News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Chad Clay Kipper, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Freedom Fighters Foundation, pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday, admitting to the unlicensed purchase and transportation of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Taunton man was charged yesterday in federal court in Boston with bank robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced 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.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- Quickly focusing her efforts on providing local, state, and federal law enforcement more resources in the collective effort to secure communities across the state, United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon has added four new Assistant United States Attorneys to her staff within...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - On the first day of National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, the Department of Justice announced it has awarded almost $320 million to combat the opioid crisis in America. The unprecedented funding will directly help those most impacted by the deadliest drug crisis in American history, including crime victims, children, families, and first responders.
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: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that today, in federal court, TREYTON LEE THOMAS, age 62, pled guilty to wire fraud, affecting a financial institution, and income tax evasion. In pleading guilty, THOMAS, agreed to pay restitution to all the victims of his fraud scheme and to forfeit more than seven million dollars.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: MOAB, Utah - EM’s Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project surpassed its fiscal 2018 target to ship uranium mill tailings from the Moab Site to a disposal cell. Crews safely moved 477,667 tons of the residual radioactive material away from the Colorado River, outpacing the project goal...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - EM and its cleanup contractor at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Site commended workers during a celebration last week for safely completing demolition of the first vitrification facility built in the U.S...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Micah R. Vickery, age 37, of Greenville, was sentenced in federal court in Anderson, for possession of child pornography, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A. United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain, of Anderson, sentenced Vickery to 5 years’ imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts against an East West Bank branch manager and a bank customer who conspired to launder over $25,000 in cash by converting the currency into cashier’s checks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: His Wife, Sophia Zayas was Sentenced to 15 Years of Imprisonment Last Week for Conviction on Child Abuse Resulting in Great Bodily Harm and Death.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - Wild mustangs and burros will be offered to qualified adopters at the George Ingalls Event Center, 3737 Crestview Dr. Norco, Calif. on Oct. 5, 6 and 7 through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Adopt-A-Horse or Burro Program. There will be 20 horses and 10 burros available for adoption.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Salvadoran national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for being an alien in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that two men from Singer were sentenced Monday for robbing a DeQuincy bank of nearly $16,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Ten individuals were indicted in St. Louis on charges of conspiring to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and gun charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced today that WILLIAM BURBANK was arrested on wire fraud charges stemming...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: Nearly 3,000 improvised explosive device (IED) incidents occurred in the United States in 2017, killing 10 people and wounding dozens. The clear and present threat of homemade explosives (HMEs) continues to evolve in the United States as the nation’s enemies constantly adapt to the state-of-the-art in...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: Includes $240,345 to fund the City of Knoxville and $20,419 to fund the City of Newport in the Eastern District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, PA has been sentenced in federal court to 90 months in jail, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on his convictions on federal firearms and narcotics charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
