News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Stoughton man was indicted today in federal court in Boston for distributing fentanyl and crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Yako Miska Andrew, 28, of Anchorage, has been charged for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The charge is a result of last week’s undercover "stolen vehicle sweep" conducted by APD, with the assistance of other state and federal law enforcement agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Donald McKinney, 53, of Dansville, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distributing 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A Mexican man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to more than five years in prison following his conviction for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens which resulted in ten deaths.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: PRICE, Utah - In support of the Secretary’s priority to sustainably develop America’s energy and natural resources, the Price Field Office finalized the environmental assessment and today signed the decision record for the Horse Bench Natural Gas Development Project. Signing the decision record authorizes the XTO Energy Inc. project, located 36 miles north of Price, Utah, in Carbon County.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and to illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK- Twenty defendants from White County have been charged in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud by allegedly obtaining unemployment insurance benefits to which they were not entitled in Arkansas and 15 other states.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: On October 9, 2018, Algernon C. Perkins, of Alorton, Illinois had an initial appearance on a two-count criminal complaint charging him with Interference with Commerce by Robbery for his alleged involvement in the robbery of two locations of the Cash Store within the Southern District of Illinois, United...
By State Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
Release: Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2016.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and House Natural Resources Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ), along with Representatives Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands, Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ranking...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), celebrated Senate passage of the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA) - a major bipartisan, bicameral water infrastructure bill that Senator Carper co-authored along with ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: A drug user who was selling a cutting agent claiming it was methamphetamine was sentenced today to more than three years in federal prison.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), praised the Senate's passage of S. 3021, America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Chariman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Michael C. Burgess M.D. (R-TX) released the following statement after President Donald Trump today signed two important bills into law, S. 2553 the Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018, and S. 2554 the Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MAURICE WEARING, 29, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 140 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for drug trafficking and his role in an attempt to destroy the body of a victim of a related murder with a homemade pipe bomb on July 4, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: TULSA, Okla.- United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today that Bolutife Olusegun Olorunda, 29, of Vancouver, Washington, was sentenced to three months of probation for Assault Within Maritime and Territorial Jurisdiction.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Subcommittee on Environment Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today issued the following statement after the Senate passed S. 3021, the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, by a vote of 99-1. The bill now heads to President Trump’s desk for his signature.
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: Louisiana Man Sentenced to Prison for his Role in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 10, 2018
News Release: Join geologist Zoran Kilibarda, for an afternoon of learning about Lake Michigan sand and beach pebbles on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center. Following a presentation in the visitor center, follow Zoran to Dunbar Beach to learn about the differences between native and non-native stones.
