News from October 2018
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: SUSANVILLE, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management will offer a special fall colors bike ride and bike shuttle Saturday, Oct. 20, on the Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail near Susanville. Participants can get some exercise and enjoy spectacular fall colors. The ride will be on a smooth and wide gravel trail.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Providence man who admitted to robbing a Providence bank as it was closing for the business day on Valentine’s Day in February 2017 was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Recently, the Chattanooga Police Department announced crime statistics showing reductions in violent crime from 2017 to 2018. According to the statistics, criminal homicides were down 61%; gang member involved homicides were down 53%; and non-fatal shootings involving gang members were down 35%. Overall, persons shot in Chattanooga, both fatal and non-fatal, were reduced by 27%.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Several people with domestic violence convictions have recently been indicted in federal court as part of an emphasis on keeping firearms out of the hands of domestic abusers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder joined the Department of Justice today 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, including $223,092 for the Anchorage School District in Alaska.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Georgia man was sentenced today to over 15 years in prison for armed robbery of two banks and one credit union.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate passed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2017 Wednesday, a bill that would rename the Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and streamline its...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Berlin MD- On Oct. 2, 2018 at approximately 7:30 in the evening, an 18 year old solid bay stallion, N9BFNY (Sir Gruff) was struck and killed by a car. It is not known if speed was a factor. A full investigation of this accident is underway. N9BFNY and his band, N10T (Ninka) and N10T-JO (Assateague Phoenix) normal range is in the vicinity of Tingles Island and Pine Tree backcountry sites but they have spent the summer in the developed area.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Blue Moon Coins took in $1.3 Million and Failed to Provide Promised Precious Metals.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Southern District U.S. Attorney Bobby L. Christine 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that five Anchorage residents have been indicted on federal kidnapping and drug trafficking charges, among other offenses, in connection with the August 2017 beating and placing of a victim into a dog kennel.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Four Florida residents were sentenced today to a combined 297 months incarceration for their involvement with a gas station skimming fraud scheme, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - Five plead guilty this week pursuant to an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York’s El Dorado’s Task Force, working with the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the New York division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - The Department of Justice announced today that six Massachusetts jurisdictions will receive over $3 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a federal jury in Shreveport found five members of the “Block Boyz" gang guilty on RICO and drug trafficking offenses, as well as firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Two men from Toledo were indicted for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of aiding and abetting the possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - 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 3, 2018
News Release: RIVERSIDE, California - An Arizona man has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter for his role in a fatal bus crash that happened after he parked his truck - without any lights or warning cones - on a highway on the Fort Irwin Army Base in the Mojave Desert.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that Marcia Evans, 60, of Gilbert, and Kimberly McCoy, 43, of Amherstdale, were sentenced for their involvement in the theft of the controlled substance Suboxone. Evans and McCoy were sentenced to 10 and 6 months in prison, respectively.
