News from September 2018
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: On Aug. 31, National Park Service (NPS) officials signed general partnership agreements with six agencies and organizations that will be essential to helping the NPS establish Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park. Midwest Regional Director Cam Sholly, and interim Superintendent Tim Good, were accompanied...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Chesapeake man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture and deal heroin and crack cocaine throughout Hampton Roads.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Flemingsburg man was indicted today for engaging in crop insurance fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Shawn Shields, age 45, and a resident of United States Penitentiary -- Administrative Maximum (ADX) in Florence, Colorado, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn to serve 37 months in federal prison, to run consecutive to his existing sentence for Second Degree...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: FBI Agents Seeking Information on Whereabouts of Female Wanted on Federal Drug and Gun Charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GREVY GERARD PIERRE-LOUIS, a/k/a “Cadillac Slim," a/k/a “Caddy," pled guilty yesterday before Chief United States District Judge Colleen McMahon to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and conspiracy to transport minors interstate for the purpose of prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Fayetteville, Arkansas - Former Arkansas State Senator Johnathan Woods was sentenced today to 220 months in prison for organizing and leading a bribery scheme in which state funds were directed to non-profit entities in exchange for kickbacks, many of which were funneled through a consultant’s business...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated that Kenterius Dyshae Hinton, age 24, of Rock Hill, plead guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). Chief...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute’s Safety, Health, and Environmental Services Group; Choate Construction Co.; and Associated General Contractors of Georgia Inc. (AGC Georgia) have signed a...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a former YWCA childcare director to 15 months in prison for stealing nearly $200,000 from the non-profit over several years, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Michael Williams.
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, HYKEEM HENDERSON, 27, of Henderson, North Carolina, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge James C. Dever III to 42 months imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: DENVER - In keeping with the Administration’s goals of promoting America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management Colorado today sold 20 parcels totaling 8,160 acres for $3,364,526 including rentals and fees at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a new Democratic staff report entitled, A FAILURE OF OVERSIGHT: How Republicans Blocked a Credible Investigation of the Trump Administration’s Response to the 2017 Hurricanes. As the staff report explains...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Toni Teresi, 75, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to theft of government property, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - In separate criminal cases, two men have been sentenced to federal prison for trafficking illegal narcotics into Oregon for distribution in the Portland and Salem, Oregon metropolitan areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Settlement also Resolves Alleged Violations of Controlled Substances Act Relating to Signed, but Otherwise Blank, Prescriptions Available for Use While Out of the Country.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Van Buren, MO: Join us for a “split and whittle" open house event on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., at the Heritage Workshop located at Park Headquarters in Van Buren, Missouri. This event is free and all are welcome.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Luis Cenobio Barrera, age 24, of Tamaulipas, Mexico, was sentenced to 108 months in prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g). Senior United States District Judge Henry M. Herlong, of Greenville, sentenced Barrera and imposed a three-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that BASHON WHITLEY, 28, of New London, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 6, 2018
News Release: A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging Park Jin Hyok (박진혁; a/k/a Jin Hyok Park and Pak Jin Hek), a North Korean citizen, for his involvement in a conspiracy to conduct multiple destructive cyberattacks around the world resulting in damage to massive amounts of computer hardware, and the extensive loss of data, money and other resources (the “Conspiracy").
