News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Kevin Kyes was sentenced today to five years in prison for wire fraud and money laundering convictions arising from a $7 million Ponzi scheme, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett, and the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Acting Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Susan Illston, U.S. District Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that a federal jury has convicted two members of a drug trafficking network operating in the Baton Rouge area. OSCAR MACHADO-GALEANA, age 31, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, allegedly tied to the Sinaloan Cartel in Mexico, was convicted of drug trafficking...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - 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 effective at reducing...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing a non-competitive (direct) sale of 10 acres of public land to the City of Henderson, Nevada, pursuant to the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 (SNPLMA), as amended, and applicable provisions of Section 203 of the Federal Land...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Defendant received benefits designated for a child no longer in her custody.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Washington - On May 4, 2018, the Erath County Dairy Sale Inc., Dublin, Texas, waived its right to a hearing, entered into a stipulation agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and paid a penalty of $2,500 for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Before today’s passage of the final element of tax reform 2.0, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) joined Stuart Varney on Fox Business’ “Varney & Co." to discuss the details.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: All three of the defendants were arrested this morning.
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: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Taylor Michael Wilson, 26, of St. Charles, Missouri, was sentenced today in federal court in Lincoln for violence against a transportation system and possession of an unregistered short barrel rifle. The Honorable John Gerrard sentenced Wilson to 168 months...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Alan Longmore, age 66, of Fayetteville, New York, appeared yesterday in federal court on charges that he received child pornography over the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Byron Ratliff, Jr., 21, of Pascagoula, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 2 years in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Ratliff was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan leaders from committees of jurisdiction in both the House and Senate today announced an agreement on sweeping legislation to combat the opioid crisis. In June, the House passed H.R. 6, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act by a vote of 396-14. On September 17th, the...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Roseburg, Ore. - Effective at 12:01 a.m. PDT on October 6, 2018, the Bureau of Land Management Roseburg District will rescind the July 1, 2018, Fire Prevention Order that was issued for the BLM managed lands administered by the Roseburg District Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jeremy Smith, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a child pornography charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: Awards honor outstanding contributions of volunteers in Yosemite National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management has rescinded fire restrictions on public lands managed by the Eagle Lake and Applegate field offices in Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Sierra, eastern Shasta and eastern Siskiyou counties in California and in Washoe County, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - United States Attorney Scott W. Brady joined the Department of Justice in announcing more than $70 million in grant funding to bolster school security, educate and train students and faculty, and support law enforcement officers and first responders who arrive on the scene of a school violence incident. In western Pennsylvania, $176,244 was awarded to the City of Erie, and two grants totaling $265,465 were awarded to the Erie City School District.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -The United States has secured a judgment in a civil action seeking the forfeiture of $396,589 associated with a United Arab Emirates-based company, Royal Pearls General Trading, that allegedly engaged in illegal business dealings involving a company in Iran, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Sean M. Cox, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Springfield, Illinois Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man has been convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, money laundering, structuring monetary instruments, and conspiracy to commit money laundering and structuring, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
