News from October 2018
By DOE Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced selections for up to $53 million in new projects to advance early-stage solar technologies. Through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office, DOE will fund 53 innovative research projects that will lower solar electricity costs and support a growing solar workforce.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that George H. Moses, 50, of Rochester, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with making false statements to Special Agents of the FBI. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: Ocala, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Willie Iva Jennings (35, Reddick) today pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Jennings faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NIKKITA CHESNEY, 45, of Bridgeport, waived her right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to one count of health care fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Mansfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for receiving and distributing child pornography over the internet.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff sentenced Michael Clayton (a.k.a. "Rodeo Loco") to life in prison for sexually exploiting three girls, each about half Clayton’s age. The sentence follows a three-day trial, where a jury found Clayton guilty of being a felon in possession of...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A federal jury today convicted a Wichita doctor of unlawfully distributing prescription drugs, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A federal court permanently enjoined a Memphis, Tennessee company from distributing misbranded drugs and drugs manufactured under insanitary conditions, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: POCATELLO - Christopher L. Holtry, 41, of Pocatello, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court to 210 months in federal prison, followed by eight years of supervised release, for transportation of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Holtry to forfeit the computer used in the commission of the charged offense. Holtry pleaded guilty to the crime in May.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: A Canton man was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for child pornography crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: A Texas couple who had thousands of online sales of fentanyl and other drugs pleaded guilty to drug crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: Oregon FBI Tech Tuesday: Building a Digital Defense Against Remote Desktop Protocol Threats.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Christopher Kruse, 50, of Skowhegan, Maine, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to receiving and possessing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for the sexual exploitation of a child.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: District Court Orders Tennessee Personal Care Products Manufacturer to Comply With Drug Safety Requirements.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Hilary Denault-Reynolds, 53, formerly of St. Albans, Vermont, was sentenced on Oct. 22, 2018, in United States District Court in Rutland, Vermont, to serve seven years in prison after his guilty plea to one count each...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Alaa Mohd Abusaad was charged by complaint in Birmingham, Alabama with attempting to provide material support and resources to al Qaeda, a designated foreign terrorist organization, and aiding and abetting others, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2339B and 2. Assistant...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita woman was sentenced Monday to 110 months in federal prison for prying open a display case and stealing guns from a local store, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in New England, and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Anthony Whitley, 35, of Hartford and New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Martin J. Shain, 61, of Seattle, Washington, was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release for engaging in a fraud scheme with a former Oregon Department of Energy Employee. Shain was also ordered to pay more than $520,000 in restitution.
