News from November 2018
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - On or around Nov. 13, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District, will begin to gather and remove up to 10 excess wild horses from the Fish Springs area of Gardnerville, approximately 12 miles south of the Pine Nut Mountains Herd Management Area (HMA). The band of aggressive stallions have created public safety issues and continue to cause damage to private property.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Marc I. Korn, 62, of East Amherst, NY, pleaded guilty to bank theft and willful failure to pay tax before Senior U.S. District Judge William S. Skretny. Together, the charges each carry a maximum penalty of two years in prison and...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sentenced DMV employee Robert Turchin, 68, of Salinas, California, to six years and six months in prison and sentenced Pavittar Dosangh Singh, 57, of Flowood, Mississippi, to 10 months in prison for conspiracy to commit bribery and identity fraud, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa - On November 6, 2018, following a two-day trial, a jury found Ryan Nicholas Haynes, age 28, of West Des Moines, Iowa, guilty of one count of felon in possession of a firearm. Sentencing before United States District Court Judge Stephanie Rose will be set at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced former correctional officer Jessica Vennie, age 28, of Crowley, Texas, today to six years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after she was convicted at trial for racketeering at the Eastern Correctional...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: MORGANTOWN, WV - Today, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg announced that Brian J. Anderson, Ph.D. will be the new director of DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), effective Nov. 11, 2018. Anderson comes to NETL from West Virginia University...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice’s Office of Prosecutorial Development and Training (OPDAT), with the support of the Department of State’s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Division (INL), celebrated the release of “Reflections on the Accusatory System: Shared Experiences" in the Salón Marqués-Conde of the Hotel Marquis Reforma in Mexico City on the evening of Nov. 7.
By State Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Rep. Dina Titus, Co-Chair of the Sri Lanka Caucus; and Rep. David Price, Ranking Member of the House Democracy Partnership today urged Sri Lanka to uphold its commitment to democratic governance and reopen the country’s Parliament.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - MoneyGram International Inc. (MoneyGram), a global money services business headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has agreed to extend its deferred prosecution agreement and forfeit $125 million due to significant weaknesses in MoneyGram’s anti-fraud and anti-money laundering (AML) program resulting...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy and two alleged cohorts are scheduled to make their first court appearances this afternoon after they were arrested Thursday on federal drug distribution charges that allege they stole 600 pounds of marijuana and $100,000 in cash during an armed robbery at a downtown Los Angeles warehouse by falsely portraying themselves as law enforcement officers executing a search warrant.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Natick man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid today ordered Joshua E. Lange, 40, of Tolono, Ill., to serve 45 years in federal prison for his sexual exploitation of children from September 2015 through January 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: SPOKANE, Wash. - Yesterday, a 47-count federal indictment was unsealed against two Richland, Washington based companies, Mid Columbia Research LLC and Zain Research LLC, and their owner, Sami Anwar. The indictment charges the defendants with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud, fraudulently obtaining...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
Release: DENVER - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day, “fast track" hiring event on Saturday, Nov. 10, to recruit full- and part-time Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Denver International Airport (DEN). Starting pay is $18.70 per hour, with opportunities for pay increases after 6 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS-The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that Lothar Konrad Krauth, 80, of Great Falls, appeared on a criminal complaint before U.S. Magistrate Judge John T. Johnston on charges of receipt of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces the guilty plea and sentence of defendant Kevin V. Lucy for unlawfully possessing a firearm. Lucy pled guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm in Federal Court on July 23, 2018, before Senior Judge Callie V.S. Granade. On November 7, 2018, Senior Judge Granade sentenced the defendant to 97 months.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with making false statements, stealing public money, and aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Timothy McCluskey, 61, of Williamsville, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox is proud to announce the appointment of four new Assistant United States Attorneys: Kristina Williams, assigned to the Dallas Appellate Division, Tiffany Eggers, assigned to the Dallas Criminal Division, Laura Montes, assigned to the Fort Worth Criminal Division, and Ann Howey, assigned to the Lubbock Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces the guilty plea and sentence of defendant Gregory Carl Kent for unlawfully possessing a firearm in violation of 18 United States Code 922(g)(1). Kent pled guilty to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm...
