News from October 2018
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Sierra Front Field Office recently contracted with a company to clean a large (approximately two acre) illegal dump site located east of Silver Springs, Nevada. This site, which had the appearance of a small landfill became a popular spot for illegal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida, Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade State Attorney, Robert F. Lasky, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the FBI, and Artie DeLaneuville, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that a superseding indictment was unsealed today, charging nine members of a drug trafficking organization with multiple counts related to the distribution of large quantities of drugs in North Philadelphia, including cocaine, crack, methamphetamine, and heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Providence man who stole the personal banking information of several individuals, including a retired Providence firefighter, and used that information to gain access to their bank accounts, was sentenced on Wednesday to 60 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rashawn Crule, 42, of Buffalo, N.Y. pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin before U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life and an $8,000,000 fine.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
Release: BALTIMORE - Residents of the White Marsh area of Baltimore will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s TSA Pre✓® application program at the Keller Williams Gateway Nov. 5 - 8, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center in a specially equipped recreational vehicle that is designed for individuals to apply for TSA Pre✓®.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An Everett man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with a scheme to defraud the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance of more than $1.8 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Three Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distributing Opioids that Led to Deaths in Northern Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Crystal Mebane McGinty, age 58, of Silver Spring, Maryland, with mail fraud, theft of government property, and aggravated identity theft, in connection with a scheme to obtain over $517,000 of her deceased mother’s social...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned a seven-count indictment Thursday morning charging William Clyde Allen, III, age 39, of Logan, Utah, in connection with ricin-related threats. The indictment alleges he knowingly threatened to use a biological agent and toxin, specifically ricin, as a weapon.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Karen Cucurullo Named Southeast Deputy Regional Director.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for a nearly $500,000 investment fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will reopen most coastal and backcountry trails and campsites on Fri., Oct. 19. Other parts of the park reopened last month following a record 134-day closure due to hazardous volcanic and seismic activity on Kīlauea Volcano.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Terry J. Albury, 39, a former Special Agent of the FBI, was sentenced today to 48 months in the District of Minnesota in connection with his unauthorized disclosure and retention of classified national defense information.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and leading Democratic Committee members sent a letter today to Michael E. Horowitz, chairman of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), raising concerns about the replacement of Department of the Interior...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) announced Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will appear on Oct. 24, 2018, for a transcribed interview conducted by Chairmen Bob Goodlatte and Trey Gowdy and Ranking Members Jerry Nadler and Elijah Cummings.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a Finding of No Significant Impact on the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of Big Valley Rancheria project to construct a backup drinking well on tribal property.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Stacey Becker Lawson, age 41, of Henryetta, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Theft, Embezzlement Or Misapplication By Bank Employee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 656, punishable by not more than 30 years imprisonment, up to a $1,000,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A former Webb County Commissioner and a former city councilman have entered guilty pleas to conspiracy to commit federal program bribery, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Tim Braley announced today along with FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs.
