News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Montgomery AL--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 5, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond man was sentenced today to over 17 years in prison for distribution of crack cocaine, possession of a firearm after a felony conviction, and violations of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Oct. 3, 2018, Oscar Chaves (55 years old) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was sentenced in Federal Court to 40 months in prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography contrary to Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2252A(a)(5). After his release from prison, Chaves will spend 5 years on supervised release.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced their intention to enter into negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement between the United States and Japan...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging MICHAEL CORTEZ REED, 25, with the attempted robbery of a Walgreens pharmacy, as well as drug-trafficking and firearms violations.[1] REED was arraigned yesterday afternoon before Magistrate Judge Becky R. Thorson in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today that seven Russians were indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges relating to a criminal hacking campaign that included the theft and public dissemination of private medical records of 250 athletes, including U.S. Olympic...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Spokane - Joseph H. Harrington, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, observed that 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Faces a minimum 10years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Carlos Figueroa Rivas, age 58, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, pled guilty today to encouraging and inducing an illegal alien to enter the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain joins the Department of Justice and other United States Attorneys across the country in commemorating the one year anniversary of the reinvigoration and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) - the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the United States, Mexico, and Canada announced that an agreement has been reached on the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, AR - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Jason Jerrell Smith, age 34, of Germantown, Tennessee was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in federal Prison followed by three years supervised release and ordered to pay restitution...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Sedro Woolley, WA - Effective immediately, trails, camps, and cross-country zones are open in the North Cascades National Park Service Complex after the Crescent Mountain Fire closure. The Crescent Mountain Fire started 21 miles west of Twisp on July 29, 2018.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Congressman Jimmy Panetta, California State Senator Bill Monning, State Assemblymember Mark Stone, and representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Elkhorn Slough Foundation gathered on October 5 at Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore announces the final opportunity to participate in the Evening at the Cape programs on Friday, Oct. 19, and Saturday, October 20.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Today, the President signed into law a measure (H.R. 302) that includes a major five-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as well as a package of federal disaster program reforms that will save lives and reduce the growing cost impacts of disasters of all types.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: This free event is open to all, beginning at 9:00 am October 11 and 12, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Defendants Used Software that Allowed Anonymous Communication on the Web, Enticed Minors to Send them Sexually Explicit Images, Attempted to Produce Child Pornography, and Used Public Computers at the Library to Obtain Child Pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: REDDING, Calif. - The Chappie-Shasta Off Highway Vehicle Recreation Area near Redding is now open to the public. The Bureau of Land Management had closed the area, because of impacts from the Carr Fire. The Shasta Campground at the OHV area will also be open for overnight camping.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: GREENSBORO, N.C. -- One year ago today, 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...
