News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Kelly Cavanaugh will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming Nov. 6, 2018, general election. AUSA Cavanaugh has been...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that JEFFREY STOKARSKI, 44, of Waterbury, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to federal robbery and firearm charges stemming from a violent armed robbery spree in Connecticut in late 2017 and early 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Abdul Majid Saidi, 42, and Walid Mounir Chehade, 38, both of metro Cleveland, Ohio, each pleaded guilty before a U.S. Magistrate Judge pursuant to a plea agreement to one count of conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control Act.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: PRINEVILLE, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation, in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and NOAA Fisheries, will reduce fish and wildlife winter flows from Arthur R. Bowman Dam as appropriate for a dive inspection of the dam on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. Flows will be reduced to 25 cubic feet per second (cfs) for 8 to 10 hours during the inspection. Flows may be further reduced to 10 cfs for some period of time if diver safety becomes a concern.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two Maryland law enforcement teams were among 280 Department of Justice employees and others recognized by Attorney General Jeff Sessions for their distinguished public service at the 66th Annual Attorney General’s Awards Ceremony held on Oct. 24, 2018. This annual ceremony recognizes employees and other individuals who have demonstrated exceptional achievements, leadership, and service to the Department of Justice and the American people.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA -The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Byung J. “BJay" Pak, announces that Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) William Toliver will lead the efforts of this office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming general election on November...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - Yesterday, London physician Dr. Anis Chalhoub was sentenced, by U.S. District Court Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, to serve 42 months in federal prison for health care fraud. In April 2018, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict, after hearing evidence that Dr. Chalhoub defrauded Medicare...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Sunday, Nov. 11, at 2 pm, join the staff of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park for a special 2-hour car caravan tour exploring the role of Chickamauga Battlefield and Fort Oglethorpe during the First and Second World Wars. This program begins inside the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Abdul Majid Saidi, 42, and Walid Mounir Chehade, 38, both of metro Cleveland, Ohio, each pleaded guilty before a U.S. Magistrate Judge pursuant to a plea agreement to one count of conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former candidate for the Hoboken City Council and a campaign worker were charged today by a federal grand jury with conspiracy to promote a voter bribery scheme by use of the mail, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Franz Karl Salon, 24, a resident of Miramar, Florida, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez in Miami, Florida, to five months in prison, to be followed by a two year period of supervised release, for illegally exporting a crab-eating macaque skull to France after he sold the skull on an online e-commerce marketplace. Salon previously pleaded guilty on Aug. 17, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: WHEELING - United States Attorney Bill Powell announced today that Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Stephen D. Warner will lead the efforts of his Office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election. AUSA Warner...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Denver Police Department Need Your Help Identifying a Bank Robber.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- Following a series of breaks in the Transcanyon Waterline earlier this month, Grand Canyon National Park now has enough water in storage to scale back to Level 1 basic water conservation measures.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - RICHARD SPILLANE, 30, of Oklahoma City, pleaded guilty today to producing child pornography, announced Robert J. Troester of the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that former Omaha Tribal Council Member Doran Morris, Jr. (age 44), was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. for his conviction of one count of conversion and misapplication of funds of a health care benefit program in...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office and the local Office of the FBI, in consultation with Justice Department Headquarters, are prepared to receive and review allegations of election fraud and voting rights abuses related to the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: RICHMOND, Va.- Richmond National Battlefield Park will begin its winter hours of operation on Nov 4.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. - On Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, a federal jury convicted nurse practitioner Lilian Ifeoma Akwuba, 39, of Montgomery, Alabama, on 17 counts of unlawfully distributing controlled substances, 4 counts of health care fraud, 1 count of conspiring to distribute controlled substances, and 1 count...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 31, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Daniel Dewayne Conner was sentenced this morning on five counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Court documents showed that Conner was on federal supervised release from his prior federal...
