News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: ALBANY: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Ronnie Jones a/k/a “Dank," age 37, of Boston, Georgia and Gina Curry, age 35, of Pavo, Georgia, were sentenced for Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Hugh...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, United States District Terrence W. Boyle sentenced MICHAEL MONTRAY FRINK, 25, of Bolivia, North Carolina, to 117 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Kione Anthony Banks, age 21, of Washington, D.C., to nine years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, on federal charges of robbery, and using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. The federal charges arose from a series of armed robberies of 7-Eleven convenience stores.
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 the House passed the American Innovation Act and the Family Savings Act, two of the three bills that make up Tax Reform 2.0...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: ANNISTON - Authorities today arrested an 18-year-old Anniston man on federal charges for having a pistol at an Anniston High School football game on Sept. 28, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Florida man pleaded guilty this week to trafficking nearly 10 kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - One year ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made the centerpiece of the Department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact on acquiring up to 1,000 acre-feet of water for the Refuge Water Supply Program, specifically for Kern National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: 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: October Marks One-Year Anniversary of Justice Department Anti-Violent Crime Program.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: On October 5, 2018, the President signed the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. The Act establishes new conditions for recreational use of drones and immediately repeals the Special Rule for Model Aircraft.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Defendants Had DUIs, Other Convictions; Some Reentered United States Multiple Times.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: HOWELL, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Hamiltime Herb Co. LLC after inspectors found employees exposed to safety and health hazards in a follow-up investigation at its Howell, New Jersey, facility in May 2018. OSHA proposed penalties totaling $152,829.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Television personality Michael “The Situation" Sorrentino was sentenced today to eight months in prison and his brother, Marc Sorrentino, to 24 months in prison for violating federal tax laws, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito, District of New Jersey; Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax Division; and IRS Special Agent in Charge John R. Tafur announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A 10-count indictment was unsealed today charging Daniel Zhu, 38, of Sacramento, with conspiracy to commit international money laundering, substantive counts of international money laundering, and conspiracy to manufacture and manufacturing of marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: HUNTSVILLE - A Huntsville man who shot at police in 2015 when they came to his home to serve a search warrant received a federal prison sentence Thursday of more than 17 years, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
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: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that BRITTANY THEOPHILE, age 30, and RACHELLE KELSON, age 25, both of the greater New Orleans area, pleaded guilty today before United States District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown, to charges relating to their use of a telephone to commit, cause or facilitate the commission of a crime (an attempt to introduce controlled substances into the Orleans Parish Prison).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - One year ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made the centerpiece of the Department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Connecticut man was indicted yesterday in federal court in Springfield on a federal firearms charge.
