News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Faces at Least 15 Years in Prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a Kenneth Pettway, Jr., 34, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 280 grams or more of crack cocaine, and possession with intent to distribute...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - Nearly 150 law enforcement officers from the FBI, DEA, Norfolk Police, and the U.S. Marshals participated in Operation Goodfellas this morning in Norfolk, executing arrest warrants on five Hampton Roads men for their alleged participation in a $19 million drug trafficking conspiracy. One man remains a fugitive.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Interior has published a Federal Register notice seeking public comment on a proposed categorical exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act for certain transfers of title of projects and facilities from the Bureau of Reclamation to qualifying non-federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -Antonio Spencer, 25, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to a five-year prison term after pleading guilty to a federal drug offense stemming from an investigation into the trafficking of PCP, crack cocaine and heroin in Southwest Washington. Six co-defendants previously were sentenced to prison terms in the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Chesterfield man who owned and operated an investment firm in Virginia Beach pleaded guilty today to mail fraud and engaging in monetary transactions in criminally derived property.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
Release: Washington, DC, Oct. 16, 2018 - Households impacted by Hurricane Michael in 12 Florida counties could be eligible for mass replacement of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced. This is one of several steps USDA is taking to ensure Floridians in need have the means to purchase food.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Sara Darrow has sentenced Randy Williams, 29, of the 300 block of North Rosewood, Kankakee, Ill., to 15 years in federal prison for his role in the armed robbery of a Champaign, Ill., Sprint store. Williams was sentenced on Oct. 15, 2018. In addition, Williams was ordered...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to the implementation of a new regulation on borrower defense to repayment which went into effect today after a federal judge struck down both the Trump Administration’s and for-profit colleges’ attempts to delay the rule.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev. - LeCharles Edward Baldon Sr. was sentenced Monday to 184 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine and heroin in the Reno area, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada, Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse for the FBI Las Vegas Division, and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Daniel W. Neill for the DEA Las Vegas office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A husband and wife were sentenced today for their roles in a scheme to smuggle counterfeit electronics, including Apple iPhones, iPads and iPods, from China for sale in the United States, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Medford, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Butte Falls Field Office, is seeking public comment on an Environmental Assessment for the Evans Creek Forest Management Project. The project is located north of the city of Rogue River in the Evans Creek watershed. The project proposes to implement...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Former Mayes County Deputy Sheriff Brett Mull, 47, of Pryor, surrendered to the Mayes County Sheriff’s Office on Monday in response to a Criminal Complaint filed in U.S. District Court alleging he misused his position to obtain methamphetamine that had been collected as evidence during drug investigations.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - It’s nearly impossible to see the integrity of the metal plates that form the bottom of the double-shell waste tanks (DSTs) buried about 50 feet underground at the Hanford Site, but hearing them may help researchers understand how they fare.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of bank robbery, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
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 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: CONCORD - Kyle Leavy, 32, of Farmington, was sentenced to 45 months in federal prison for fentanyl trafficking charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Universal American Mortgage Company, LLC (UAMC) has agreed to pay the United States $13.2 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by falsely certifying that it complied...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Johnstown on a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
