News from October 2018
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON- Starting Monday, Oct. 15, the National Park Service (NPS) will begin a new long-term change to the traffic pattern on Arlington Memorial Bridge. This change will reduce the bridge’s capacity from six to three lanes and one sidewalk until the rehabilitation is finished in 2021. To help...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that on October 4, 2018, Tromar Mapp, age 30, of Seaford, Delaware, was sentenced to 80 months in prison for dealing heroin and possessing a handgun in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, William F. Sweeney, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), James J. Hunt, Special Agent...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: MIAMI - A Palm Beach County man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to falsely impersonating a federal agent during a July cruise to the Bahamas while he was a passenger. The guilty plea resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Office of Professional Responsibility (ICE-OPR), and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James D. Robnett, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a consent decision with Low Country Livestock Exchange LLC (Low Country), Blackstock, S.C., for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in San Francisco filed a Third Superseding indictment today adding bribery to the list of charges pending against Wing Wo Ma, a/k/a Mark Ma, a/k/a Fat Mark, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The new indictment amends drug distribution charges originally brought Oct. 21, 2015, and conspiracy and murder charges filed April 6, 2017.
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: WICHITA, KAN. - A retired city clerk of Caney, Kan., was indicted today on charges of stealing more than $36,500 from the city, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Atanasio Jose Marcos Avila, 30, of Stockton, charging him with possessing methamphetamine for distribution, possessing a firearm as a felon, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Defendants Used Companies to Cause More Than $7 Million in Unauthorized Charges to Thousands of Consumers.
By State Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
Release: More information about Eritrea is available on the Eritrea Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced JERMAINE CHRISTOPHER PLEASANT a.k.a. “Plat Plat," age 36, of Donaldsonville, Louisiana, to 80 months in federal prison following his convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Skagway - Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is joining Skagway’s Fall Festival to share historical photos and Skagway stories on October 19.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: SAN JOSE- A federal grand jury indicted multiple Salinas-based gang members for a broad range of racketeering crimes, including racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder and assault in aid of racketeering, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, and assault with a dangerous weapon in aid...
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: Fugitive Wanted for Murder in Newark Added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: OXFORD, MS. William C. Lamar, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, together with Derrick L. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General in Atlanta and Jim Hood, Attorney General for the State of Mississippi, announced today that a Cleveland, Mississippi woman has pled guilty to defrauding the United States by operating multiple fraudulent hospice programs and submitting fraudulent claims.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - A former agent of Colombia’s now disbanded intelligence agency, the Administrative Security Department or Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS), was arrested on immigration violations Oct. 5 by special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations New York office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The former office manager of a Boston-based dental practice was charged in an indictment unsealed today in connection with embezzling funds from her former employer.
