News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 the unsealing of a second superseding indictment against WAYNE JEROME CELESTINE, age 57, a physician who practiced in Gretna, Louisiana and resided in the New Orleans area. The second superseding indictment contains charges of distribution of controlled substances, structuring bank funds, obstruction of justice, and offenses of money laundering involving a substantial sum of cash.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) sent a letter today to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to confirm a commitment he made during his testimony before the Committee on September 5th that Twitter would soon have an independent, third party conduct a civil rights audit of the platform.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: At time of arrest, defendant was on state probation for possessing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: Mid-Fall Hours at National Military Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: Former Non-Profit President Charged with Scheme to Conceal Foreign Funding of 2013 Congressional Trip.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: Defendant’s Pharmacies Received Reimbursements for Prescription Drugs Not Prescribed or Dispensed.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: After almost three decades of committing violent crimes, a Savannah man has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in federal prison for weapons possession.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) sent a letter today to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to confirm a commitment he made during his testimony before the Committee on September 5th that Twitter would soon have an independent, third party conduct a civil rights audit of the platform.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew has sentenced Harlem Slaughter Turner, III (41, Tampa) to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Turner pleaded guilty on June 12, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mission, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, Sexual Abuse, and Abusive Sexual Contact with a Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart is launching a series of community forums over the next few months to discuss public safety issues. The forums, presented in partnership with West Virginia’s Substance Abuse Prevention Coalitions, will be held at locations throughout the Southern...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Lawrence W. LaFlower, 42 years old, of Valparaiso, Indiana, has been charged with one count of wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a final Finding of No Significant Impact and Environmental Assessment on the Fire Mountain Canal Salinity Reduction Piping Project located in Delta County, Colorado. The project will replace approximately 3.67 miles of open irrigation ditch with buried pipe. The purpose of the project is to prevent seepage and reduce salinity loading in the Colorado River Basin.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $218 million in funding for 85 research awards in the important emerging field of Quantum Information Science (QIS). The awards were made in conjunction with the White House Summit on Advancing American Leadership in QIS, highlighting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that former Omaha Tribal Council members Rodney Morris, (age 64), Forrest Aldrich (age 68) and Tillie Aldrich (age 49), and former Omaha Tribe employees Jessica Webster (age 48) and Barbara Freemont (age 66) were sentenced by United States District Court...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: Sally Mayberry, Public Affairs Specialist, Denver Service Center; 303.969.2588 / sally_mayberry@nps.gov.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a draft Finding of No Significant Impact and Environmental Assessment on the East Side Lateral Piping Project, Phase 9 in Delta and Montrose Counties, Colorado. The project would replace approximately 20.4 miles of open irrigation ditch with buried pipe. The purpose of the project is to prevent seepage and reduce salinity loading in the Colorado River Basin.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Brookhaven, Pennsylvania, man was sentenced today to an additional 160 months in prison for possessing hundreds of images and videos of child sexual abuse while imprisoned at Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix for previous offenses involving the distribution and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that James Robinson, 60, of Concord, New Hampshire, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Senior Judge George Z. Singal to three years of probation for Social Security fraud. Robinson was also ordered to pay $45,473 in restitution...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that SHALLON DAVIS DUNMILES, age 34, together with LASHONDA MELANCON, age 37, WILFRED PERRILLOUX, age 43, DANYELLE TUCO, age 32, ANDREA STALKS, age 42, EBONY STEWART, age 32, CORTAZ WILLIAMS, age 23, and DANIELLE ANDERSON, age 36, were indicted Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 by a federal grand jury for charges stemming from their arrest in St. John the Baptist Parish earlier this year.
