News from September 2018
By State Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Rep. Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, joined Representative Ed Royce, Chairman of the Committee, in a ceremony to unveil a recreation of the Arch of Palmyra on the National Mall. The Arch of Palmyra was destroyed by ISIL in Syria. Rep. Engel delivered the following remarks...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: Two men from Northeast Ohio were indicted for crimes related to child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: Comment period ends Oct. 26, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Luis David Toledo (29, Jacksonville) to four years and nine months in federal prison for possessing a stolen firearm, possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it, and possessing firearms while an unlawful user of a controlled substance. Toledo pleaded guilty on May 9, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Juan Carlos Perez, 36, Beloit, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 10 years in federal prison for distributing heroin. Perez pleaded guilty to this charge on May 22, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael C. Mikulka, Special Agent-in-Charge, New York Region, U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (“DOL-OIG"), Thomas Licetti, Acting New York Regional Director, U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man pleaded guilty Wednesday to brandishing a gun during a robbery at a local credit union, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: An indictment was filed charging Eddie J. Heckard, Jr., 32, of Toledo, and Demetrice Phillips, 21, of Houston, with trafficking cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has updated the water supply for Friant Division Central Valley Project contractors for the 2018 contract year, and as such is increasing the Class 1 allocation by 3 percent, going from 85 percent to 88 percent.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Sloan Canyon Visitor Contact Station will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. starting October 1. The station has been open Fridays-Sundays since May. The Sloan Visitor Contact Station is located at the end of Nawghaw Poa Road near Henderson, Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Nicholas Bukoski, 19, of Crofton, Md., pled guilty today to a federal charge stemming from a series of threats that he made coinciding with a demonstration against gun violence that took place in March 2018 in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced DERRICK REYMOND ROBINSON, a 37-year-old resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to 120 months in federal prison following his conviction of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of...
By State Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed unanimous approval by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations of legislation to impose new sanctions on Syria’s Assad regime and its supporters, encourage negotiations to end the seven-year...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt sentenced MURDOCK RAEFORD SHERROD, 53, of Wilson, North Carolina to 120 months of imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that Chief U.S. District Judge Shelly D. Dick sentenced UDRAKA ROBERTS-BEY, age 28, of New Orleans, Louisiana, to 105 months in federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a minor. The Court further sentenced ROBERTS-BEY to five years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY) released the following statement on House passage of the conference committee report on the fiscal year 2019 Defense and Labor-HHS-Educations Appropriations Minibus.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a Report of Investigation issued by the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security regarding FEMA Administrator Brock Long’s improper use of government vehicles for personal travel.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, DEFONTE KENTRIAL WILLIAMS, 25, of Grifton, was sentenced by United States Senior District Judge W. Earl Britt for possession of a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. Judge Britt sentenced WILLIAMS to 68 months’ imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Elmer Ratunil Cuares was sentenced to 20 months in prison for smuggling goods, including firearms, out of the United States, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge in Northern...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2018
News Release: National Park Service Seeks Public Comments on Plan to Protect Species of Concern on Southeast Coastlines.
