News from September 2018
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: The fossil of an extinct species of sea cow discovered on Santa Rosa Island in 2017 returned to the mainland this week, millions of years after its journey to the island.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A former Jersey City police officer was sentenced today to 23 months in prison for accepting approximately $55,000 in corrupt payments in exchange for helping employers operate at worksites without the required presence of an off-duty police officer and for helping a police officer obtain compensation for off-duty work he did not perform, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: HOUGHTON, MICH - The National Park Service (NPS) is currently making plans to release up to 6 wild wolves at Isle Royale National Park this fall.The project represents the first step in implementing the Record of Decision for the plan addressing the presence of wolves, which was signed by NPS Midwest...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) urges emergency crews in the areas affected by Hurricane Florence to be aware of hazards from flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees, and storm debris.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN- A local man has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for major fraud against the United States. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS PADILLA, also known as “Chewie," 25, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 216 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a violent New Haven street gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that the Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, Chief United States District Court Judge, sentenced Jorge Alberto Sainz Navarrete, 32, today to life imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. He was also sentenced to 240 months...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - The Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska will receive $805,563 in public safety grants from the Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LUIS PADILLA, also known as “Chewie," 25, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 216 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for his role in a violent New Haven street gang.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Defendants Mohamed Toure, 57, and Denise Cros-Toure, 57, of Ft. Worth, Texas, were charged today in a five-count indictment with forced labor, alien harboring for financial gain, and conspiracies to commit forced labor and alien harboring, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: A Cedar Rapids woman who was an unlawful user of methamphetamine and possessed a gun pled guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: For Participation in Wire Fraud Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Passaic County, New Jersey, woman today admitted conspiring to distribute thousands of pills containing heroin in New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that REYNALDO LOPEZ, a former New York City Police Department (“NYPD") officer, was sentenced to four years in prison in connection with narcotics, credit card fraud, identity theft, and counterfeiting...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Old Bridge, New Jersey, man was indicted today for allegedly using phony payments and false identity theft claims to deceive credit card companies and banks into giving him funds and extending credit, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: Two Cleveland men were indicted in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy with included committing armed carjackings around Ohio City, Tremont and Shaker Square and using one of the vehicles to steal firearms from a gun store in Streetsboro.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: Jackson, TN - A federal grand jury returned an indictment against two McNairy county men for being felons in possession of firearms. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the indictments today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: NSSF, ATF, U.S. Attorney, Area Law Enforcement Emphasize ‘Don't Lie for the Other Guy’.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced a former employee of the Central Texas Detention Facility - GEO (GEO) to 57 months imprisonment for agreeing to provide crystal methamphetamine to an inmate inside the federal detention facility announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division and U.S. Marshal Susan Pamerleau.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: BEAUMONT, Texas - A 33-year-old Beaumont, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today.
