News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that a Federal grand jury in Greenville has returned an eleven-count indictment charging Jeremy Dwight Lane, age 38, of La Grange, North Carolina, with ten counts of receipt of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: The Southern District of Indiana sheds light on the Asset Recovery Unit to celebrate the hard work and dedication displayed throughout the department.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Tiny nanoparticles play a gargantuan role in modern life, even if most consumers are unaware of their presence. They provide essential ingredients in sunscreen lotions, prevent athlete’s foot fungus in socks, and fight microbes on bandages. They enhance the colors of popular candies and keep the powdered sugar on doughnuts powdery. They are even used in advanced drugs that target specific types of cells in cancer treatments.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Dominique Lavelle Oatis, of Centralia, Illinois, pleaded guilty today to an indictment charging him.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
Release: KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – This week, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette traveled to Tennessee to tour the BWXT – Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and meet with University of Tennessee President, Randy Boyd.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Michael Roy Reed, 44, of Keithville, Louisiana, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to serve seven years in federal prison for illegally possessing a.380-caliber pistol. Reed previously pleaded guilty on Feb. 12, 2019, to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: SAN DIEGO - Yesterday afternoon a federal jury convicted three defendants on charges stemming from their efforts to traffic approximately 734 kilograms (1,614 pounds) of cocaine -- worth nearly $17 million -- on the high seas. The verdict was rendered after a 10-day trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California before the Honorable Janis L. Sammartino.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, member of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, sent letters to the Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) Hugh J. Hurwitz and Attorney General William P. Barr seeking documents and information regarding the Administration’s July 25, 2019, announcement that the Bureau would resume capital punishment.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has extended the deadline for public comment on the Draft Four Rivers Field Office Resource Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DOMINIQUE ALAINA BERRY, age 30, a resident of Kentwood, Louisiana, was charged today in a two-count bill of information with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, bank fraud, and interstate transportation and use of an interstate facility with intent...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that KWAME FLEMING, age 28, of New Orleans, was sentenced today for one count of accessory to murder through use of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(j), two counts of carjacking, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119, two counts of brandishing...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jose Ruben Gil, 53, of Bell Gardens, California, who was convicted of operating a continuing criminal enterprise and money laundering conspiracy, was sentenced to serve 144 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2019
News Release: Defendant also Convicted of a Firearm Offense and Pled Guilty to a Narcotics Offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - An accounting coordinator at a Pittsburgh-area non-profit organization has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of bank fraud and mail fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: Come to Homestead National Monument of America, August 31-Sept. 2, 2019 for 3 days of exciting programs for the whole family! Every day of the weekend will have a different themes and will feature different activities.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: UPDATE (Aug. 14, 2019): Glacier National Park has released the hometown of the 14-year-old juvenile victim who died in Monday's rockfall incident on Going-to-the-Sun Road as Farr West City, Utah. It is not the practice of the Flathead County Sheriff's Office to release the names of juvenile victims...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Kevin E. Burley, Jr., of Parkville, Maryland, was sentenced today to 27 months incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Aug. 13, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today administered the oath of office to swear in Scott Soles to serve as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Principal Deputy Chief Financial Officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2019
News Release: Phillip R. Carawan of Columbia, North Carolina, pleaded guilty today in federal court in New Bern, North Carolina, on charges that his company, Capt. Neill’s Seafood Inc., at Carawan’s direction, falsely labeled millions of dollars’ worth of foreign crabmeat as “Product of USA.” “Today’s plea helps to ...
