News from October 2018
By Interior Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Based on current weather models, Hurricane Michael is projected to strengthen to a major hurricane and make landfall in the Florida Panhandle, then weaken to a tropical storm and track through the Southeastern United States. Though Hurricane Michael will likely not hit with the strength of Hurricane Florence, it could impact the Eastern North Carolina area with tropical storm force winds and heavy rains which may result in flooding to some areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Paul M. Rosenfeld planned to detonate explosive device on the National Mall on Election Day to attract support for “Sortition".
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Following illegal entry in January 2018, GPS monitoring led to discovery that she was unlawfully working using a fake name.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating the federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A former Leavenworth inmate was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison for attacking a Leavenworth prison guard with a pair of scissors, said U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister. The defendant also was ordered to pay $18,692 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina -----The United States Attorney’s Office, the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services; SC Department of Employment and Workforce; SC Works; SC Vocational Rehabilitation; SC Department of Social Services; and the US Probation Office are continuing their statewide partnership to help individuals with prior criminal backgrounds secure employment.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: 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 reducing...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Bergen County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for using bogus litigation support companies to obtain millions of dollars from two law firms where she was a partner, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Teresa Yarborough-Walker, age 50, of Blythewood, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for Theft of Government Funds, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 641. She was also ordered to pay over $416,000 in restitution. Judge Mary Geiger Lewis presided.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - John Baker Rose, 77, of St. Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Dale A. Drozd to 10 years in prison, followed by a ten-year term of supervised release, for using the internet to induce a minor in Fresno, Calfiornia to engage in illegal sexual activity, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. The court also ordered that Rose pay the minor victim $25,000 in restitution.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: AMARGOSA VALLEY, NV -Wildlife biologists have good news to report about one of the world’s rarest fishes. Scientists counted 187 Devils Hole pupfish, which is the most they’ve observed in fifteen years.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - The co-owners and chief operating officer of one of the largest Iraqi dinar exchangers in the United States were convicted by a federal jury following a five-week trial. Tyson Rhame, James Shaw, and Frank Bell were each convicted of mail and wire fraud conspiracy, as well as multiple counts of mail and wire fraud. Rhame and Bell were also convicted of making false statements to federal law enforcement agents.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles sentenced TERRANCE THORNTON, a 25-year-old resident of Baton Rouge, to 120 months in federal prison following his conviction of possessing two firearms by a convicted felon. The Court further sentenced THORNTON to 3 years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment. The Court also ordered that the firearms possessed by THORNTON be forfeited.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: An 11-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Benjamin Uzilov with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, nine counts of Hobbs Act robbery, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Uzilov was previously arrested on a complaint that charged him with robbing ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that Better Buildings, Better Plants Program partners have reported a savings of more than $5.3 billion in cumulative energy costs. This represents approximately 12% of the U.S. manufacturing energy footprint. DOE is recognizing 12 new program partners, as well as 10 partners that have achieved their energy or water savings goal this year, bringing the total number of partners who have achieved their goals to 53.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Michael Richard Ayers, age 53, of East Wenatchee, Washington, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty on March 10, 2018, to Felon in Possession of a Firearms and Explosives and Possession...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., offered his support for a Senate resolution of disapproval that would roll back the Trump administration’s junk insurance plans.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A two-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury was unsealed today, charging six defendants with one count of conspiracy to commit robbery affecting interstate commerce and one count of robbery affecting interstate commerce. The indictment charges the following defendants with...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Michael A. Deshong (619) 546-9290.
