News from September 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman announced this month’s latest surge efforts to aggressively tackle violent crime in Metro Louisville with the Louisville Federal Grand Jury returning 21 felony indictments charging 24 individuals with numerous counts, including firearms violations and possession and distribution of illegal narcotics.
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: 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 Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: On Sept. 22, from 8:00 am until 12:00 pm, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) will host drop-in volunteer beach cleanup efforts to celebrate National Public Lands Day.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: Pecos, NM: Celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Public Lands Day with a hike through one of the seldom-seen areas of Pecos National Historical Park! The 3.8 mile South Pasture Loop Trail on the grounds of the historic Forked Lightning Ranch will be open to hikers from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, CT - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited L.L.E. Construction LLC for exposing employees to fall and other hazards at a construction worksite in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The company faces $146,554 in proposed penalties.
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.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Braddock, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal drug and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Norwell man was charged today in federal court in Boston with sexual exploitation of children. The defendant previously coached Norwell youth football.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Tony John Evans, 30, formerly of New York, N.Y., pled guilty today to extortion related to a wide-ranging scheme that caused a Maryland man to embezzle more than $4 million from his employer in Washington, D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Nancy McNamara, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - The longtime leader of one of Newark’s largest and most violent street gangs was sentenced today to two concurrent terms of life in prison for his role in six murders, an attempted murder, drug trafficking, and firearms offenses as part of a racketeering conspiracy involving the New Jersey Grape Street Crips, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald joined the Department of Justice today in announcing more than $113 million in grant awards to improve public safety, serve victims of crime, combat violence against women, and support youth programs in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Six tribes within the District of Minnesota have received grants totaling more than $8.6 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: OXFORD, Miss. William C. Lamar, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, and Luis Santiago, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announced that.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, along with Raymond R. Parmer, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans Field Division, announced today that Carson Arcia, 33, of Russellville, was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for production of child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking public comment on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate the impacts of a proposed increase in wastewater flows from the Sorrento Lactalis dairy products facility in Nampa, Idaho.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: The man accused of robbing the First National Bank of Waterloo in O’Fallon, Illinois, on September 6th is now in federal custody, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today. Daryl A. Smith, 48, of Cahokia, Illinois, was arrested at a friend’s home on Tuesday based upon a federal complaint and arrest warrant issued on September 11.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Rhode Island man was arrested today and charged in connection with a scheme to embezzle over a million dollars from a Massachusetts company.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ALEX ORTIZ-GOMEZ, 35, a citizen of Colombia last residing in Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 78 months of imprisonment for trafficking heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Prolonged drought and increased water use in the southwest United States have led to shrinking reservoirs and the emergence of natural features that are affecting endangered species and river recreation. One feature, a waterfall known as the Piute Farms Waterfall, has formed in an area...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Lena Quintana, 44, an enrolled member and resident of Kewa Pueblo, N.M., pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a voluntary manslaughter charge.
