News from September 2018
By DOE Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that it has exercised its option to extend the contract with Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth LLC (FBP) for decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (GDP) for a period of 30 months beyond the current expiration date of Sept. 30, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: A Mississippi-based nurse practitioner and former owner of a family health clinic was sentenced to 42 months in prison today for her role in a scheme to defraud health care benefit programs including TRICARE, the health care benefit program serving U.S. military, veterans and their respective family members.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Fort Myers, FL - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Augustin Dalusma with 12 counts of filing false claims to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and 3 counts of making or subscribing to false tax returns. He faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison on each filing of a false claim count and up to 3 years in federal prison for each count of subscribing to a false tax return.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Draft Request for Proposal for the Central Plateau Cleanup Contract, to perform work to meet specified End States (the successful completion of environmental cleanup activities) to achieve measurable results towards completion of the DOE-Office...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 40 criminal aliens and immigration violators throughout the New England region during a 3-day enforcement action from Sept. 20-22.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An Arizona man had his initial appearance in federal court today on charges related to the sexual assault of a woman at a Laughlin resort and casino on the Fort Mohave Indian Reservation, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - As of Oct. 3, the Bureau of Land Management will reduce current Stage II Fire Restrictions to Stage I and continue the Stage III Fire Restrictions for BLM-managed public lands within Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Mono, and San Diego counties. These restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Drexel, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for robbing the U.S. Bank inside Truman Medical Center.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that 49-year old Frederick Lona of Monrovia, California, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided over the hearing.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded firearm at the Nashville International Airport (BNA) checkpoint this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JOSE ANGEL ESPINOZA-FUENTES, age 42, a native of Honduras, pleaded guilty yesterday to a one-count indictment charging him with illegal entry of a removed alien.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice and Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that Epidiolex, the newly approved medication by the Food & Drug Administration, is being placed in schedule V of the Controlled Substances Act, the least restrictive schedule of the CSA.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Buffalo, NY, has been sentenced in federal court to 72 months’ imprisonment on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Karen Kinsley, of Grafton, West Virginia, has admitted to taking out loans and opening accounts in bank customers’ names without their knowledge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC) today issued a grant renewal to the New Mexico Environment Department. The Agreement, entitled “Environmental oversight and monitoring at the DOE Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico (SNL/NM)" was renewed for a five-year project period, with annual budget periods beginning Oct. 1, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Sherri Lydon stated today that Marial Watson, age 29, of Columbus, Georgia, was sentenced in federal court in Charleston, South Carolina, for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. United States District Judge Richard M. Gergel, of Charleston, sentenced Watson to 78 months imprisonment and 5 years Supervised Release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA -- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that an arraignment has been scheduled in the case of United States v. Daniel Edward Johnson and Nicole Halliett Holland, Case No. 3:18-863. Magistrate Judge Shiva V. Hodges will preside.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Production of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Center Point man on multiple counts of producing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jay Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL - U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Aureliano Cuero-Cuero (38, Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia), a/k/a “Chavo," to 14 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine on board vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Cuero-Cuero pleaded guilty on May 23, 2018.
