News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man pleaded guilty Wednesday to unlawfully importing endangered leopard cats, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Oregon and Washington today announced that it is reopening the public call for nominations for open positions on five of its citizen-based advisory councils.
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Includes $865,000 For Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES, And Wayne And Niagara Counties In Western District Of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced that James Thomas Butler II (38, Jacksonville) has been arrested and charged by a federal criminal complaint with production and attempted production of child pornography. In 2001, Butler was convicted of attempted sexual battery...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Department of Justice Collaborates With Canadian and Mexican Partners on Programs and Best Practices to Prevent and Respond to Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - 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, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Smirnoff is charged...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Both chambers of Congress have now passed legislation that includes a bipartisan provision by U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, that would grant government agencies the necessary authorities to protect against drone threats. The bill now heads to the President’s desk for his signature.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - 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...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, announced today the arrest of Michael...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: $247,251 Awarded for Western District of Oklahoma.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
Release: SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today reminded local Santa Clara residents that they will have the opportunity to enroll in the TSA Pre✓® expedited screening program at Santa Clara Square starting Monday, Oct. 8.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Lamarr Adams, age 31, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was indicted on Oct. 2, 2018, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and ammunition charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The Department of Justice established the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, when billions of dollars in federal disaster relief poured into the Gulf Coast region, which opened opportunities for criminals to exploit people during vulnerable times. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Stole more than $1.5 million from her former employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - This week, Fany Madrigal-Lopez, 46, of Peoria, Ariz., was sentenced by the Honorable Douglas L. Rayes, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, to concurrent 12-year terms of imprisonment. Madrigal-Lopez had previously pleaded guilty to distributing fentanyl that resulted in...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - 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, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Smirnoff is charged...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: BULLFROG, UT - At approximately 3:30 p.m. (MST) on Friday, Sept. 28, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Dispatch was notified that a three year-old boy had died and was being transported to the Halls Crossing Launch Ramp. National Park Service (NPS) Rangers from Halls Crossing and Bullfrog met...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: A woman who failed to pay taxes on more than $1.5 million she stole from her former employer was sentenced Oct. 2, 2018, to 30 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Includes $150,000 to Fund Ellensburg School District and $49,750 to Fund Northeast Washington Educational Service District 101 in the Eastern District of Washington.
