News from November 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: The owner of an asbestos removal and demolition business was indicted for paying cash bribes to a Cleveland employee in return for confidential information and preferential treatment regarding jobs for the city.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: On Nov. 15, 2018, the Office of Electricity (OE) hosted a public workshop on electric transmission development and siting issues to solicit input regarding DOE’s 2019 electric transmission congestion study and foster dialogue on key issues affecting today’s electric transmission systems. The workshop...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment yesterday charging ROCKY SAMAS, also known as “Twin," 47, of Bridgeport, with one count of possession with intent to distribute at 28 grams or more of cocaine base (“crack"), and one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: A Claremore man entered a guilty plea on Tuesday to sexual exploitation of a child, announced U.S. Attorney Trent Shores.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: A nurse from Edmond, Oklahoma, has agreed to pay the United States $130,000 for allegedly accepting illegal kickback payments from OK Compounding.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: For Possession With Intent to Distribute Heroin.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Employees from DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) spoke with freshmen and sophomores enrolled in computer science classes at a Knoxville high school last week.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Kaycee White, 22, of Camden, South Carolina, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for kidnapping, carjacking, robbery, and firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Cape Girardeau - Bobby David Lowrey, 51, of Parma, MO, and Lowrey & Lowrey Inc. were indicted on Nov. 13, 2018 for illegally applying Dicamba to crops.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Nov. 20, 2018 - The former owner of American Trade Association (“ATA") and Smart Data Solutions (“SDS") will spend the next 14 years in federal prison for defrauding thousands of people across the nation, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A former New Jersey resident has been sentenced in federal court to a term of imprisonment of seven years, to be followed by five years of supervised release on his conviction on charges of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced ANDREW HARGETT, JR. 46, to 240 months imprisonment followed by 8 years of supervised release. HARGETT was also fined...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Michael Hildebrand, 50, of Orchard Park, NY, who was convicted of assault within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, was sentenced to one year probation by U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael J. Roemer.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Dripping Springs Natural Area, including the visitor center, picnic sites, and all the hiking trails within the area, will be closed to visitors on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. However, Aguirre Spring Recreation Area and Campground and Soledad Canyon Day-Use Area will remain open.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Maleik Houseal, 23, of Newberry, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm in relation to a September 2017 Columbia shooting.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced JOHN MICKEY HARRIS, JR., 30, of Wilmington, North Carolina to 120 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Two days after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, 70,000 residents in the vicinity of the Guajataca Dam were urged to evacuate as a precaution. Heavy rains were rapidly filling up the island’s 36 dams. Without clearer data, local authorities could only plan for the worst-case scenario. The Guajataca Dam, which holds more than 11 billion gallons of water, was on the verge of uncontrolled overflowing and could cause great devastation to the area downstream.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jason Ehrhart, age 48, of Thompsontown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before Chief United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner for defrauding a disabled Veteran, the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA), and the Social Security Administration (SSA) out of $316,360.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald announced the sentencing of DAVID THOMAS ROUGIER, 46, to 88 months in prison for one count of wire fraud. ROUGIER, who pleaded guilty on July 18, 2018, was sentenced on Nov. 19, 2018, before Chief Judge John R. Tunheim, in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2018
News Release: Two Ohio men were indicted on charges related to child pornography crimes.
