News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 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 3, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - The DEA announces the sentencing of Fany Madrigal-Lopez, 45, to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised release, following a hearing in federal court yesterday. Madrigal-Lopez previously pleaded guilty in April 2018, to two federal drug charges, including the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison and U.S. Marshal Mark S. James announced today the results of a law enforcement operation that resulted in dozens of arrests and the seizure of multiple firearms and illegal drugs as part of the district’s renewed Project Safe Neighborhoods program.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two bills and several important measures from U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are included in the final Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill the Senate passed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Min Lin (35) and He Ying Qiu (46), both of Jacksonville, have pleaded guilty to harboring illegal aliens for the purpose of commercial advantage and private financial gain. Each faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser 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...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
Release: Washington, DC, Oct. 3, 2018 - Households impacted by Hurricane Florence in South Carolina could be eligible for mass replacement of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced. This is one of many recent steps USDA has taken to ensure North and South Carolinians in need have food to eat.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Thomas L. Noyes, Inspector in Charge, Fort Worth Division, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, announced today the indictment of Stephen Gregory Potts, 46, of Conway, after he allegedly fired multiple shots in a Conway post office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Honduran man was sentenced in federal court today to 46 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to launder into the United States more than $1.3 million in foreign bribe payments and public funds from the Republic of Honduras, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Deputy Director and Acting Director Ronald D. Vitiello of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
Release: On Oct. 03, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the availability of credit guarantees for sales of U.S. agricultural commodities under the Commodity Credit Corporation’s (CCC) Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102) for fiscal year 2019. Further details of the announcements may be found at.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri Lydon stated today that Melvin Leonard Wimmer, Jr., age 53, of Greenwood, South Carolina was sentenced in federal court in Greenville, South Carolina, for Securities Fraud. Senior United States District Judge Henry Herlong, of Greenville, sentenced Wimmer to 75 months imprisonment and 5 years Supervised Release. The court also ordered Wimmer to pay $3,056,000 in restitution.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: On Oct. 2, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) met with the Oil and Natural Gas Sector Coordinating Council as part of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator David Pekoske and National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Government Officials: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig: “This is the welcome news our farmers need as they bring in this year’s harvest and plan for 2019. Canada and Mexico are our first and second largest trading partners. This agreement brings much needed certainty to our producers and ensures ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Attorney General Sessions today commemorated the reinvigoration of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. In support of the Department’s PSN programs throughout the country, the Attorney General also announced awards of almost ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, it is an honor for me to appear before you today on behalf of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. I want to thank especially Chairman Lee and Ranking Member Klobuchar for your support of my efforts ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury unsealed an indictment today charging Michael Brandon Smirnoff, 25, a former officer at the Tallassee Police Department in Tallassee, Alabama, with federal civil rights and obstruction offenses. Smirnoff is charged with two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 242, and one count of obstruction of justice, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1519.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: A Honduran man was sentenced in federal court today to 46 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to launder into the United States more than $1.3 million in foreign bribe payments and public funds from the Republic of Honduras, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Deputy Director and Acting Director Ronald D. Vitiello of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: A Massachusetts man was sentenced today to 210 months in prison for conducting an extensive cyberstalking campaign against his former housemate, her family members, co-workers, friends, and others, including hacking into her online accounts, posting fraudulent sexual solicitations in their names, sending ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Nippon Chemi-Con was sentenced to pay a $60 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices for electrolytic capacitors sold to customers in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today. The $60 million fine is the largest fine imposed in the Justice Department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio traveled to Mexico City on Tuesday to lead the U.S. delegation in the Trilateral Working Group on Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls. The meeting was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico as a result of the commitments from the North American Leaders Summit (NALS) in 2016.
