News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Memphis, Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Norman Smith will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. AUSA Smith has been...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Levon Dickson, 44, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky. - Iseral Jordan Grayson, 24, of Maysville, Ky., was sentenced today to 240 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge David L. Bunning, for drug distribution that resulted in an overdose death.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its partners in the Nanoelectronic Computing Research (nCORE) consortium have awarded funding for a new research center to focus on novel materials for advanced computing systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Tyler J. Hughes, 25, of California and formerly a Petty Officer in the United States Coast Guard stationed in Massachusetts, was sentenced to time served for making false statements during the purchase of a firearm. Hughes also agreed to forfeit five firearms and ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. November 5, 2018 - The Eden Fire continues to slowly grow in the steep and rugged terrain of the John Krebs Wilderness in Sequoia National Park. This lightning-caused fire started on October 4, 2018 during a series of thunderstorms that came through the area the first week of October.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: * Wildland fire staff will burn piles of woody debris near the Northeast Entrance on Monday, November 5 and Tuesday, November 6.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Marquavius Dewante Morrow, 25, of Holly Springs, was sentenced Friday by Chief United States District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III, to fifty-four months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Morrow, also known as "Peanut," was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Mitzi Bickers has been charged in a superseding indictment with an additional bribery charge relating to an alleged Jackson, Mississippi pay-to-play scheme. In April 2018, Bickers was charged with 11 other federal offenses, including conspiring to commit bribery, wire fraud, money-laundering, federal obstruction and tax fraud. The federal grand jury investigating this matter returned the superseding indictment on Oct. 22, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: Entrance Fee Changes at Pinnacles National Park to Take Effect on Jan. 1, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: An Opa-Locka resident was sentenced yesterday to 63 months in federal prison, after having been convicted at trial of possession of an unregistered firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: Madison, Wis. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joshua Robertson, 26, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, was sentenced on November 2 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 12 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Robertson pleaded guilty to this charge on July 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: Defendant helped smuggle money overseas for the “Codfather".
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - United States Attorney Robert K. Hur announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Leo J. Wise has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer (DEO) for Maryland in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for tomorrow’s...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - A twice-removed Mexican national was sentenced Oct. 31 to 57 months in federal custody, which will run consecutively with his 30 month state sentence for rape. The sentencing of Rogelio Mendez, 38, follows a 2017 indictment pursuant to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) securing the arrest warrant for illegal reentry.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: WILLOWS, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation announces the closure of Stony Gorge and East Park Reservoirs for the 2018 recreation year. All campsites will be closed until spring 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: More than 200 law enforcement officers died by suicide in 2019. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline may be reached at 1-800-273-8255 and provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress. We are HERE for law enforcement, HELP is a phone call away, and above all there is always HOPE.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA -- Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Jon Wilson of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Philadelphia Field Division announced today that 39,615 pounds of prescription drugs were collected across Pennsylvania and Delaware by the DEA and its partners during the Prescription Drug Take-Back Day event on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 5, 2018
News Release: (BUTTE, Mont.) - As the first flakes of winter drift through the sky and area lakes start to form lacy crusts of ice along the shore, the Bureau of Land Management’s Butte Field Office is preparing its recreation sites for the change in seasons.
