News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division today announced the formation of the Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force (ARPO Strike Force), a joint law enforcement effort that brings together the resources and expertise...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - What do Afghanistan, Sudan, and the United States all have in common? They are the only countries in the world where the maternal mortality rate is on the rise, according to recent studies by the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - On Oct. 24, 2018, Christopher Coleman, age 34, of Omaha, Neb., appeared before United States District Court Senior Judge James E. Gritzner and was sentenced to 57 months imprisonment for a felon in possession of a firearm charge announced United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum. Coleman was ordered to serve three years of supervised release to follow his prison term.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Today, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced the launch of the Water Security Grand Challenge, a White House initiated, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) led framework to advance transformational technology and innovation to meet the global need for safe, secure, and affordable water.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Kevin Ashley Wells, a/k/a “Big 50," 37, of Philadelphia, Mississippi, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. Chief District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 53 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Missouri, man was sentenced Thursday to 35 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a child and for illegally possessing a firearm as a felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Khadin Fahie, 23, of the British Virgin Islands, and Jesus Rosario-Rondon, 40, a resident of St. Thomas, were both sentenced today on an information charging both men with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Creston man was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Rockford on charges of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Oct. 25, 2018 - Timothy Weakley, 52, of Nashville, Tennessee, was charged yesterday in a criminal complaint with three counts of bank robbery, following the morning robbery of the Rivergate Branch of Regions Bank in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: A male and female visitor died in an apparent fall from Taft Point in Yosemite National Park. Yosemite National Park Rangers are recovering the bodies this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON - Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division today announced the formation of the Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force (ARPO Strike Force), a joint law enforcement effort that brings together the resources and expertise of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Sedalia, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally possessing several firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Two Detroit men were convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Detroit on charges of murder-for-hire, conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and oxycodone, and use of a firearm causing death during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Darron Wint, 37, also known as Daron Wint, formerly of Lanham, Md., was found guilty by a jury today of 20 felony charges, including multiple counts of first-degree murder while armed, for the May 2015 slayings of Savvas Savopoulos, his wife, Amy Savopoulos, their son, Philip Savopoulos, and a household employee, Veralicia Figueroa.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert (R-WA) released the following statements after United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer, pursuant to the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - Michael Phillip Patrakis, 46, of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, was sentenced today to 292 months of imprisonment for the production of child pornography of two minor females. As part of his sentence, Patrakis must forfeit numerous electronic devices, pay a $10,000 assessment under the Justice of Victims of Trafficking Act, and serve 20 years of supervised release. Patrakis will also be required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment charging Jason Kiser, age 40, of Taneytown, Maryland, with illegal possession of firearms, witness retaliation, use of fire in the commission of a felony, and malicious destruction of a vehicle by fire. The superseding indictment was returned late on Oct. 24, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced $35 million in funding to support law enforcement agencies in combating the illegal manufacturing and distribution of methamphetamine, heroin, and prescription opioids, and another $35 million to establish new programs to provide services to children victims of the opioid crisis.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Two Teams Honored at Annual Justice Department Ceremony.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 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 the unsealing of a superseding indictment against TAN WEE BENG...
