News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Thomas Caldwell, 68, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 37 months in federal prison for engaging in the business of selling firearms without a federal firearms dealer’s license. Caldwell pled guilty to this offense on September 6, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - United States Attorney Ron Parsons joined the U.S. Department of Justice in announcing that the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office has been awarded a new $1,029,958 federal grant to combat the illegal trafficking of methamphetamine in South Dakota.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 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 Beau K.C. Jones, 34, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve 100 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - An immigration fugitive from El Salvador, who is wanted in his home country for aggravated homicide, was deported Thursday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - U.S. Attorney John C. Milhiser announced today the appointment of District Election Officers in the Central District of Illinois in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. Assistant U.S. Attorneys...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - United States Attorney Benjamin C. Glassman announced today that he has designated Election Officers in each of the district’s three offices who will lead the efforts in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general elections.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: DENVER - United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Rebecca Weber 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 Weber has been appointed...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A man who laundered ransom money for a violent kidnapping organization that held hostage two dozen Mexican nationals has been convicted on federal conspiracy charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Daryl Johnson, age 33, formerly of Washington, D.C., was sentenced on Oct. 30, 2018, by United States District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo to 13 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release for assaulting a federal employee.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: Carlsbad Man and Texas Man Charged in Separate Indictments.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - Lavonta Hill (27, St. Petersburg) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Brandon Shea Marchand, age 44, of Omak, Washington, and an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on September...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management today released its Record of Decision, authorizing the Palen Solar Project, a photovoltaic facility owned by EDF Renewable Energy, to occupy up to 3,140 acres of BLM-administered lands, approximately 10 miles east of Desert Center, north of Interstate 10, in Riverside County.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard P. Barrett will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming general election on November 6, 2018. AUSA Barrett has been...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: United States Attorneys Peter Deegan and Marc Krickbaum announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) Daniel Tvedt and Virginia Bruner will lead the efforts of their respective Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: Assistant U.S. Attorney Ian Garriques will serve as the District Election Officer and will field calls from the public regarding allegations of fraud or voting rights abuses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: Michigan Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Dog Fighting Conspiracy.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service is proposing to restore a backwater channel at the Missouri National Recreational River Bow Creek Recreation Area (located near Wynot, Nebraska). The agency is working in cooperation with the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) which will be seeking a U.S. Army Corps...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Bradley Howell was sentenced to 46 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The sentence was handed down today by the Honorable Susan Illston, United States District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2018
News Release: COEUR D’ALENE -Amber Annette Hosking, 39, and Jessica Fay Barnes, 32, sisters, from Spokane Valley, Washington, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to commit federal program theft, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.
