News from October 2018
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
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By USDA Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today released the following statement after President Trump proclaimed Oct. 14-20, 2018, as National School Lunch Week.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: 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 every day, grid...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Robert Mack, a/k/a “Tweet," 53, of Sharon Hill, PA, was found guilty today by a jury of the following crimes: conspiracy to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine base (one count); distribution of cocaine (one count); distribution of cocaine...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: Defendant Pleads Guilty in Multimillion Dollar Prize-Promotion Scam Affecting Elderly Victims.
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: SAN JOSE - A federal grand jury indicted Kristopher Purcell, aka “K-Dawg," charging him with two counts of attempted murder in aid of racketeering; two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering; and one count of use of a firearm during and in relation to, or possession in furtherance of, a crime of violence, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Monday, Vonshay Robinson, 31, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic firearms, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that on Oct. 12, 2018, PASCUAL RODRIGUEZ, 50, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in New York, New York, pleaded guilty in New Haven federal court to one count of kidnapping.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Danny Luna, 32, of Carson was sentenced on Oct. 10, 2018 by U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd to over 13 years in prison for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. In July 2018, Luna pleaded guilty to the charge.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: (DICKINSON, N.D.) - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) are seeking public scoping comments regarding the preparation of an environmental assessment (EA) that will analyze potential impacts from leasing 320 acres of federal coal to the Coyote Creek Mining Company adjacent to its existing Coal Creek Mine in Mercer County.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Mauricio Varela, 48, of Silver City, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 168 months of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on racketeering and assault charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Department of Justice announced today that Indal Technologies Inc. (Indal) has agreed to pay $3.5 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly sold defective helicopter landing systems designed for U.S. Navy destroyers. Indal, of Ontario, Canada, is a division within Curtiss-Wright Corporation of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: COLUMBIA, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO), along their local, state, and federal law enforcement partners, will visit schools across South Carolina to meet with students as a part of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: COLUMBIA, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO), along their local, state, and federal law enforcement partners, will visit schools across South Carolina to meet with students as a part of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that, on Oct. 11, 2018, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging CHRISTOPHER J. SAKELARAKIS, 34, of Milford, with fraud and money laundering offenses stemming from an investment scheme that defrauded an elderly victim of $60,000.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area will be observing Veteran’s Day on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. Superintendent Niki Stephanie Nicholas has authorized a night of free camping at the Alum Ford Campground as well as for all backcountry permits during this time.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Nicholas Carroll Watkins, 30, of Valley Springs, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 25 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release for receiving material involving the sexual exploitation of minors, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Watkins will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - One year ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which Attorney General Sessions has made the centerpiece of the Department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at...
