News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, woman, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for her role in a month-long crime spree that included attempting to rob a Citizens Bank, in Tannersville, Pennsylvania, at gunpoint, conspiring to rob a Keystone Bank in Scotrun, Pennsylvania, and robbing a Spencer Savings Bank in Garfield, New Jersey, at gunpoint, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy, in partnership with the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), is hosting a free webinar titled “Facility- and Community-Scale Project Development" on Wednesday, Sept. 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mountain Time.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Jermaine Courtney Brown, a suspected member of the Gangster Disciples gang, has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm while a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: In Less than Two Months the Couple Stole or Attempted to Steal Eight ATMs, Stole Four Vehicles, Burglarized a Convenience Store, and Robbed a Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: In Midland today, a federal judge sentenced 40-year-old Jose Abelardo Dominguez to three years in federal prison for his role in money laundering and tax evasion schemes, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Jr., El Paso Division; Internal Revenue Service-Criminal...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A former executive of a Springfield, Mo., charity pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to misprision of a felony in connection with the concealment of a multi-million-dollar scheme by which other charity executives embezzled and diverted millions of dollars from the Springfield nonprofit corporation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal judge has sentenced a California man to 35 years in prison for overseeing an international drug-trafficking organization that used Amtrak trains to ship heroin and cocaine to Chicago from Los Angeles.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Federal Emergency Management Agency WASHINGTON – Residents along the East Coast are urged to follow the direction of local officials and monitor news, check your local government website every 30 minutes in order to get the latest updates and emergency instructions. Life-threatening conditions include ...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Today, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Press Secretary Tyler Q. Houlton released the following statement on U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Southwest Border Migration numbers for August: "August Southwest Border Migration numbers show a clear indicator that the migration ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2018 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds rural communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses in the path of Hurricane Florence that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in the regional, state and county offices that stand ready and eager to help.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2018 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds rural communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses potentially impacted by Hurricane Florence of programs to provide assistance in the wake of disasters. USDA staff in the regional, State and county offices stand ready and eager to help. Additionally, USDA’s Operations Center will function around the clock.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Goose Pond Ag, Inc., a Florida corporation, and its manager of operations Farmland Management Services, Inc., an affiliate of the John Hancock Life Insurance Company, have agreed to pay a civil penalty, preserve streams and wetlands, and perform mitigation to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: A New Jersey man pleaded guilty today to tax evasion in connection with over $1.2 million in income related to the proceeds of a sale of a purportedly original Caravaggio painting.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: An Alexandria, Virginia man pleaded guilty today to one count of receipt of child pornography. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger of the Eastern District of Virginia, Assistant Director in Charge Nancy McNamara ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department announced that Gary Ola, 54, a sergeant at the Cheatham County Jail in Ashland City, Tennessee, pleaded guilty late yesterday to two counts of making false statements to FBI agents.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Edward Gibson, a former officer at a Mississippi juvenile detention facility, was sentenced today in federal court to 24 months incarceration followed by three years supervised release for beating a shackled juvenile, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney William C. Lamar of the Northern District of Mississippi, and Christopher Freeze, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI, Jackson Field Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: A federal court has permanently barred Kathleen Sims-Crawford and KSC Business Support Services Inc. from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction order, entered by Judge John J. Tharp Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, also prohibits Sims-Crawford from owning and managing a tax return preparation business. Sims-Crawford consented to the order.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Peter Yuryevich Levashov, aka “Petr Levashov,” “Peter Severa,” “Petr Severa” and “Sergey Astakhov,” 38, of St. Petersburg, Russia, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Hartford, Connecticut, to offenses stemming from his operation of the Kelihos botnet, which he used to facilitate malicious activities including harvesting login credentials, distributing bulk spam e-mails, and installing ransomware and other malicious software.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: A Latvian man was sentenced today in Minneapolis for participating in a lucrative “scareware” hacking scheme that targeted visitors to the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s website. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald of the District of Minnesota and Special Agent in Charge Jill Sanborn of the FBI’s Minneapolis Field Office made the announcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Former Tuskegee Police Department Lieutenant Alex Huntley, 54, was sentenced to 36 months in prison and three years’ supervised release for beating a handcuffed and compliant arrestee, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., of the Middle District of Alabama, and FBI Special Agent in Charge James Jewell.
