News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Shareka Holmes, 28, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to serve 60 months in federal prison, followed by 7 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Derryle Smith with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Holmes was also ordered to pay a $40,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Elizabeth Correa (60, Tampa) with three counts of wire fraud, three counts of false statement or fraud to obtain federal employees’ compensation, one count of theft of government funds, and one...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - As we prepare to welcome the world back to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, we want to ensure that the public and our staff are as safe as possible. Many hazards exist in the park, as they always have, however some are more dangerous now than before the unprecedented seismic activity. Being prepared and informed before coming to the park will ensure that your visit is safe and enjoyable.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, man today admitted distributing thousands of pills containing heroin in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Building Capacity Today, Inspiring the Leaders of Tomorrow.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: PRICE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Green River District Office invites the public to visit an archaeological dig and other historical sites throughout Nine Mile Canyon on Sept. 15 for Stewardship Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - Christopher D. Pinguely, 35, of Cold Spring, Kentucky, was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison, by United States District Judge Gregory F. VanTatenhove, for carjacking and possessing a firearm in furtherance of the carjacking.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service is announcing that the Rinconada Canyon Trail at Petroglyph National Monument will be closed Mondays-Fridays for rehabilitation work. The rehabilitation work is needed to repair trail features that have been damaged over time and improve other portions of the trail.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $586 million in airport infrastructure grants, as part of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Park Ridge, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 61 months in prison for using shell companies and phony invoices to scam both his and his wife’s employers out of millions of dollars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Defendant admitted responsibility for the murder of a 16-year-old in East Boston.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) today released the following statement after the Senate by a 64 - 33 vote confirmed Charles Rettig to be Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Cumberland, County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for robbing two banks with an accomplice, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for racketeering conspiracy involving the murder of a 16-year-old boy in East Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, DAVIN LAMONT SMITH, 43, of Bolivia, was sentenced by Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Judge Howard sentenced SMITH to 216 months of imprisonment followed by 6 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STEPHEN CARBONELLA, 59, of Hamden, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to embezzling funds from his employer, Webster Bank Corporation, where he served as bank manager of the Orange branch office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Business Partner Previously Entered Guilty Plea and Admitted Role in Scheme in April 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - Anthony Wayne Tavoloni, Jr., 45, of Salem, Oregon, was sentenced today to three years’ probation including three months of home detention for assaulting two Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Transportation Security Officers (TSO) at Portland International Airport (PDX).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Homestead, PA, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh and charged with a violation of the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment yesterday against a resident of the City of Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
