News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Mexican national was indicted by a federal grand jury today for illegally selling more than a dozen firearms and a large amount of methamphetamine and heroin to an undercover federal agent.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - Eight defendants schemed to obtain unemployment benefits in the names of hundreds of individuals whose personally identifiable information was used without their knowledge, according to federal indictments unsealed in Chicago.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: A federal jury in Flint, Michigan, today found Amor M. Ftouhi, 51, of Quebec, Canada, guilty of three crimes, including an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries, in conjunction with an attack on Bishop Airport officer on June 21, 2017, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - A comparison of aerial photos of Hanford’s C Tank Farm highlights the significant progress by EM’s Office of River Protection (ORP) and tank farms contractor Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) to dismantle site infrastructure following the completion of retrieval operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA -Caveizz Cunningham, of Wheeling, West Virginia, was sentenced today to three years probation for heroin and cocaine distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A California man entered a plea agreement today in federal court in Kansas that would send him to prison for 20 years or more, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: Orlando, FL - U.S. District Judge Roy Dalton, Jr. today sentenced Naif Wedad Nazer (39, Laguna Niguel, CA) to two years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. The Court also ordered Nazer to forfeit $811,162.06, the proceeds of the offense.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: PRICE, Utah - BLM, Price Field Office has initiated a 15-day public comment period for the Emery County Irrigation Pipeline Project Environment Assessment. The comment period will extend through Nov. 28, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Pearl River, New York, man was sentenced today to 300 months in prison for photographing and filming a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct and sharing those images online, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Brockton, MA, man was sentenced today to 90 months in federal prison for traveling from Massachusetts into Rhode Island on multiple occasions to engage in illicit sex with a 15-year-old minor he met on the Internet in an online chat forum.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a webinar on Nov. 27, 2018, in advance of the Dec. 6 release of the 2013-2017 American Community Survey five-year estimates. The webinar will show participants how to access the data and compare geographies and statistics over time. Embargo subscribers will have...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: Three men from Richland County, Illinois, have been indicted on federal methamphetamine-related charges, Steven D. Weinhoeft, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Mickey D. Leadingham, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, and East Hartford Police Chief Scott M. Sansom announced that DANIEL VAZQUEZ, also known as “Chino," 21, of East Hartford, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Rodrick D. Begay, 64, of Round Rock, Ariz., was sentenced by United States District Judge John J. Tuchi to 131 months in federal prison, followed by lifetime supervised release. The sentence reflects a downward adjustment of approximately four months to account for the time Begay served in tribal custody for the same incident. Begay had previously pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact with a minor.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: NAPA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation will hold the next Lake Berryessa community forum meeting at 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Lake Berryessa Senior Center, 4380 Spanish Flat Loop Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Timothy Stout, 31, of Stockton, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to four years and nine months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of an unregistered firearm, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - Earlier today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Hawaii moved to dismiss the Second Superseding Indictment against Isaiah McCoy. The dismissal was deemed appropriate in light of information the U.S. Attorney’s Office became aware of in the past several days. Senior U.S. District...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: FBI Releases 2017 Hate Crime Statistics.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 13, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An employee of a Cambridge-based biopharmaceutical company was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for engaging in an insider trading scheme.
