News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted Timothy Wayne Phillips today for allegedly committing three bank robberies and attempting a fourth robbery in the San Francisco Bay Area, announced United States Attorney Alex. G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Attorney Peter E. Deegan, Jr. 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 $493,670 for the Iowa Department of Education.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kevin James Fox, 62, of Limestone, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to receipt of child pornography. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Joplin, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for the sexual exploitation of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: Charges Stem from Torch-Lit March at the University of Virginia and Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville in August 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Norman Limoges, 51, of Groveton, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a fentanyl drug trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Amy Bingaman, 34, of Levant, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiring to make false statements to a federal firearms licensee and making false statements to a federal law enforcement officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Kareem Murphy, 36, of Darby, PA, was found guilty today by a jury of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possessing a firearm in a school zone.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Rodney Burke, age 56, of Mauk, Georgia, was found guilty by a jury this afternoon of one count of Possession With Intent to Distribute more than 50 grams of Methamphetamine, and one count of Possession...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A federal jury trial begins today for a Morris County man charged with downloading child pornography from the internet, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that late yesterday afternoon a jury found a Madison, Wisconsin man guilty of two counts of using a minor to produce sexually explicit videos. Matthew R. Howard, 23, was convicted following one day of testimony in a trial held in U.S. District Court in Madison. The jury deliberated for less than 30 minutes before returning its verdict.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: ATHENS: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Mikail Anthony Walker, age 24, of Social Circle, Georgia, pled guilty on Oct. 1, 2018 to Possession of a Firearm with an Obliterated Serial Number before U.S. District Court Judge Hugh Lawson in Athens, Georgia.
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: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Margaret Parker, of Dellslow, West Virginia, was sentenced to three years probation* for her involvement in an illegal firearms operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: Includes $529,043 to Fund COPS School Violence Prevention Program in the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced 31-year-old Chimene Hamilton Onyeri to life in federal prison for his leadership role in carrying out fraud and racketeering schemes that involved the attempted capital murder of State District Court Judge Julie Kocurek in November of 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: FAYETTE, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Larose Industries LLC - which operates as Cra-Z-Art - for continuing to expose employees to amputation hazards. The Fayette, Ohio, art supply manufacturer faces proposed penalties totaling $152,441 for repeated and serious safety violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: Includes Over $1 Million to Support Schools with Threat Assessment and Technology Reporting and Mental Health Training in Nevada.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: Harkers Island, N.C. - The National Park Service Incident Management Team (IMT) demobilized today. The team began their response to Hurricane Florence on Sept. 12, two days before the Category 1 storm made landfall, and planned for and worked on stabilization efforts at Cape Lookout National Seashore and Moores Creek National Battlefield since then. Now, Cape Lookout staff resumes the daily operations bringing the park back to normal operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Amy Bingaman, 34, of Levant, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiring to make false statements to a federal firearms licensee and making false statements to a federal law enforcement officer.
