News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Keith Kruskall, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Robert Ian Thatcher, 30, of Elmira, N.Y. pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. to conspiracy...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: ISLAND PARK, Idaho- BLM Idaho Falls District fire managers anticipate favorable weather conditions for planned pile burning. Weather and fuel conditions permitting, prescribed burns are scheduled to start Oct. 29 and continue through the fall. Approximately 200 acres of piles are planned for controlled ignitions in the Shotgun Valley around Island Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss -Robert Anthony Davis, 49, of Clinton, pleaded guilty today to commercial driver’s license fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Regional Special Agent in Charge Todd Damiani with the U.S. Department of Transportation - Office of Inspector General.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Juanike Gulley, a 36 year old resident of Mobile, Alabama was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay $43,608.00 restitution to the IRS for conspiring to file false tax returns for others and filing a false tax return for herself.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
Release: Washington, DC, Oct. 26, 2018 - As part of a continuing effort to provide relief from the effects of Hurricane Michael, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that households in 12 Florida counties that may not normally be eligible for nutrition assistance under regular Supplemental Nutrition...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Seymour Miles, 24, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with the intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 20 years, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: New Funding Announced for a Tribal Special Assistant U.S. Attorney to prosecute for Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - In keeping with the administration’s priorities of being good neighbors and respecting the ties that native and traditional communities have to public lands, the Bureau of Land Management is announcing that the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument will be closed on Nov 1. This closure allows for Pueblo de Cochiti cultural observances and routine BLM maintenance.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: WAYCROSS, GA: Eleven people have been indicted on federal charges for importing and trafficking methamphetamine throughout southeast Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Ernest Gerod Sims, a/k/a “Kojack," 44, of Columbia, South Carolina, was sentenced to over 15 years in federal prison for his role in a crack cocaine distribution conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: United States Joins Lawsuits Against Tetra Tech EC Inc. Alleging False Claims in Connection With Shipyard Cleanup.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday charging Detroit Police Officer Christopher Staton, 51, of Detroit, with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and one count of making a false statement to a special agent of the FBI, United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Trent Shores applauds the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Oct. 27, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 11 collection sites throughout the Northern District of Oklahoma. The event is an effort to rid homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that ELVA RAMIREZ-LAMBERTO, age 35, a citizen of Honduras, was charged yesterday in a one-count bill of information with illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. ' 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Marco Antonio Lam Peralta (also known as Tony Lam), 45, of South Londonderry, Vermont, was sentenced Tuesday to ten years of imprisonment following his conviction for conspiracy to distribute more than a kilogram of heroin. The sentencing...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today urging the agency to commence a rulemaking before the end of the year to expand and make enforceable the Wireless Network Resiliency Cooperative Framework. The rulemaking would make FCC resiliency standards enforceable and expand those standards beyond wireless networks.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: A federal judge today approved an injunction permanently barring an Akron doctor from prescribing opioids or practicing medicine, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Buffalo, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Myles Scales, 27, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute butyryl fentanyl. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A father and son who stole nearly $10,000 during eight armed robberies, including two credit unions, in 2017, were sentenced today to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 26, 2018
News Release: Justice Department Selects Cleveland for Strike Force Targeting Drug Trafficking and Violent Crime.
