoin Group Foundation, LLC (REcoin) and DRC World, Inc., also known as Diamond Reserve Club (Diamond).
By DOL Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to new data showing a sharp uptick in youth tobacco use and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcing...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that an Anchorage man has been indicted on federal drug trafficking charges, arising from the seizure of over 16 pounds of heroin in Anchorage.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Wexford, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of willful failure to pay over taxes, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - An Ohio resident has been sentenced in federal court to time served plus one day, approximately two months incarceration, and three years supervised release with the immediate condition of residency in an inpatient drug treatment up to twelve months, on his conviction of conspiracy to utter and pass counterfeit Federal Reserve notes, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today chaired a hearing to consider nominees for the Department of Energy (DOE), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and the National Park Service.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Commerce announced today that the 2018 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award will be given to two educational institutions, an organ donor group, a hospital and a project management firm. A presidential-level honor, the award recognizes exemplary U.S. organizations and businesses that demonstrate an unceasing drive for radical innovation, thoughtful leadership, and administrative improvement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Glendell Long, a/k/a “Okera Uzoma," 46, of Longs, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Quavonte Pugh, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal jury has convicted Andre L. Barnes, 42, of Rochester, NY, of conspiracy to sex traffic minors, sex trafficking of minors and adults by force, and transportation of girls across state lines to engage in prostitution. The charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 25-year-old Tyler, Texas man has been found guilty of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Kansas man who was growing marijuana on an island in the Neosho River was sentenced today to 65 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: A Warrensville Heights man was indicted on federal drug, firearms and food stamp fraud charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2018
News Release: HELENA-A Vaughn woman who admitted to pulling a gun on a driver, who had given her a ride, and ordering the victim and two others out of the vehicle, was sentenced to 14 years prison on Tuesday in U.S. District Court, U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme said.
