News from October 2018
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Join us at the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center for a celebration of our national fossil heritage across the country. On October 27th, participate in National Fossil Day™, an annual celebration held to highlight the scientific and educational value of paleontology and the importance of preserving fossils for future generations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Jesse Houston, 25 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge DeGuilio upon his plea of guilty to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood today announced the indictment and arrest of three individuals for their alleged roles in trafficking significant quantities of untaxed cigarettes from Virginia to Kings County. In a 21-count indictment unsealed today in Kings County Supreme Court, the defendants were charged with various tax- and money laundering-related crimes for their involvement in the cigarette trafficking network.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Broussard woman was sentenced Wednesday to 24 months in prison for embezzling almost $275,000 from bank customers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gerald A. Lawson III, 31, of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 60 months in prison for acting as a straw purchaser for Quentin L. Smith, a convicted felon who shot and killed two Westerville Police Officers on Feb. 10, 2018.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, on the 46th anniversary of enactment of the Clean Water Act, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA) sent a letter...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today that Skylor Ramazani Norman, 24, of Broken Arrow, was sentenced to serve more than 10 years in federal prison after being found guilty of Enticement of a Minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal jury today convicted a Chilton County man on multiple counts of transporting two minor girls for illegal sexual activity and producing, transporting, and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E, Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JULIET JACOB, 49, of Wake Forest, North Carolina, formerly of Bridgeport, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of health care fraud stemming from a Medicaid fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Contact: Peggie Gaul, 301-663-9388, peggie_gaul@nps.gov. Bridge to be replaced at Catoctin Mountain Park. Project will impact parking at visitor center. THURMONT, Md. - In November, the National Park Service will begin work on the replacement of a bridge leading to the auxiliary parking...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Shane Mann, 31, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 84 months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws by being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Mann will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) released the following statement on Thursday about the Trump administration’s announcement that the United States will withdraw from the Universal Postal Union (UPU)...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL SIVA pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and fraud in connection with his role in an insider trading scheme based on material, nonpublic...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Shane Mann, 31, of Roswell, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 84 months in prison for violating the federal firearms laws by being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Mann will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers arrested one of ERO’s Most Wanted fugitives Wednesday during a targeted operation in Central Louisiana that resulted in the capture of a convicted child sex offender who is now facing additional felony charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Orefo Okeke, 40, Arlington, Texas (formerly of Lagos, Nigeria), was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William B. Conley to 45 months in federal prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, and ordered to pay $582,955.90 in restitution. In addition, the court ordered Okeke to forfeit as a personal money judgment $582,955.90 in ill-gotten gains.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A personality on a Persian-language television network who formerly acted as an “immigration consultant" was sentenced today to one year and one day in federal prison for paying cash bribes to corrupt U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers in exchange for the immigration officers approving applications for citizenship.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Cedric Winfield, 23, of Clinton, pled guilty yesterday before Senior U.S. District Judge William H. Barbour, Jr. to carjacking, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Christopher Freeze, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mississippi.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2018
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) was selected to receive a 2018-2019 field trip grant from the National Park Foundation (NPF), the official charity of America’s national parks. This grant will allow fourth grade classes the opportunity to explore the National Lakeshore on a snowshoeing adventure for free and learn about winter ecology, snow science, and more in a hands-on, experiential format.
