News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Guatemalan national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Valerie A. Nickerson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito today announced an Asbury Park, New Jersey man was arraigned before U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp in Trenton Federal Court on an indictment charging him with distributing cocaine base, more commonly known as crack.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: SEPT 6, 2018 - Today the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development released new housing data from the 2017 American Housing Survey (AHS). The biennial AHS is the nation’s most comprehensive housing survey, providing current data on a wide range of housing subjects. Topics unique to the AHS include characteristics and physical condition of the nation’s housing units, indicators of housing and neighborhood quality, and home improvement activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Jose Luis Chavez a/k/a "Big Head," 47, of Edinburg, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 143 months in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, 50 grams or...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio -William D. Merckle, 57, of Corning, Ohio, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to violating the Federal Alcohol Administration Act and distributing hydrocodone.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: ASHLAND, Ore. - The Bureau of Reclamation will temporarily re-open some of the public areas around Howard Prairie Dam. Because winter is approaching, construction operations will discontinue, beginning Sept. 17, 2018, through about April 1, 2019. The areas that will re-open to the public are the un-improved boat ramp and access road to the un-improved boat ramp. The areas adjacent to the access road will remain closed until construction is completed in 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered the following opening remarks during a Judiciary Committee markup of H.R. 5468, the Permitting Litigation Efficiency Act of 2018...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal judge has issued a judgment against Newman Broadcasting, Inc., in the amount of $910,700, for the company’s breach of its contract with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Defendant Viciously Punched Victim Outside Lounge in Northwest Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ISMAEL SANCHEZ COLON, 44, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Onosemeraja Idodo-Umeh, a native of Nigeria who was residing in Atlanta, was arraigned on federal charges in an 18-count indictment that was unsealed yesterday. Idodo-Umhel is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, 10 counts of wire fraud, five counts of aggravated identity...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, PRESTON BULLOCK, 40, of Greenville, North Carolina, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III to a total of 84 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - Brian R. Sanborn, 53, of Franklin, was sentenced to serve 102 months in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking, said United States Attorney Scott W. Murray.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Appomattox Court House NHP, Lynchburg Public Library and the Legacy Museum of African American History present: “Beyond the Battlefield: Historical Archaeology of the Hannah Reynolds Site at Appomattox Court House NHP".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip charging Derrick Hughes and Ronald Robinson with a gun trafficking conspiracy involving the sale of at least 19 firearms, including an AR-15 multi-caliber rifle. The defendants were arrested today. Hughes was arraigned this afternoon ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that PAULO EMILIO OSABAS-MUNGUIA, age 32, a citizen of Nicaragua, was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information for illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND- Ricky Shultz, 47, of Demotte, Indiana, was charged on September 5, 2018 by criminal complaint with one count of possession with intent to distribute fifty grams or more of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Defendant allegedly possessed manual “How to Practice Child Love," and files depicting sexual abuse of boys under 10-years-old.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: INTERNTIONAL FALLS, MN: Recent lightning activity resulted in a wildland fire within Voyageurs National Park. Park staff responded to the fire near Locator Lake Wednesday evening, August 22 and contained the fire to.5 acre in size. The Locator Fire was located southwest of Locator Lake and approximately 1-mile north of Kabetogama Lake. It was in a remote, rugged area of the park and possesses no immediate threat to the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced William McFadden, age 33, of Baltimore, to 19 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for robbing a gas station in Greenbelt, Maryland, and for using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during the robbery. McFadden pleaded guilty to those charges on July 9, 2018, just before his trial was scheduled to begin.
