News from April 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CARLOS SANCHEZ, 33, formerly of Middlebury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 10 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for sexually abusing an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury (FCI Danbury).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOSEPH MELI and JAMES SINISCALCHI were charged this morning with securities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud, stemming from their participation in a fraudulent...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CARLOS SANCHEZ, 33, formerly of Middlebury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 10 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for sexually abusing an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury (FCI Danbury).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: COPPER CENTER, AK - Federal subsistence fishing in both the Glennallen and Chitina Subdistricts of the Upper Copper River opens on May 15. This fishing opportunity is available to qualified local rural residents and a federal permit is required. The permit is a household permit, and only one permit will be issued per household for a given subdistrict.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT -This summer, the public is invited to help the park track and study important species of concern through its citizen science program. The program allows participants to explore the park and learn about important park resources while collecting valuable data for park managers.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Steven Andrew Dobson, 33, of Delano, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to 10 years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, for receiving and distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Marquese Whitted, age 33, of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 96 months’ imprisonment followed by four years on supervised release by Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo, for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed heroin and methamphetamine in the Schuylkill County area in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Defendants Prosecuted as Part of The Guardians Project, a Federal Law Enforcement Initiative to Combat Corruption, Fraud, and Abuse in South Dakota.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced its decision to study in more detail a floating pumping plant that could provide access to the inactive storage in Kachess Reservoir in years of severe drought.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Counterfeiters allegedly targeted college students and their bank accounts.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: SCRANTON-The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Marquese Whitted, age 33, of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 96 months’ imprisonment followed by four years on supervised release by Senior U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo, for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed heroin and methamphetamine in the Schuylkill County area in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a McLaughlin, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Distribution of a Controlled Substance.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is reallocating resources to the Southwest border to investigate human smuggling operations and the use of fraudulent documents to create fake families seeking to exploit U.S. immigration laws.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service today announced $28,466 in grants from the American Battlefield Protection Program to help protect 10 acres of America’s battlefields in Mississippi threatened with damage or destruction by urban and suburban development. These grants will be used to acquire a portion of the Champion Hill Battlefield, a significant Civil War Battlefield.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that Damien Guidry, 38, of Welsh, Louisiana, was sentenced to nine years and seven months in prison by U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays for distributing marijuana and cocaine. He was also sentenced to five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Mark Edward Jeffery, a former Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) officer, who smuggled alcohol, drugs, and contraband cellphones into Hays State Prison, has been sentenced to federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Ft. Thompson, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Maintaining a Drug Involved Premises.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SETH WATSON, 34, of Hartford, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to distributing synthetic opioids and admitted that he violated the conditions of his supervised release from a prior federal conviction.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Cory Hutcheson, 35, of East Prairie, MO, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in St. Louis for illegally monitoring the location of other law enforcement officers and civilians without a warrant by entering mobile telephone numbers into a law enforcement database. Hutcheson received...
