News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today in federal court, Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced VICTOR DEMETRIOUS WATSON, 27, of Ash, North Carolina, to 120 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Gabriel Murillo, 44, of San Bernadino County, California, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with attempted online enticement of a minor. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, a lifetime period of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways & Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig, asking him to provide a range of information related to any third-party analysis that was conducted on...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: WEST VALLEY, N.Y. - The West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) Site saved more than $600,000 in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 by using procurement tools provided by the Supply Chain Management Center (SCMC), a DOE program that helps EM contractors find better prices for goods and services and makes the buying process more efficient and effective.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: DENVER - James Thompson of Denver was sentenced late last week to serve 30 months in federal prison for misuse of a Social Security number, U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn and Social Security Office of the Inspector General Wilbert Craig announced. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Philip...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: In San Antonio today, a former detention officer at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center (BCADC) was sentenced to three years in federal prison for a scheme to smuggle methamphetamine to inmates, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash; FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Teresa D. Hudrlik, of Valley Grove, West Virginia, was sentenced today to six months incarceration for committing wire fraud while employed by the City of Wheeling, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ-The FBI Phoenix Field Division is pleased to announce David Gillum as the recipient of the 2018 Director’s Community Leadership Award (DCLA). Mr. Gillum, the Director of Biosafety and Biosecurity at Arizona State University (ASU), was selected for making outstanding contributions to his community through service.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: In 2011, a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake all but decimated the Pacific Coast of Tohoku, Japan, including the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. A catastrophic meltdown ensued. Many tons of nuclear fuel, boiled down to a radioactive lava, corroded the steel surrounding the facility’s three reactors. Today, the cleanup effort is still projected to take several decades.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of indictments charging Jacksonville residents Paul Berkins Moise, Joanna Arlean Tukes, and Schquan Antionette Shanks with aiding and assisting others with the filing of false tax returns. The indictments, which are unrelated, allege that each of the individuals owned and operated a tax preparation business in Jacksonville.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Alamogordo, NM - White Sands National Monument will commence needed upgrades to the Interdune Boardwalk Trail beginning Feb. 20, 2019. To ensure the safety of monument visitors, the Interdune Boardwalk Trail will be closed from Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, until mid-May 2019. Project status is available on the monument’s website at.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Cody Swinnerton, 24, of Berea, was charged in federal court with sexual exploitation of children and receipt of child pornography after he allegedly contacted several children between the ages of 12 and 15 and coerced them into sending him sexually explicit images.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - Herminigilda Manuel pleaded guilty today in federal court to willfully failing to account for and pay over federal employment taxes, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Kareem Carter. The plea was accepted by the Honorable Richard Seeborg, U.S. District Judge.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai‘i - Two trails have reopened in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park after being closed last year due to impacts from tens of thousands of earthquakes that also damaged roads, buildings and other park infrastructure.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that DEVONTA DUNN, age 24, of Baton Rouge, pleaded guilty Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 to a one-count indictment charging him with trafficking 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A).
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued an interim staff report after multiple whistleblowers came forward to warn about efforts inside the White House to rush the transfer of highly sensitive U.S. nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia in potential violation of the Atomic Energy Act and without review by Congress as required by law-efforts that may be ongoing to this day. The report states...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Tyler Estep, of Galloway, Ohio, has admitted to a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Tumacácori National Historical Park will waive its entrance fee on four days in 2019. The four entrance fee-free days for 2019 will be.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Mason County woman was sentenced today to three months federal incarceration to be followed by three years of supervised release, with the first six months of supervised release to be served at an in-patient substance abuse treatment center, announced United States Attorney Mike...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO-Michael James Frew pleaded guilty today to wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering charges in connection with a fraudulent real estate investment scheme, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett, and...
