News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - Two siblings from Cleveland, Ohio, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal robbery and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A federal grand jury indicted a Norwell man today for sexually exploiting children.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for the sexual exploitation of a child and for illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A former Kanawha County Deputy pled guilty today to lying to the FBI, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Robert Dwight Evans, 52, entered his guilty plea to providing materially false information to the FBI before United States District Irene C. Berger. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the FBI and the cooperation of the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SHOLOM MURATOV and MENACHEM ABRAMOV were convicted yesterday, following a seven-day trial in Manhattan federal court, of conspiring to defraud diamond sellers in Mumbai, India out of more than $12 million in loose diamonds. MURATOV will be sentenced on March 26, 2019 and ABRAMOV will be sentenced on March 28, 2019, by Judge Lorna G. Schofield, who presided over the trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio announced that the United States has resolved its review under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of five Northwest Ohio area high school athletic stadiums. The review focused on a complaint alleging that the stadiums did not provide equal access to persons with disabilities.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: These trails have been closed since November 2016 due to damage resulting from the wind event and fire damage associated with the Chimney Tops 2 Fire. Park trail crews spent several weeks this year repairing over 500 feet of trail tread, cutting 758 downed trees, removing over 20 large rootballs and boulders, and repairing and replacing 53 trail drainage structures.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - A Beavercreek man has been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with attempting to provide material support to ISIS-affiliated foreign terrorist organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that today in federal court, United States District Judge James C. Dever III sentenced ROBERT LEE HOLDEN, JR., 50, of Wilson, to 264 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A woman was arrested in Georgia today for her alleged participation in a credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: An innovative filtering material may soon reduce the environmental cost of manufacturing plastic. Created by a team including scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the advance can extract the key ingredient in the most common form of plastic from a mixture of other chemicals-while consuming far less energy than usual.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: RENO, Nev.- The Bureau of Land Management received bids on geothermal leases in Nevada that brought in $26,422 in total receipts during an online auction held on October 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ADAM CLARKE, 37, of Norwich, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to one count of conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribute, heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: LOVELAND, Colo. -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation is currently experiencing a telephone outage affecting the Main Offices of the Eastern Colorado Area Office (ECAO), along with the Flatiron Power Plant, Pole Hill Power Plant and Construction Services in Loveland, Colorado. Internet connectivity has not been affected by this outage and we encourage you to use email as your primary means of contacting affected staff.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - 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: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Diana Davis, a/k/a “Lil C," 30, of Rochester, New York, pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack.".
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: Fifty-six schools across the country are creating one-of-a-kind ornaments for the 2018 National Christmas Tree experience on the Ellipse in President’s Park in Washington, D.C. These handcrafted ornaments will adorn 56 smaller trees that surround the National Christmas Tree. The 56 trees represent each U.S. state, territory and the District of Columbia as part of the America Celebrates display.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that a Town of Madison, Wisconsin man has been charged with attempting to possess radioactive material with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury. Jeremy J. Ryan, 30, was charged in a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Madison that was unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A California securities attorney was sentenced today for his role in schemes to manipulate the stock of two publicly traded companies, Greenway Technology and Crown Marketing.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Jamal.
