News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Richard Winn, 35, of Philadelphia, PA, was found guilty after a jury trial for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, heroin, and marijuana; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The National Park Service announced today $1,657,000 in Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act grants to return ancestral remains and cultural items to Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TYRONE FELDER, a/k/a “Man Man," was found guilty of participating in the fatal carjackings of two livery cab drivers: Maodo Kane, who was killed in the Bronx on August 5, 2014, and Aboubacar Bah, who...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Ulric S. Crossland, 27, of Hattiesburg, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to a term of 78 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for possession of two stolen firearms, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Freeze with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Crossland was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine. He pled guilty before Judge Starrett on May 14, 2018.
By State Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) announced the following upcoming committee events...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: Defendant skimmed over $100,000 from golf revenues belonging to the City of Springfield.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: An Ashtabula man with a history of violence was sentenced to 10 years in prison for firearms and drug crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: Today, before United States Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon, suspended attorney Christopher Davies was arraigned on a four-count indictment charging securities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft in connection with a market manipulation scheme. A federal grand jury in Brooklyn returned the indictment on Aug. 30, 2018. Davies was previously arrested on a complaint in April 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ridgecrest Field Office has made available for 30-day public comment an Environmental Assessment for the Keystone Exploratory Drilling Project located on existing unpatented lode mining claims on public lands. The public comment period for the EA will end on Oct. 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: Washington D.C. - Jose Augustin Salmeron-Larios aka "Joseph Morales-Martinez," "Angel Salvador Gutierrez," "Yankee," and "Kean," age 25, of Severn, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13; attempted murder in aid of racketeering; and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: Beginning Sunday evening at 6 p.m., Sept. 9, Redwood National and State Parks’ Davison Road, the dirt access road to Gold Bluffs Beach and Fern Canyon, will be closed to all traffic four days a week through Oct. 11. A major road improvement project is occurring for Davison Road and a full shut down is...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Claudio Fontes Ferreira a/k/a Michael Camargo Stanford, 31, an illegal alien from Brazil, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to serve 39 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for fraud in connection with access devices, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst. Ferreira was also ordered to pay $46,265 in restitution to a victim.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- The Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction Field Office invites volunteers to celebrate the 25th annual National Public Lands Day this year with a variety of volunteer opportunities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of health care fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, distribution and possession with the intent to distribute oxycodone or oxymorphone, conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and oxymorphone, and felon in possession of firearms, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), announced a hearing for Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, at 9:15 a.m. in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Better Data and Better Outcomes: Reducing Maternal Mortality in the U.S."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: Defendant Forged Signatures and Backdated Documents as Part of a $3 Billion Pump-and-Dump Scheme.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), announced a hearing for Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Solutions to Strengthen U.S. Public Safety Communications."
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Two Florida executives made their initial appearance in federal court today on charges related to falsely-labeled hard body armor plates they provided to the United States government.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: ELK GROVE, Calif. - Wild horses trained by inmates will be available for public adoption from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center, 12500 Bruceville Road, Elk Grove. The Bureau of Land Management will offer 10 to 12 horses. All have initial saddle training by inmates participating in the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department horse training program. The starting bid will be $300.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that a special Human Trafficking Training Program will be held on September 10-11, 2018 at the Federal Courthouse, 517 E. Wisconsin Ave. Members of the United States Attorney’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations...
