News from November 2018
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: MIAMI-Employer demand for cybersecurity professionals across the United States continues to accelerate, according to new data published today on CyberSeek™, a free online resource from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Burning Glass and CompTIA.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Investigative Surge in 2007 Missing Child Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DAMIEN JACKSON, age 37, of Houma, LA, was sentenced today after having pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: SAN DIEGO, CA - On Tuesday, November 6, 2018, a jury found defendant John Leland Combs guilty of assault on a federal officer, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111, and high speed flight from a checkpoint, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 758.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Dennis Gerald Robinson, 55, of Camden, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of firearms, including a.22 caliber rifle and 20 gauge shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: DENVER - With the robust participation of Americans nationwide, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and its law enforcement partners have now surpassed its 10 million pound goal and collected nearly 11 million pounds of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications over the course of 16 successful...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Twelve Western Pennsylvania residents have been charged in a superseding indictment by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that an Anchorage man was found guilty of one count of credit union robbery, in connection with the September 2018 robbery of Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, located at 500 West 36th Avenue in Anchorage.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A former U.S. Congressman was sentenced today to 120 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,014,718.51 in restitution, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for orchestrating a four-year scheme to defraud charitable donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars and secretly to funnel the proceeds to pay for personal expenses and to illegally finance his campaigns for public office.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY-17) released the following statement after Democrats won a majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday’s election.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Defendant also ordered to pay over $1 million in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, today announced progress in combating violent crime through a series of targeted strategies as part of the Department of Justice’s revitalized Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Philadelphia, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Twelve Western Pennsylvania residents have been charged in a superseding indictment by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney SHAWN N. ANDERSON announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Eric O’Malley will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 13, 2018, general election in the Northern Mariana...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A former U.S. Congressman was sentenced today to 120 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,014,718.51 in restitution, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for orchestrating a four-year scheme to defraud charitable donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars and secretly to funnel the proceeds to pay for personal expenses and to illegally finance his campaigns for public office.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that a federal jury has found Nadine Bromfield Alexander (39, Orlando) and Shameer Hassan (45, Kissimmee) guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and three counts of aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Darrell E. McCoy, 51, formerly of Scottsdale, Ariz., was found guilty by a federal jury in Phoenix of two counts of abusive sexual contact with an inmate under his supervision. The case was tried before U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes last week. Sentencing is set for Feb. 25, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Quirino Hernandez, 31; Adam Stone, 28; and Luis Rodriguez, 29, were sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to participating in a drug conspiracy involving methamphetamine. Hernandez, Stone, and Rodriguez received sentences of 17 years, 13 years, and 5 years in federal prison, respectively. There is no parole in the federal system.
