News from October 2018
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: LARAMIE, Wyo. - The Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) Executive Committee will host a meeting on Friday, Nov. 9, 8 a.m., at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) Laramie Region Office. The WLCI is a formal partnership between federal, state and local agencies that formed in 2007...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, LAFAYETTE, MONROE, ALEXANDRIA, LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that First Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook and Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen King will lead his office’s Election Day monitoring as part of a greater Department of Justice program to monitor voting rights abuses and election fraud across the country.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) Center has signed a contract with Cray for NERSC’s next-generation supercomputer, a pre-exascale machine slated to be delivered in 2020. ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - The EM Portsmouth Site’s ninth annual Science Alliance event recently drew a record number of participants from southern Ohio schools.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Chinese intelligence officers and those working under their direction, which included hackers and co-opted company insiders, conducted or otherwise enabled repeated intrusions into private companies’ computer systems in the United States and abroad for over five years. The conspirators’ ultimate goal was to steal, among other data, intellectual property and confidential business information, including information related to a turbofan engine used in commercial airliners.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: BISHOP, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office will lift fire-use restrictions on public lands in Inyo and Mono counties on Nov. 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-United States Attorney Billy J. Williams announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Adrian L. Brown will lead the efforts of his office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018 election.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Panama City Framing LLC for exposing employees to fall hazards at a worksite in Panama City, Florida. The company faces $113,816 in proposed penalties.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - On Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, a federal jury convicted nurse practitioner Lilian Ifeoma Akwuba, 39, of Montgomery, Alabama, on 17 counts of unlawfully distributing controlled substances, 4 counts of health care fraud, 1 count of conspiring to distribute controlled substances, and 1 count of conspiring to commit health care fraud, announced United States Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that THOMAS MALONE, 49, of New Haven, pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to charges related to his embezzlement of approximately $1 million from a New Haven biotech company that receives federal research grants.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - In the wake of the tragedy that occurred at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia and the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Atlanta Field Division offer their condolences and request the public’s assistance in reporting possible threats.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: MACON: United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Charles E. Peeler, announces that DELMA GODDARD, A/K/A “SHUG" AND “BIG HXMIE" age 38, of Milledgeville, Georgia, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Marc T. Treadwell to serve 145 years in federal prison in Macon today. There is no parole in the federal system.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Jeremy Peña will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. AUSA Peña has been appointed...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Steven P. Springer II, 26, of Pittsfield, Maine, was sentenced today by Chief Judge Nancy Torresen to 36 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for providing false information during the purchase of firearms. Springer pleaded guilty on May 29, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced today that his office, in cooperation with Maine State officials, will participate in the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018 general elections. The program is designed to handle complaints...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Gregory Martin Williams, age 57, of Muldrow, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 70 months imprisonment and 3 years supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Pedro Lorenzo-Concepcion, 37, Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit access device fraud and possession of 15 or more counterfeit access devices. Immediately following the guilty plea, Chief U.S. District Judge James Peterson sentenced Lorenzo-Concepcion to 46 months in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: WWW.JUSTICE.GOV. Chinese Intelligence Officers and Their Recruited Hackers and Insiders Conspired to Steal Sensitive Commercial Aviation and Technological Data for Years. Chinese intelligence officers and those working under their direction, which included hackers and co-opted company insiders, conducted...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND - Susan Elizabeth Kyle pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland to embezzlement of money from a labor organization by an officer, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI") Special Agent in Charge John Bennett. The plea was accepted yesterday by the Honorable Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., U.S. District Court Judge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - James Copen, of Fairmont, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine distribution charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
