News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A California man was sentenced Monday to serve three years on federal probation for unlawfully selling copyrighted aviation data updates, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. In addition, the defendant was ordered to pay more than $30,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: HUNTSVILLE- A task force established to prevent violent crime in the City of Huntsville held its inaugural meeting today at the Huntsville Police Department, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Huntsville Police Chief Mark McMurray.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $46 million in research funding to advance holistic solutions that provide grid operators the situational awareness and mitigation strategies against cyber and physical threats. With more and more solar generation coming online ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 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 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 Homeland Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), working jointly with the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF) partners, seized 2,325 pounds of cocaine Oct. 13, from a go-fast vessel near Las Paulinas Beach in the municipality of Luquillo. The cocaine has an estimated street value of $29.6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Derek Blake, 32, of Sidney, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Senior Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr., to 3½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack," and maintaining a drug-involved premises.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LAPRESE GOLLMAN, 43, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by eight years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Shawn Sherman Wilson, Jr., 27, of Harrisburg, Oregon, was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release for dealing heroin and illegally possessing a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: Fort Scott, Kansas - Friday, October 19. 2018, Fort Scott National Historic Site (FOSC) will celebrate its 40th Anniversary as a National Park site. On Oct. 19, 1978, “…in order to commemorate the significant role played by Fort Scott in the opening of the West, as well as, the Civil War and the strife in the State of Kansas that preceded it…" FOSC was established.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Shailesh Kothari, a/k/a Shue Kothari, the chief executive officer for Primera Medical Group, was arraigned on federal charges alleging healthcare fraud for submitting more than 4,500 fraudulent claims for allergy treatments. Co-defendant, Timothy McMenamin, the chief operating officer for Primera Medical Group, was also charged for his role in the scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: WELLFLEET, Mass-Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent Brian Carlstrom will host a “State of the Seashore" program on Thursday, October 25 at 6:30 pm at Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham. Salt Pond Visitor Center is located at 50 Nauset Road at the intersection of Route 6. The program is free, accessible, and open to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Deandre Stanfield, 38, of Fresno, was sentenced last week by Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa - A former resident of Oil City, PA pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today highlighted a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that showed people have improved access to health care in states that have expanded Medicaid compared to states that have not expanded.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has designated four new Centers of Excellence at universities across the nation as part of the Stewardship Science Academic Alliances (SSAA) Program.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: Rangers Searching for Information Regarding Unoccupied Vessel on Lake Mead.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - As part the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California’s strategy to reduce violent crime, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced the following cases involving illegal firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Deandre Stanfield, 38, of Fresno, was sentenced last week by Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Today, at the Port of Wilmington, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), highlighted significant Delaware wins in the bill America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA) - a major bipartisan, bicameral water infrastructure ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: Grand Teton National Park rangers conducted an early evening short-haul rescue at Hidden Falls on the west side of Jenny Lake on Saturday, October 13. Teton Interagency Dispatch received a call at approximately 4:45 p.m. on Saturday from a bystander indicating someone had fallen and needed help at Hidden...
