News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: JACKSON, Miss. - In October 2017, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods, which Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made the centerpiece of the Department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that an illegal alien from Honduras was indicted on multiple firearms violations and illegally re-entering the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Suspected drug dealer Trevon Lucas was indicted by a federal grand jury for distributing fentanyl that caused the death of a La Jolla resident, identified only as C.A.S. in court filings.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- At approximately 1:00 am this morning, Oct. 11, an officer involved shooting occurred on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. The suspect is in custody at this time. The National Park Service (NPS) does not believe there to be any ongoing safety concerns for the public. The park remains open and all visitor services are available.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced William Patrick King (36) to 35 years in federal prison for attempted production of child pornography. King had pleaded guilty on Feb. 22, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Kevin J. Washington, Jr., of Glenolden, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 63 months incarceration for a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND - Two members of the West Oakland gang, Acorn, were sentenced for their respective roles in a criminal racketeering conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The Honorable Phyllis J. Hamilton, Chief United...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Paul Doucet, 37, Holmen, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 10 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography. This term of imprisonment is to be followed by a 25-year period of supervised release. Doucet pleaded guilty to this charge on July 2, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking public comment on the Transcanyon Water Distribution Pipeline (Pipeline) Environmental Assessment (EA). Public comments will be accepted for a 30-day period from today, Wednesday, October 10 through Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: CINCINNATI - A Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) operative, Yanjun Xu, aka Qu Hui, aka Zhang Hui, has been arrested and charged with conspiring and attempting to commit economic espionage and steal trade secrets from multiple U.S. aviation and aerospace companies. Xu was extradited to the United States yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of willfully failing to pay over payroll taxes, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: In San Antonio today, Senior U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra sentenced 47-year-old Pedro Silva Segura to 108 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his role in an undocumented alien smuggling operation that resulted in ten deaths last year, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Roanoke, VIRGINIA - 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A previously deported Dominican national pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to charges that he reentered the country illegally, and then used the identities and Social Security numbers of others without their knowledge to fraudulently obtain health care and welfare benefits.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security has issued a waiver to ensure the expeditious construction of gates in existing wall structure near the international border in the state of Texas. The waiver was published in the Federal Register Oct. 10, 2018.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2018 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of a producer and an expert in finance and management to serve as members on the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board of Directors.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 10, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that Vicki Christiansen will serve as the 19th Chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service. Christiansen has been serving as Interim Chief since March of this year. Following the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it is requiring CVS Health Corporation (CVS) and Aetna Inc. (Aetna) to divest Aetna’s Medicare Part D prescription drug plan business for individuals in order to proceed with their $69 billion merger. The proposed divestiture to WellCare Health Plans, Inc. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Good Morning. On behalf of the Attorney General of the United States, Jeff Sessions, I want to express appreciation to INTERPOL for inviting me here today, specifically the members of the Wildlife Crime Working Group and its chair, Grant Miller, and the members of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. siblings pleaded guilty today for their April attack on a federal prosecutor and a murder victim’s daughter outside the Superior Court for the District of Columbia, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
