News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Mario Escalante, Sr. (age: 42), of Keshena, was sentenced on Nov. 2, 2018 to 36 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release after convictions for two counts of Attempted Abusive Sexual Contact on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The sentence was the result of a April 11, 2018, guilty plea before Chief United States District Judge William C. Griesbach.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have completed an extensive contaminated mine drainage remediation project in the Blue Heron area of Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area earlier this year. The Big South Fork compliance project illustrates the successful...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy, in partnership with the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), is hosting a free webinar titled “Tribal Microgrid Case Studies" on Wednesday, Nov. 28, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mountain Time. This is the final webinar in the 2018 Tribal Sovereignty and Self-Determination through Community Energy Development webinar series.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Two Branchland men who were responsible for thefts of firearms from a Barboursville pawn shop were sentenced to federal prison yesterday, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Robert Lee Reid, 23, who previously entered guilty pleas to three counts of theft of firearms from...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2019 Borlaug Global Research Alliance Fellowships. Fellows will work with a mentor at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service or a U.S. university for up to 12 weeks on resilient agricultural research. The U.S. mentor will later visit the fellow’s home institution to continue collaboration.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment Thursday against Julian Burmado, 29, of Bakersfield, charging him with one count of unlawfully manufacturing and dealing firearms and five counts of possession of a firearm not registered in the National Firearms Registry, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces today that Jack Edward Armey (69, Interlachen) has pleaded guilty to accessing videos depicting child pornography using the internet. Armey faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison, and a potential life term of supervised release. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ashan M. Benedict, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF"), James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), and Daniel A. Nigro, Commissioner...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama and DEA Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam announced the unsealing today of a twenty-three count indictment charging 18 members and associates of a Selma-based street gang known as the MLK Gang" with narcotics conspiracy and firearms offenses.
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: Lebanese Gun Shop Owner and Canadian Arrested after Plotting to Illicitly Export Semiautomatic Handguns, AR-15 Rifle Kit and Grenade Launcher Hidden Inside Vehicle.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dasiah Danae Cooper, 23, of New Castle, Delaware, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession and importation of a controlled substance, and smuggling goods into the United States. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: Macon - In honor of Veterans Day, staff members with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia (USAO-GAM) heard a presentation from fellow employee, and veteran, Captain Will R. Keyes. Captain Keyes is a new Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) for the Middle District...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Oklahoma Field Office, in coordination with the Bureau of Indian Affairs Eastern Oklahoma Regional Office and Bureau of Indian Affairs Southern Plains Regional Office, has released for public comment a revised framework for how certain public lands will...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former Central Kentucky businessman, who currently resides in Austin, Texas, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today. Kenneth Gravitt, 63, was sentenced, to 36 months, by Chief U.S. District Judge Karen Caldwell, on convictions relating to the illegal storage, transportation and disposal of hazardous waste.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Chelsea woman was arrested yesterday and charged in connection with using her position as an airline gate agent to convert low cost flights to more expensive flights and destinations for friends, family and acquaintances.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: FARGO - United States Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on November 9, 2018, Daylin Takendrick St. Pierre, Age 21, Spirit Lake Indian Reservation, ND, plead guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Robbery; Use of a Firearm in Relation to a Felony Crime of Violence; and Felony Murder before US District...
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: NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk man was sentenced today to the statutory maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for being a felon in possession of ammunition.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2018
News Release: The 35 grants will generate $38.3 million in matching contributions for a total conservation impact of $67.2 million.
