News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Walpole man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for producing child pornography.
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 Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Honolulu - Operations are expected to resume at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center at 9:00am on Thursday, Sept. 13, following the closure due to Tropical Storm Olivia. Staff will conduct post-storm assessments of the facilities and remove hazards before opening. The below timetable details the planned reopening schedule.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Daniel Sullivan, 35, of Manchester, was sentenced to 168 months (14 years) in federal prison for the illegal possession of firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kana Chanel Hill and Aaron James Dempsey, formerly of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to wire fraud. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Two men from Northeast Ohio were indicted on federal firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Four defendants implicated in a federal methamphetamine conspiracy have been sentenced, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Leonard Roberts, II, and Brittany Cross were sentenced to 216 and 120 months, respectively, and Anthony Cruz and Steve Jones were sentenced to 168...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after the deployment of Missouri Task Force 1 to North Carolina ahead of Hurricane Florence...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Fort Totten, North Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in North Dakota for Making False Statements to Federal Agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Fraud occurred over thirteen years. A man who used church funds for his own personal expenses over a thirteen year period pled guilty today in federal court in Sioux City. Andrew Matheason, age 65, from Graettinger, Iowa, was convicted of one count of wire fraud. In a plea agreement, Matheason admitted...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On the weekend of September 22-23, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will present living history programs focusing on the experiences of the 21st Ohio Infantry, a unit which participated in the attacks against Snodgrass Hill during the Battle of Chickamauga. Living...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Shelby County woman to nearly two years in prison for stealing from the Bessemer company where she worked as a bookkeeper, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) wrote three letters to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma applauding action taken to date and encouraging the Administration to take further steps to improve patient care by alleviating administrative and regulatory burdens for Medicare providers.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the results of the September 2018 Federal Grand Jury.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Embrace Citizenship - Experience America Through Your National Parks.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
Release: Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2018 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is expanding its use of a notice-based process for approving fruits and vegetables for importation into the United States. This will help APHIS achieve USDA’s goal of reducing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, Roy Christian, 63, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge George Cannon, Jr., to manufacture of marijuana, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - 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 U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., of the Middle District of Alabama, FBI Special Agent in Charge James Jewell, and Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Defendant Pleaded Guilty After Evading Law Enforcement for 23 Years.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announces that today, FRANCISCO DAMIAN TORRES-VICTORIA, 25, of Elizabethtown, was sentenced by United States Senior District Judge Malcolm J. Howard for murder-for-hire and possession of a firearm by an alien. Judge Howard sentenced TORRES-VICTORIA to 120 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
