News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Marcus Crocker, age 44, of Lumpkin, Georgia, pled guilty on Sept. 27, 2018 to Possession of Cocaine Base with Intent to Distribute and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Clay D. Land in Columbus, Georgia. A trial in the case was set to begin today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that LEWIS STAHL, the owner of a Manhattan medical technology company, pled guilty to tax evasion based on his failure to report over $21 million in business income to the IRS, and his evasion of over $6.3 million in income taxes. STAHL pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: KEYSVILLE, Calif. - Join the Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield Field Office for two National Public Lands Day events sprucing up the Goodwin Education Center at the Carrizo Plain National Monument and restoring the historic Walker Cabin in the Keysville Special Recreation Management Area near Lake Isabella.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Needles Field Office has authorized the construction of a communication site to improve communication capability along rural areas in San Bernardino County. The release of the Decision Record and Finding of No Significant Impact for a communication site at Nipton authorizes InterConnect to move forward with its project located on public lands.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used common electronics to build a laser that pulses 100 times more often than conventional ultrafast lasers. The advance could extend the benefits of ultrafast science to new applications such as imaging of biological materials in real time.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an eight-count indictment today against Miguel Alverez Cervantes, 53, Maria Cervantes-Echevarria, 34, and Marta Jiminez Lopez, 26, all Mexican nationals living in Los Molinos, charging them with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possessing...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras Agrees to Pay More Than $850 Million for FCPA Violations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Husband Scheduled for Sentencing on Oct. 2, 2018 on Negligent Child Abuse Conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. sentenced Derek Swede Godfrey, 49, formerly of Rocklin, to eight years and one month in prison for possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: LOVELAND, Colorado -- The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the recreational management of four reservoirs: Horsetooth Reservoir, Carter Lake, Pinewood Reservoir and Flatiron Reservoir. Reclamation owns and manages the four reservoirs in terms of water operations...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Gregorio Moreno-Valencia, 26, and Alexandro Ayala-Acosta, 45, charging them in connection with a marijuana grow operation in the Mendocino National Forest in Tehama County, possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes, and the depredation of United States property, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: SAN JOSE- Goyko Gustav Kuburovich, also known as “Batzi" Kuburovich and “Gus" Kuburovich, and his daughter, Kristel Kuburovich were convicted of bankruptcy fraud-related crimes by a federal jury announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Special Agent in FBI Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The verdicts were handed down yesterday following a jury trial before the Honorable Edward J. Davila, U.S. District Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National park rangers are searching for a 53-year-old woman from Cleves, Ohio who was last seen in the Clingmans Dome area of the park on Tuesday, September 25. Mitzie Sue “Susan" Clements was hiking with her daughter on the Forney Ridge Trail, near Andrews Bald when the two separated. She was last seen around 5:00 pm approximately ¼ mile from Andrews Bald.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The Justice Department today announced that United Communities, LLC, a private company that manages military housing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB-MDL), has agreed to pay $62,501.78 to resolve allegations that it violated the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by imposing...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: BAKER CITY, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management’s National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center is connecting visitors to public lands and America’s natural and cultural heritage with a variety of programs in October.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a kidnapping conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - Senior United States District Judge Harvey Schlesinger has sentenced Bobby L. Ratcliffe (60) and Wanda F. Ratcliffe (55), both of Reddick, Florida, to two years in federal prison for conspiracy to structure financial transactions to evade reporting requirements. In addition, a...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: INDICTMENT* - James Maraia, 70. On Sept. 25, a federal grand jury indicted James Lawrence Maraia of Cedar Hill on child pornography charges. He allegedly used a peer-to-peer computer program to share and collect child pornography over a five year period. If convicted, Mr. Maraia faces up to 20 years for...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has developed a series of compliance assistance resources to help keep workers safe from trenching and excavation hazards. OSHA’s goal is to increase awareness of trenching hazards in construction, educate...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 27, 2018
Release: BALTIMORE - Residents of the Baltimore area in addition to students at Johns Hopkins University will be able to apply to the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA Pre✓® application program on the campus of Johns Hopkins University from Oct. 29 through Nov. 2, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center in a specially equipped recreational vehicle parked at the university that is designed for individuals to apply for TSA Pre✓®.
