News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Two Columbia, Mo., men pleaded guilty in federal court today to their roles in a prostitution operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: Maryland Man Sentenced to Prison in Bank Scam That Defrauded Victims Out of Over $560,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland -U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced former Maryland State Delegate Michael Lynn Vaughn, age 60, of Bowie, Maryland, today to four years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a bribery conspiracy in connection with a scheme in which he accepted bribes...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- National Park Service researchers recently discovered a litter of four mountain lion kittens, two males and two females, in a remote area of the Santa Monica Mountains. The four-week-old kittens are now known as P-70, P-71, P-72, and P-73.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: The Little Rock Field Office Celebrates the FBI’s 110th Birthday.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that BRYAN KELLY, 46, of Madison, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to three years of probation, the first six months of which KELLY must serve in home confinement with location monitoring, for distributing anabolic steroids. Judge Bolden also ordered KELLY to pay a $1,000 fine and perform 100 hours of community service.
By State Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Representative Albio Sires, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, today made the following statement on the Guatemalan government’s decision to deny International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) Commissioner Ivan Velasquez re-entry into the country...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: TULSA, Okla.- United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that Devon Deshon Thomas, 23, of Tulsa, pleaded guilty Tuesday to robbery of a Broken Arrow QuikTrip using coercion through force and fear.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that two Mission, South Dakota, individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession of a Firearm During a Drug Trafficking Crime, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the status of NAFTA negotiations, and refuting the president’s assertion that he can unilaterally withdraw from NAFTA without Congressional approval...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: PRICE, Utah-Continued drought conditions and an overpopulation of wild horses is prompting the Bureau of Land Management to plan for the removal of excess horses from areas in and around the Muddy Creek Management Area (HMA) in Emery County starting on Sept. 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: TULSA, Okla.- United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that Devon Deshon Thomas, 23, of Tulsa, pleaded guilty Tuesday to robbery of a Broken Arrow QuikTrip using coercion through force and fear.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Edward Paul Cragg, 38, of Turlock, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 20 years in prison for one count of receipt and distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, will host a National Public Lands Day (NPLD) event on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. At this event volunteers will participate in a cleanup at the Grimes Point Archaeological Area approximately 10 miles east of Fallon, Nevada. Lunch will be provided.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Edward Paul Cragg, 38, of Turlock, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 20 years in prison for one count of receipt and distribution of child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore.-- Federal charges against six individuals for their roles in two vast conspiracies to traffic marijuana grown in Portland and shipped to Texas, Virginia and Florida were announced on Aug. 29, 2018.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Transportation Security Administration officer spotted what looked like an improvised explosive device in a man’s carry-on bag early this morning, resulting in the temporary closure of several security screening lanes at Newark Liberty International Airport until authorities could determine that the item was not the bomb that it was designed to mimic.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: Washington - On June 26, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Marketing Services (AMS) filed an administrative complaint against S & S Buying, Inc. and Troy Siebels, Stamford, Nebraska, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Two Columbia, Mo., men pleaded guilty in federal court today to their roles in a prostitution operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 4, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender was sentenced on September 4, 2018, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
