News from November 2018
By DOL Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on Secretary DeVos’ decision to reinstate the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) as a federally-recognized...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: A man who used another person’s Social Security number to get a job was sentenced Nov. 20, 2018, to more than six months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SHAQUILLE RICHARDSON, 25, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 117 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for robbery and firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Two western Massachusetts men were arrested and charged today in federal court in Springfield in connection with at least nine armed robberies throughout western Massachusetts.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned before U.S. magistrate judges this week. Indictments handed down by the Grand Jury were unsealed. Indictments are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office, Sequoia National Forest, Giant Sequoia National Monument and High Sierra Volunteer Trail Crew invite the public to a family friendly work weekend on the Pacific Crest Trail from Dec. 13-16, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the PCT and the National Trails System Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS - U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme announced that on Monday, Cirilo Marcial-Ramirez, a Mexico citizen from Oaxaca, was sentenced to 174 days of time served and to one year of supervised release for conviction of illegal re-entry.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that it has settled a Fair Housing Act and Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit against Defendants Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. and Mid-America Apartments, L.P. for $11.3 million to resolve allegations that these property owners failed to build 50 apartment complexes in six states and the District of Columbia with accessible features for persons with disabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: MACON- A federal grand jury has returned indictments during the month of November. Charles E. Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018 that the grand jury true billed indictments charging 23 new individuals. An indictment is only an allegation of criminal conduct. All of the defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: Company and owner fraudulently misused “service-disabled veteran-owned small business" status to defraud the Department of Veterans Affairs and Army Corps of Engineers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mitchell, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm, Possession of a Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number, and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Daniel Edward Johnson, 47, Former Fifth Circuit Solicitor and resident of Blythewood, South Carolina, was charged in a 36-count Superseding Indictment by a federal Grand Jury in Columbia for Wire Fraud, Mail Fraud, Theft of Federal Funds, False Statements, Conversion of Federal Funds, and Obstruction of Justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: Following a sting operation at a Dallas hotel earlier this month, law enforcement liberated dozens of women sold for sex, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. This week, a federal grand jury indicted Helen Kim - the alleged proprietor of the prostitution ring - on racketeering charges.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management announced a closure for Muddy Mountain Road for the winter. This closure is effective on Wednesday, Nov 21.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. B Late yesterday, a Charlotte federal jury convicted Keith Antonio Barnett, 46, of Gastonia, N.C., of drug conspiracy and related drug charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that MARIA DEL CARMEN URIETA-LAGUNAS, age 50, of Mexico, illegally present in the United States and residing in Wake County, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 6 months imprisonment. On Aug. 23, 2018 URIETA-LAGUNAS pled guilty to passport fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: Three law enforcement officers from Iowa are being honored by the United States Attorney’s Offices for the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for their commitment to reducing drug abuse. The recipients of the 2018 Enrique S. Camarena Award are Special Agent Carlos Lavastida of the DEA, Lieutenant Brad Bollinger of the Sioux City Police Department, and Officer Justin Brandt of the Waterloo Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: Nov. 20, 2018 Chase Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Daniel Palmitessa, age 33, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Nov. 20, 2018, by a federal grand jury on child pornography charges.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. Nov. 21, 2018 - Started by lightning on October 4th and burning in the John Krebs Wilderness, the Eden Fire area is now 1,430 acres with 5% containment. An infrared flight took place Tuesday night and allowed more accurate mapping as the area was shrouded in smoke the past few days. Due to its location, there are currently no threats to life, property, or other assets.
