News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Robert Ashley Bond, age 34, of Thackerville, Oklahoma, was sentenced to a total of 36 months’ imprisonment: 12 months’ imprisonment for Conspiracy To Commit Wire Fraud, in violation of Title 18...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Sold Ten Pounds of Ice Methamphetamine Over the Course of a Year.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: M. President, this week the Senate is considering the nomination of Charles Rettig to lead the Internal Revenue Service. And let’s be clear, this isn’t a typical IRS Commissioner debate.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Fort Smith, Arkansas - Duane (DAK) Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Jose Escalante, age 36, of Fort Smith, was sentenced today to 200 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today applauded Senate confirmation of Charles Rettig to be the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) commissioner. Despite initially receiving high accolades on both sides of the aisle, Rettig’s nomination stalled due to partisan objections regarding Treasury policies that did not involve the nominee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: A Fort Lauderdale resident was sentenced, on September 7, 2018, to 27 years in prison by United States Chief District Judge Michael K. Moore for committing two armed robberies.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announces that, DAQUANJRA TASHA WHITE, 29, of Fayetteville, was sentenced by United States Senior District Judge Malcolm J. Howard for sex trafficking of children. Judge Howard sentenced WHITE to 144 months of imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has extended the deadline for receiving applications from qualified individuals to serve as Court-appointed monitor in connection...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Konstantin Bas, age 41, of Brooklyn, New York, and co-conspirator Mubtagha Shah Syed, age 49, of Jersey City, New Jersey, today to a year and a day, and three months in prison, respectively, each followed by three years of supervised...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announces that in Federal court in Greenville, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced DEBORAH ROSE MCFADDEN, formerly of Raleigh, North Carolina, to 96 months imprisonment for her role in...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL -David Lyle Morgan (53, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to one count of bankruptcy fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Tom Udall (D-N.M.), top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, led Democratic Senators in urging Ryan Zinke, Secretary ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - On Sept. 12, 2018, James Brantley, 61, of Bean Station, Tennessee, pleaded guilty before the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, to tax fraud, wire fraud, and employment of unauthorized illegal aliens. Brantley is the owner of Southeastern Provision, LLC (Southeastern Provision), a slaughterhouse and meatpacking plant located in Bean Station, Tennessee.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today commending the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement on the agency’s new steps to address youth e-cigarette use...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2018
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy today announced up to $15 million in funding for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, Building Reliable Electronics to Achieve Kilovolt Effective Ratings Safely (BREAKERS). BREAKERS projects will develop designs for medium voltage, direct current (MVDC) circuit breakers for a variety of applications.
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 DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2018
News Release: Caused over $868,000 in losses from over 530 individual accounts in three states.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2018
News Release: PAGE, Arizona - Visitors are advised that due to lowering water levels in Lake Powell, on Thursday, Sept. 13, the west half of Antelope Point Launch Ramp will be closed for launching vessels. The kayak launching area will still be open as will the east side of the ramp for launching boats. Vehicles can still use the full width of the ramp for approaching the waterline but due to a severe drop-off will not be able to back into the west side of the ramp.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2018
News Release: Weather: A cold front will continue to move into the area, with increased clouds and a trend towards cooler temperatures in the mid 50s - 60s. Southwesterly winds will be 6-10 mph, with gusts up to 20 mph. Relative humidity will increase with a potential high of 43%. There is a 10% chance of light showers later in the afternoon and some possibility of a thunderstorm.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Compton, Cal., man pleaded guilty in federal court on Sept. 10, 2018 to his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
