News from August 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Virginia Beach man was sentenced today to five years in prison and ordered to pay a $300,000 forfeiture judgment for his involvement in a large scale marijuana distribution enterprise.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS-Billings resident Kevin James Maslen, who admitted trafficking methamphetamine and pain pills along with having firearms, was sentenced today to seven years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sigfredo Martinez, 47, of Celeron, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a $10,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of New Castle, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of unlawfully prescribing and distributing controlled substances, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Kyle Leeper, 35, of Pennsylvania and Arlene Rodriguez, 35, of Almonte, California appeared today in federal court in Syracuse on an indictment charging them with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of methamphetamine, and firearms offenses, announced...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: De Beque, Colo. - On Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire and Aviation Management Unit will formally transfer a wildland fire engine to the De Beque Fire Protection District under the Rural Fire Readiness program in Mesa County, Colorado. A press conference will be held following the ceremony.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a former corrections officer at the Federal Correctional Complex in Pollock, Louisiana, was sentenced Tuesday to 24 months in prison and two years of supervised release for accepting bribes to smuggle contraband to prisoners.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced a congressionally mandated Notice of Sale of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).
By State Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Bronx, NY-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Philadelphia, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to five years (60 months) in prison and four years of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of federal drug and firearms violations, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Yanyan Lesser, 48, of East Aurora, NY, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to transmitting in interstate or foreign commerce a communication containing a threat to injure another person. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Segebart admitted receiving two to three pounds of meth per week for redistribution.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Canadian telemarketer has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for conning American senior citizens out of their money by impersonating their grandchildren over the telephone and asking for financial help to get their purportedly distressed relatives out of trouble in a foreign country.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging an Iowa woman with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and heroin.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: HOUGHTON, MICH.-- The National Park Service (NPS) invites the public to participate in an informational open house meeting and webinar on the draft Non-Wilderness Cultural Resources Management Plan/ Environmental Assessment. The draft plan evaluates three alternatives for managing the non-wilderness...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: Dear Inspector General Gustafson: Nearly a dozen current and former employees of the Department of Commerce Office of the Inspector General (Commerce OIG) have raised concerns with my office regarding mass staff departures, low morale, and falling productivity. As you are aware, whistleblowers are pivotal...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Electricity (OE), Bruce J. Walker, announced the winners of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) first “Electricity Industry Technology and Practices Innovation Challenge" (EITPIC). The challenge tapped into American ingenuity for ideas on how to make the nation’s electric grid stronger and more resilient.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
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By DOJ Newswire | Aug 21, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - The former President of the State Police Association of Massachusetts and the union’s former Massachusetts lobbyist were arrested today on charges of fraud and obstruction of justice.
