News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A citizen of Romania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy and bank fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced yesterday that STEPHEN J. SCOTT, age 31, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pleaded guilty as charged to committing the robbery of the First American Bank & Trust at 1800 Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie, Louisiana, on April 9, 2018, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: PORT ANGELES, WA: Four-hour delays from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm are planned for Highway 101 at Lake Crescent beginning Monday, November 12 to remove a rock hazard. Due to the unpredictable nature of the rock removal operation, a 4-hour delay may also be needed Tuesday and Wednesday depending on the progress.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The owner of a charter bus company operating in Massachusetts was arrested yesterday on charges of bribing a federal safety investigator in order to influence the safety review of the passenger buses. The safety manager of the company was previously arrested on the same charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - After a three-day trial, a federal jury found Rolando Felix-Carrazco, 45, of Tulare County, guilty of one count of being a Deported Alien Found in the United States, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Nov. 1, 2018, Adam Sheafe, 44, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced to 94 months’ prison by United States District Court Judge Raner C. Collins. Sheafe was previously found guilty of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft by a federal jury.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY-The holiday season is coming and thousands of people will be finding their Christmas trees on public lands this year. In November, the BLM Utah will begin selling non-commercial permits to cut pinyon pine, juniper, and fir trees. Permits are available for purchase during regular business hours, excluding federal holidays, at the following locations:.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston with illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - A jury today voted to convict John “Body" Coffin, 49, of Schenectady, New York, for illegally possessing a handgun and ammunition, following a five-day trial. The jury acquitted Coffin on a second charge, of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - John W. Huber, United States Attorney in Utah, shared the following statement with leaders of Utah’s faith communities Friday afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: “We are facing significant challenges here in Baltimore with drug dealing and violence in our streets, but as we saw this week, with the convictions of eight members of the Barronette drug crew who were responsible for nine murders, and the guilty pleas of the corrupt police officer who worked with GTTF...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: Officials Confirm Recent Sighting in South Carolina of Greg Carlson, Top Ten Fugitive from Los Angeles Wanted for Armed Sexual Assault.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: Twenty-Count Indictment Alleges Defendant Used Multiple Staffing Agencies to Engage in High-Tech Worker Visa Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Rochester, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: Visual detection of drones has never been considered as effective as its thermal, radio or acoustic counterparts. The trouble is always discriminating between different moving objects in view. Typically, a bird or even a plastic bag caught in the wind might be mistaken for a drone, which is why most...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center Closed Thanksgiving Day.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: We write to express our strong concern about reports that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is engaged in an effort to redefine “sex" to exclude transgender and gender nonconforming people from federal civil rights. This action would have grave consequences...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was indicted yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with escaping from a residential re-entry center where he was finishing the remainder of a 100 month sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass. - Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent Brian Carlstrom invites the public to attend an information session on sharks, seals, and public safety on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. The meeting will take place at the Nauset Regional Middle School auditorium in Orleans, MA from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. The event will consist of speaker presentations followed by an expert-panel question and answer session. Panelists will include.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that Catherine Abbey, age 34, formerly of Saw Creek, Pennsylvania, who now resides in Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge James M. Munley to serve one year in prison for her role in a heroin and cocaine trafficking conspiracy based in Monroe County.
