News from September 2018
By DOL Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C - Yesterday, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro requesting a study on the process for obtaining a Qualified Domestic Relations...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Federal and local law enforcement authorities have charged six people for their alleged roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Justin C. McCoy, 30, was sentenced in federal court today in Omaha, Nebraska, for three counts of robbery and for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. The Honorable John M. Gerrard sentenced McCoy to 194 months of imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After completing his term of imprisonment, McCoy will begin a four-year term of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: FRANKFORT, Ky. - David Robert Dunn, 60, of Beavercreek, Ohio, was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison, by United States District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, for crossing a state line (Ohio to Kentucky) with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a person who was under 12 years of age.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas -A 57-year-old Salvadoran national has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Robert Edgar Farquer, 69, of Sitka, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess, to serve eight years in prison, followed by a life term of supervised release, for possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Columbia, Missouri was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday for receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Shreveport felon was sentenced last week to 162 months in prison for possessing two pistols with silencers after being arrested for burglary.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Sept. 18, 2018, a federal grand jury returned a fifteen-count Indictment against Nickie M. Foster (age 22), Marquel L. Johnson (age 24), and Martell D. Ford (age 27), charging them with a series of...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Andrew Stephen Lund, 36, of Vallejo, charging him with attempted online enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and accessing child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Hurricane man pled guilty today to a federal gun charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Michael Shawn Alford, 38, entered his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Cabell County Sheriff’s Office, the Dunbar Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General, today announced that, on Sept. 18, 2018, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned a five-count indictment charging JAMES LEBEL, 40, of no certain address, and MICHELLE BARBEAU, 51, of Brooklyn, Conn., with offenses related to the theft of U.S. Postal money orders.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Both Biscayne and Redwood National Parks were established by Congress in October of 1968, and a new photography exhibit celebrates that coincidence simultaneously on both coasts of the United States. From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream Waters features photographs of both parks by students participating...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - An inmate who is now serving a prison sentence at FCI McKean pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of robbing a Jared Jewelry store in 2015, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was indicted today by a federal grand jury for lying to firearm dealers in connection with his purchase of seven guns.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: The former Chief Financial Officer of a Vancouver, Washington business management company was indicted yesterday in connection with his false certifications of the company’s periodic filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. JAMES DOUGLAS MILLER...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
Release: Washington -FAS Program Announcement FAS-ESR-084-18, issued at 9:00am on September 20th, which announced export sales of 148,590 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2018/2019 marketing year; and export sales of 11,430 metric tons of corn for delivery to Mexico during the 2019/2020 marketing year was issued in error. The correct announcement is as follows.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Public encouraged to notify law enforcement if they have any further information.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Interagency Investigation Led to Seizure of Approximately 356 Grams of Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 20, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOSEPH PERCOCO, the former executive deputy secretary to the Governor of the State of New York, was sentenced to six years in prison for soliciting and accepting more than $315,000 in bribes in return...
