News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a Breaux Bridge man was sentenced to 120 months in prison for conspiring with three Lafayette residents to sell heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: MACON: United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Charles E. Peeler, announced Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Todd P. Swanson will lead office efforts in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 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 Jabriel Crews, 35, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to 96 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Robert Bowers Indicted on 44 Counts Including Hate Crimes Resulting in Deaths.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A federal grand jury sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania charged a Pennsylvania man with federal hate crimes, including the murder of 11 people, for his actions during the Oct. 27, 2018 shootings at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), led a group of Senators in a request to EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler requesting that the Trump Administration's so-called “Affordable Clean Energy" proposal be withdrawn ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, ANTHONY TYRONE GREENE, 34, of Wilmington, was sentenced by United States Senior District Judge W. Earl Britt for possession of a firearm by felon. Judge Britt sentenced GREENE to 78 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Compounds derived from coconut oil are better than DEET at repelling blood-sucking insects, according to a new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ) study.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - One Romanian national was sentenced and two Romanian nationals pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with an ATM skimming scheme operating throughout Massachusetts and other states including Connecticut, New York and South Carolina.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry today announced the launch of the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) first ever Grid Optimization (GO) Competition. The GO Competition, created by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), is a series of challenges to develop software management ...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: AUSTIN, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited UST Systems Inc. for trench safety violations after the company allowed its employees to enter an excavation site in Austin without proper protections or training on the dangers of unsupported soils. UST Systems Inc. faces $35,844 in proposed penalties.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected 17 projects to receive approximately $18.7 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development. These projects will develop innovative technologies to generate novel, marketable products using carbon dioxide...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation Chairman Gregg Harper (R-MS) released the following statement at the conclusion of the Washington Anti-Doping Summit at the White House.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This Veterans Day weekend marks the 25th anniversary of the dedication of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial on the National Mall. To commemorate this milestone, a weekend of poignant events will honor the service and sacrifice of the 265,000 women veterans-military and civilian-who served during the Vietnam era.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Simon Grenier, 51, of Saint Zacharie, Quebec, Canada was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by U.S. Magistrate Judge John C. Nivison to time served (15 days) for illegally entering into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that former Omaha Tribal Council Member Doran Morris, Jr. (age 44), was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. for his conviction of one count of conversion and misapplication of funds of a health care benefit program in...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dillon T. Boyington, 35, of Gates, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with the attempted online enticement of a minor, and attempted production of child pornography. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - RICHARD SPILLANE, 30, of Oklahoma City, pleaded guilty today to producing child pornography, announced Robert J. Troester of the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment today charging QIYON REED, also known as “Gutter," 35, of New Haven, with one count of unlawful possession of firearms by a felon, and one count of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Faces at Least 10 Years in Prison.
