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: 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: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas resident who was standing trial for an armed carjacking pleaded guilty late Monday to the federal charge, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. The WEA portion of the test, which will be sent to consumer cell phones, will begin at 2:18 p.m. EDT. The...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: The Fernald Preserve was recently selected as a regional “Greenspace Gem" by the Greater Cincinnati regional environmental sustainability alliance called Green Umbrella. Green Umbrella serves a 10 county region with a vision to facilitate positive environmental action resulting in the region being recognized...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced last night that search crews found the body of Mitzie Sue “Susan" Clements, 53, from Cleves, Ohio, after an extensive, week-long search. Clements had been missing from the Clingmans Dome area of the park since Tuesday, September 25. A large-scale...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: FBI Phoenix and Phoenix Police Seek Mismatch Bandit, Who is Suspected of 14 Robberies.
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: TRENTON, N.J. - Three New Jersey men - a real estate investor, a builder, and a real estate settlement attorney - were arraigned today on multiple charges in connection with their alleged roles in a mortgage fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Due to sustained high, fast water in the Potomac River, construction crews were not able to complete all of the work that was originally scheduled for Arlington Memorial Bridge last weekend. Completing the work will require additional temporary, total closures. The closures are schedule to have the smallest possible effect on drivers, pedestrians and cyclists who use the bridge.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ABELL OUJADDOU pled guilty to participating in a scheme to trade in the stock of the Valspar Corporation (“Valspar") based on material nonpublic information relating to another’s company’s efforts to acquire Valspar. OUJADDOU pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud before U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff.
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: DES MOINES, Iowa - Seven defendants charged with sex trafficking and related offenses pleaded guilty during the month of September announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. The defendants are scheduled to be sentenced in January and February 2019 before United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a former office manager of a Cameron company was sentenced Monday to 12 months and one day in prison for stealing more than $91,000 from her employer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Madison, Wis. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Christopher Anstice, 46, Mazomanie, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Anstice pleaded guilty to this charge on July 23, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A Kansas man was indicted Wednesday on charges of robbing a bank in Kansas City, Kan., U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Patrick Walela, 33, a member and resident of Zuni Pueblo, N.M., was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his conviction on a second-degree murder charge in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M. Walela will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
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 DOJ Newswire | Oct 3, 2018
News Release: Defendant, Previously Convicted of Three DUI-Offenses, was Intoxicated when he Caused the Single Motor Vehicle Accident Resulting in Victim’s Death.
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.
