News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former employee of the District of Columbia Department of Human Resources pled guilty today to a federal bribery charge for accepting more than $140,000 in bribes from a consultant and independent contractor who did business with the government.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Spent Ten Months in Iowa Without Registering.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev.- The Bureau of Land Management is holding a competitive geothermal lease sale on Tuesday, October 23. The sale includes 11 parcels totaling 27,331.38 acres. The BLM will hold the lease sale online via www.energynet.com. The auction website is open to everyone; however, you must register as a bidder on the EnergyNet site before the sale in order to submit bids for any individual parcel.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: San Francisco, CA - Monterey Bay Aquarium, in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS) and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (Parks Conservancy), unveils a life-sized blue whale art installation at the heart of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Crissy Field in the Presidio, to...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Criminal charges against 17 members, associates, and drug suppliers of a Newark street gang that distributed heroin and crack cocaine and possessed and used firearms in furtherance of the gang’s drug trafficking activities were announced today by U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Justin Giesey, of Wheeling, West Virginia, has admitted to possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Christopher Williams, 49, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, was sentenced to serve 65 months in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that THOMAS JOHNSON, 27, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 156 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for robbery and firearm offenses.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and leading Democratic Committee members sent a letter today to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke urging him to rescind a recent Secretarial Order that threatens to further politicize how science is used across the Department of the Interior (DOI).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Plea Agreement Recommends 15-Year Prison Sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management High Desert District plans to burn slash piles in the Lousy George Juniper project located 10 miles south of the Currant Creek Ranch, and approximately 65 miles to the south/southwest of Rock Springs. The prescribed fire (pile burn) is scheduled throughout the fall, winter and spring months and is contingent upon fuel moisture, snow ground cover and the weather meeting optimal burn conditions.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Randy Williams, 47, of Jackson, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Robert W. Tucker, Jr., of Star City, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 34 months incarceration for a sex offender registration violation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Antonio Shaw, 31, of Philadelphia, PA, was found guilty today by a jury of one count of assault with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Donald McKinney, 53, of Dansville, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: A Hialeah check casher pled guilty yesterday to laundering over $100 million in proceeds of healthcare, mortgage and identity theft tax refund fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of food stamp fraud, access device fraud and identity theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: St. Augustine, FL - In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Castillo de San Marcos National Monument will host a special evening tour on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. Please join us for a special look at soldier life in the Castillo during the First Spanish period (1565-1763).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: MINEOLA, NY - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an alleged MS-13 associate has been arraigned on charges of conspiracy and operating as a major drug trafficker for allegedly brokering drug deals from inside a federal prison in Mississippi.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Valeria A. Nickerson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito announced criminal charges against 17 members, associates, and drug suppliers of a Newark street gang that distributed heroin and crack cocaine and possessed and used firearms in furtherance of the gang’s drug trafficking activities.
