News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Mickey D. Leadingham, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, today announced that a grand jury in Hartford returned an indictment yesterday charging PATRICK ROGERS, 38, of Waterbury, with one count of possession of firearms by a previously convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Leonard Mathews Ordered A Shooting In The Bronx That Injured Three Bystanders.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: COLUMBIA, SC ------ United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today the District of South Carolina has been awarded $547,945.00 in Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grants to combat violent crime. The South Carolina Department of Public Safety Office of Highway Safety and Justice Programs will serve as the fiscal agent for the funds, which will be awarded to sub-grantees in a competitive grant process to be announced shortly.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, spoke on the Senate floor ahead of the passage of new legislation to address opioid crisis. Murray applauded the package of solutions which were developed over several...
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), the centerpiece of the Department’s violent crime reduction strategy. Today, $28 million in grant funding was awarded nationally to combat violent crime through PSN programs, as well...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Derrious Emadrick Dillon, 37, of McComb, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge David Bramlette III to two years in prison followed by one year of supervised release for aggravated identity theft, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Todd Damiani, with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Inspector General. Dillon was also ordered to pay a $1500 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Trent Shores announced today the results of the October 2018 Federal Grand Jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that three Lower Brule, South Dakota, individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man who was arrested following a domestic disturbance in which he discharged his weapon was sentenced today to 94 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: MONROE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that an illegal alien from Honduras was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison for illegally possessing a pistol in West Monroe.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Defendant waged cyberstalking campaigns against seven individuals, hacking computers, sending child pornography and making more than 120 hoax bomb threats.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: ROSEBURG, OR - Don’t miss out on a great opportunity to share some of your amazing photos taken on public lands! Whether it's photos of wild and scenic rivers or recreation areas and trails, we want to share your photos and stories about exploring the great outdoors. This year we are celebrating the...
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Eastern District of Tennessee to receive $294,968.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Buffalo, Wyo. - Due to subsiding fire danger, the Bureau of Land Management is removing the fire restrictions on public lands in Sheridan, Johnson and Campbell Counties on Oct. 3, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: According to information disclosed during court proceedings, as part of an undercover sting operation, a Kennewick Police Department detective with the Southeast Regional Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, posing as a 16-year old minor and pimp, signed on to the “Pinger" social media application...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Newton man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for conducting an extensive cyberstalking campaign against his former housemate, her family members, co-workers, friends, and other unrelated individuals. The defendant hacked into his former housemate’s online accounts, posted fraudulent sexual solicitations in the victims’ names, sent unsolicited images of child pornography, and made over 120 hoax bomb threats.
By State Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today praised Senate passage of The Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018 (BUILD Act) as part of legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: BECKLEY, W. Va. -- United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a Beckley man was sentenced to 36 months in prison on federal drug and gun charges. Stuart commended the investigation conducted by the Beckley Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Luray, Virginia: In response to feedback from the commercial tour industry, the National Park Service (NPS) is standardizing commercial use authorization (CUA) requirements and fees for road-based commercial tour operators. Currently, road-based commercial tour operators must navigate permitting processes and associated fees that can vary from park to park. The NPS defines road-based commercial tours as one or more persons traveling by vehicle on an improved roadway.
