News from October 2018
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) is the “star" of an upcoming autumn night sky event; October 21 marks the 48th anniversary of the establishment of the National Lakeshore. In celebration of their birthday, please join park rangers and astronomers from the Grand Traverse Astronomical...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE - Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC has entered into a settlement agreement with the United States, requiring it to undertake steps to address accessibility issues at check-out aisles at all of its 400 stores and bring them into compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), announced United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island Stephen G. Dambruch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Opioids kill hundreds of Iowans every year. Opioid abuse remains at an all-time high and these dangerous drugs wreak havoc on lives and communities. Unfortunately, all too often, the use of an opioid ends with death because people do not know what they have or how dangerous it is.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a Joint Record of Decision (ROD) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for the Greater Mooses Tooth 2 (GMT2) project, continued production of oil and gas from federal lands in the 22.1-million acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chanel Holland, age 36, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to obstructing an official proceeding arising from Holland providing information regarding law enforcement activity, including sealed indictments and investigative information, to the target of a drug trafficking investigation. At the time, Holland was employed as the Human Resource Administrator in the Anne Arundel County Sheriff’s Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that PETER GALBRAITH KELLY JR., a former executive at Competitive Power Ventures (“CPV"), was sentenced to 14 months in prison for defrauding CPV by misrepresenting that the former Executive Deputy Secretary...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - On Oct. 11, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted two men for firearms theft from a UPS facility. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the indictment today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, jointly submitted formal comments yesterday afternoon on two U.S. Forest Service Advanced Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) in which...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Julio Contreras, a/k/a Blue Demon, 34, of McAllen, Texas, who was convicted of racketeering conspiracy involving five kilograms or more of cocaine, and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 121 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced and welcomed Assistant United States Attorneys Kathleen Stoughton and Elliott Daniels to her staff this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Baudel Lopez-Rodriguez, age 41, of Woodall, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to Illegal Alien In Possession of Firearm and Ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(5)(A) and 924(a)(2), punishable by not more than 10 years imprisonment, a fine up to $250,000.00, or both.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: “If you don’t know what happened behind you, you’ve no idea of what is happening around you.".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for the sexual exploitation of a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Ronnie Haycock, 42, of Kayenta, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes to six years’ imprisonment, to be followed by fifteen years of supervised release. Haycock, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, had previously pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Nicholas Veelenturf, 31, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Senior Judge George Z. Singal to two years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring with others to steal checks...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chanel Holland, age 36, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to obstructing an official proceeding arising from Holland providing information regarding law enforcement activity, including sealed indictments and investigative information, to the target of a drug trafficking investigation. At the time, Holland was employed as the Human Resource Administrator in the Anne Arundel County Sheriff’s Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Wexford, Pa. pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of unlawfully distributing controlled substances, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States of America, through its Departments of Justice, Treasury, and State announced today a series of measures to target and dismantle the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) - one of the largest, most dangerous drug cartels currently operating in Mexico. These measures include...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Patrick Washington, Jr., 34, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before Judge U.S. Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder to possession with intent to distribute butyryl fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration is gearing up to kick off its annual Red Ribbon Campaign, the nation’s largest drug prevention effort, which launches October 23.
