News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Trebor Conolly, 36, of Geneva NY, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 151 months in prison and 20 years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to one year and one day imprisonment, $672,387.67 in restitution and three years of supervised release on his conviction of mail fraud and tax evasion, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that Reclamation has selected 54 projects to receive a total of $26.5 million through WaterSMART water and energy efficiency grants. This funding will be leveraged to accomplish approximately $167 million in improvements throughout the West. The projects funded with these grants include canal lining and piping, automated gates and control systems, and installation of advanced metering.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
Release: Lubbock, Texas -The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered a loaded firearm Sept. 30 in a passenger’s carry-on bag at the Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (LBB) security screening checkpoint.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jordan T. Ratliff, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 92 months incarceration for methamphetamine distribution and firearms charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY-The FBI Oklahoma City Division is conducting an investigation following an Agent-involved shooting that occurred near Kansas, Oklahoma on Oct. 1, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme of Montana 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 a state agency and a school district in Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: EUGENE, Ore. - Brett Allen McNeal, 37, of Grants Pass, Oregon, was sentenced today to three months in federal prison for distributing oxycodone as part of an interstate opioid-trafficking organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that OTHO SCHILLING (“SCHILLING"), age 59, of Mt. Hermon, Louisiana, pleaded guilty today to Theft of Government Funds, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 641.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: Largest Grant to Office of Public Instruction for Threat Reporting, Assessment and Crisis Intervention Teams.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for sexually abusing a child and taking sexually explicit photographs of his victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Jossean Manuel Echevarria, 30 years old, of Hammond, Indiana, and Diquan Dashawn Ray, 23 years old, of Burnham, Illinois were charged on Oct. 1, 2018 by criminal complaint with Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, announced U.S Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A music teacher and singer/songwriter who performed for children at synagogues, Jewish community centers, camps and conventions nationwide was sentenced today to 82 months in prison for receiving images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 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 2, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILLIAM REIDELL, 42, of Branford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to three months of imprisonment, followed by six months of home confinement and three years of supervised release, for his role in a large-scale fencing operation. Judge Shea ordered REIDELL to perform 150 hours of community service while on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorneys Andrew Young (619) 546-7981, Benjamin J. Katz (619) 546-9604 and Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: Includes Approximately $5.3 Million in Federal Grants to Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: Funding includes nearly $1.4 million for the Minneapolis Public School District, Hennepin County, and the City of Duluth.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced that Israel-based Morphisec has been awarded $200,000 to develop technology solutions to prevent cyberattacks on financial institutions. The award was made as part of S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that TERRY JOHNSON, a former auditor and owner of a registered public accounting firm, was sentenced to five months’ imprisonment for falsifying records in an investigation within the jurisdiction of...
