News from November 2018
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced today that Reclamation has selected 58 projects to receive $3.7 million for small-scale water efficiency projects in 16 western states. The funding from Reclamation is being leveraged to support more than $8.2 million in improvements...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Brian R. Kucharski (28, Lake Mary) has pleaded guilty to mail fraud. Kucharski faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: DENVER - A Colorado man was sentenced Thursday to serve 20 years in federal prison, followed by 20 years on supervised release, for producing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Arash Sepehri, 38, a citizen of Iran, pleaded guilty on Nov. 7, to a federal charge stemming from his role in a conspiracy to cause the export of controlled goods and technology to Iran, in violation of U.S. Department of Commerce and military controls, as well as in contravention of sanctions imposed against Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Americans dropped off unused pills reaching a program total of nearly 11 million pounds.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - A federal jury has found Okechuwku Desmond Amadi (39, Garland, TX) guilty of conspiracy to commit money laundering and individual counts of money laundering. Amadi faces a maximum penalty of 60 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of Newberry Springs, Calif., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of distributing methamphetamine in violation of federal drug trafficking laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to two charges of possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Investigators Find SUV Stolen in Connection with Kidnapped Teen in Lumberton.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Defendant caught by Homeland Security Investigations and INTERPOL.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - A project to replace decking on three Bizz Johnson Trail bridges gets underway the week of Nov. 11 and will continue through December. Construction crews will work on the Hobo Camp bridge on the Susan River, near Susanville, and on two bridges about five miles west of Susanville.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) replaced a collapsed culvert and reopened the access road in Bird Canyon in Sublette County, Nov. 7. The culvert was badly damaged and compromised the safety of vehicles traveling on the road. For public safety, the BLM immediately closed the road, Oct. 24.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: A man who possessed child pornography was sentenced today to over eleven years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Today, Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced the unsealing of a 47-count Federal Indictment against two Richland, Washington based companies, Mid Columbia Research LLC and Zain Research LLC, and their owner, Sami Anwar. The Indictment...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
Release: WARSAW, POLAND – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry visited Warsaw, Poland, the first stop on his four-country trip to Central and Eastern Europe. The Trump Administration is dedicated to growing our energy partnership with Poland, a key strategic ally of the United States. Poland is a key member ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is conducting an emergency gather of wild burros, beginning Nov. 7, to respond to increasing public safety concerns along State Route 95 just north of Lake Havasu City, Ariz.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: What: The U.S. Census Bureau will offer an embargo period for subscribers to view statistics from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey five-year estimates, which features more than 40 social, economic, housing and demographic topics, including homeownership rates and costs, health insurance and educational...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Joe Jones, Jr., 24, of Georgia, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Tom S. Lee to 27 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release for transporting illegal aliens across the United States, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Jere T. Miles of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations in New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: A North Royalton man was charged with theft of government funds and wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever, III sentenced Samuel Monserrate-Garcia, 55, of Midway Park, North Carolina and Victor Rodriguez, 41, of Jacksonville, North Carolina for their roles in distributing methamphetamine in the Jacksonville area.
