News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDNRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Freddie Lewis, 28, of Alexandria, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Dee D. Drell for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man, Brian Wright, who was convicted for his role in planning and participating in the armed robbery of two jewelry stores while he was on federal supervised release for a conviction related to unlawful possession of a firearm, was sentenced Monday to 328 months in federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 35-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison for carjacking and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. A federal jury sitting in Houston convicted Sean Rodriguez Sept. 26, 2018, after approximately three hours of deliberation following a three-day trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Four Peruvian residents have been extradited to the United States, where they stand accused of operating a large-scale extortion scheme from 2012 through 2015, the Justice Department and U.S. Postal Inspection Service today announced.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced winners of its Solar Decathlon® Design Challenge, comprising 10 contests, in which student teams design highly efficient and innovative buildings powered by renewable energy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 53-year-old Houston man has just been ordered to prison following his conviction of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. James Campbell and co-defendant Hammed Akinola, a Nigerian citizen, entered guilty pleas Oct. 9, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Justice Department Settles Claims Against Farmersville,Texas, Involving Denial of Islamic Cemetery.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Superintendent F. Gus Sanchez announces that Federal Highways Administration and Del Mar Contracting, Incorporated staff continue working in the park paving the road and parking lots. Beginning tomorrow, the South San Marcial Street entrance will be closed and contractors will begin paving the main parking lot. Access to the Memorial grounds and facilities will be through the Delta Drive gate until further notice. Construction activities will occur daily.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, will convene a field summit on Earth Day to examine the rising costs to taxpayers from extreme weather and climate change at 10:30 AM on Monday, April 22nd in East Lansing,...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - Chilton County man sentenced today for transporting two minor girls for illegal sexual activity and producing, transporting, and possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E, Town and FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Following a successful debut during the 2017 hurricane season, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) Web-based Hurricane Evacuation (HURREVAC) system was used on a larger scale during the 2018 hurricane season, and is set to go fully operational for the 2019 hurricane season.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A Madera pharmacist and two others were arrested today in connection with a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and hydrocodone, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Leff, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office, announced the support to the Puerto Rico Bureau of Forensic Sciences with the processing of “Rape Kits".
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest of JOHN LAMBERT, a/k/a “Eric Pope," for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. LAMBERT was arrested earlier today in Bristol, Tennessee, and was presented in the Eastern District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: DAYTON - Carlos Raymond Alvarez, aka “Rico Finessegod", 25, of Dayton, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to commit carjacking and gun charges for his role in a scheme that lured a victim through a dating app and stole his car when he showed up for his expected date.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Herndon man pleaded guilty today to cyberstalking a victim in New York.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: This month, the last of 14 defendants were sentenced for their respective roles in a violent criminal enterprise that operated in the Miami neighborhood of Allapattah for crimes committed as early as the year 2000.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 16, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - Savannah River Site (SRS) liquid waste contractor Savannah River Remediation (SRR) recently awarded college scholarships to local high schoolers and grants to area elementary school teachers as part of education outreach.
