News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jason Edge, 45, and Shelly Scott, 43, both from Kansas City, Missouri, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 48 months in prison for conspiring with each other to commit...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Jason R. Smoot, of Columbus, Ohio, has admitted to selling cocaine near a playground, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Hutchinson man was sentenced Tuesday to 90 months in federal prison for downloading child pornography from the internet, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that MICHAEL SANDERS, age 37, of Reserve, was sentenced on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018 for charges relating to narcotics trafficking.
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 Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU, HI - On Friday, December 7, the National Park Service and the United States Navy will host the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 77th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony to honor and remember the 2,390 American casualties lost during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the island of Oahu on December 7, 1941.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the draft Environmental Assessment and draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed annual transfers of up to 7,500 acre-feet of Firebaugh Canal Water District’s Central Valley Project water to Pacheco Water District, San Luis Water District, and Westlands Water District for five years. The proposed transfers would occur from April through December of each year when water is transferred.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Ely District, Bristlecone Field Office is asking the public to provide input on a proposal to designate in White Pine County a signed trail system consisting of existing roads and trails that would be open to all uses. The 30-day public scoping period concludes Monday, Dec. 24, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - All three defendants in a child pornography case have pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council will meet Thursday, Dec. 6 at the BLM Colorado River Valley Field Office in Silt, 2300 River Frontage Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Dewayne Hasan Davis, 29, of Georgetown, South Carolina, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 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 21, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Lafayette man was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison for conspiring with three others to sell heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: Increased Reward: Denver Community Credit Union Robberies-July 23 and November 15.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Sierra Benninger, age 24, of Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Nov. 13, 2018, by a federal grand jury for making false statements when purchasing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: Defendants made plans to meet to sexually abuse an infant together.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that GRAY WESLEY BARROW, age 58, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty for his role in a scheme to receive approximately $336,000 in illegal health care kickback payments. As a result of his conviction, BARROW faces a significant term of imprisonment, restitution and fines, and a period of supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Wasil Obaid, doing business as Frisco Wholesale, satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice along with U.S. Attorney Trent Shores, Chairman of the Attorney General’s Advisory Subcommittee on Native American Issues, released today the annual report to Congress, Indian Country Investigations and Prosecutions, which provides a range of enforcement statistics required under the Tribal Law and Order Act, as well as information about the progress of the Department’s initiatives to reduce violent crime and strengthen tribal justice systems.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Sierra Benninger, age 24, of Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Nov. 13, 2018, by a federal grand jury for making false statements when purchasing a firearm.
