News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Insulation Contractor Branch Manager Pleads Guilty To Bid Rigging and Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Another Bakersfield Man Pleads Guilty to the Same Offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Stacie N. Yancer, 39, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five grams or more of methamphetamine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: ASHLAND, Ky. - Kimberly Dawn Moore, 26, of Flat Woods, Kentucky, was sentenced today, to 120 months in federal prison, by United States District Court Judge David L. Bunning, for conspiracy to distribute heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: MONTROSE, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Uncompahgre Field Office is seeking public comment on the proposed Shavano Gateway Recreation Area to improve recreation experiences in Montrose County.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: This week, April 7-13, 2019, the United States Attorney’s Office joins the rest of the Department of Justice in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 7-13, 2019. The U.S. Attorney’s Office will participate in an annual event that celebrates and supports crime victims.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS- United States Attorney Josh J. Minker announced that Jaylen Brancheau and Donaven Meadows have been charged in federal court in separate criminal complaints. Brancheau has been charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, possession of a firearm during and in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 14 years in prison and 10 years supervised release on his conviction of sex trafficking of a child and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa discussed 232 tariffs on the Senate floor. Video of the remarks can be found here and text can be found below.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - See Fort Pulaski through the eyes of fort historian John R. Weaver II with this special in-depth tour of the fort on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. Mr. Weaver will compare the features of Fort Pulaski with the other 41 masonry forts built in the mid-nineteenth century, showing what is unique to Fort Pulaski and what is common among the forts of this period. You may be surprised by his conclusions regarding the battle for the fort!.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two local men have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of robbery and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Nicholas Stanley, age 40, of Dalton, Pennsylvania, owner of Nick Stanley Paving, Inc., was indicted on April 2, 2019, for tax evasion and structuring transactions to evade a reporting requirement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Seeks Absconder from Albuquerque Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statement on the resignation of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - On Friday, April 5, 2019, Christopher Dukes, age 27; and Marcus Johnson, age 28, both of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise related to their activities as members of the Hillside gang that operated in the Cherry Hill neighborhood ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - An MS-13 member pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to racketeering conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Following a conviction at trial on Oct. 31, 2018, Frederick Arayatanon, 35, of Westminister, California was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. to serve life in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By DOE Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: Today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new prize competition to support the development of pumped storage hydropower-the Furthering Advancements to Shorten Time (FAST) Commissioning for Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH) prize. The prize seeks novel solutions and technologies that address...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Samuel Serrano, age 24, a prisoner at the United States Penitentiary, (“USP") Allenwood, was indicted on March 28, 2019, by a federal grand jury for possession of a controlled substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 8, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Alexis Fernando Lopez, age 23, a Mexican National, entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B) and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2, punishable by not less than 5 and not more than 40 years imprisonment, up to a $5,000,000.00 fine, or both.
