News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Justin Jamal Williams, 29, of Jackson, pled guilty Friday before Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Scot Edwin Anderson, age 61, of Ada, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment and 3 years of supervised release for Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
Release: SEATTLE - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is holding a one-day recruitment and hiring event Saturday, Feb. 23, to recruit full-time and part-time transportation security officers (TSOs) to work at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Starting pay is $20.34 per hour.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 34-year-old Katy man has been ordered to prison after discharging a firearm in the hallway of an apartment building while conducting a drug trafficking offense resulting in the death of the buyer, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. James Michael Curtis Johnson pleaded guilty Feb. 6, 2017, to discharging a firearm as well as aggravated identity theft as part of a separate fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jacob Tunison, 29, of Olean, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with production of child pornography. The charge carries a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, a maximum penalty of 30 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Narada Walls, age 38, of Salisbury, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to possess and to distribute fentanyl and fentanyl analogues. Fentanyl analogues are chemical compounds designed to have effects similar to fentanyl and can be just as deadly.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding a briefing from the company following a troubling consumer complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission that personal health information of certain Facebook users who were participating...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: TONOPAH, Nev. - In keeping with the Administration’s goal of promoting American energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management propose to offer 123 parcels, totaling approximately 264,076 acres located in the Battle Mountain District, at its June 2019 quarterly oil and gas lease sale. This notice initiates a public comment period on associated environmental documents that ends on March 20, 2019. The BLM will hold the lease sale online at www.energynet.com.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham announced that Christopher Feliciano, 29, of Enfield, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to one count of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin and fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced that Fawzi Al-Arashi, 41, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, was sentenced to serve 12 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Two Texas men were sentenced to 63 months in prison today for trafficking more than 10 kilograms fentanyl through Louisiana, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - A 34-year-old Katy man has been ordered to prison after discharging a firearm in the hallway of an apartment building while conducting a drug trafficking offense resulting in the death of the buyer, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. James Michael Curtis Johnson pleaded guilty Feb. 6, 2017, to discharging a firearm as well as aggravated identity theft as part of a separate fraud scheme.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding a briefing from the company following a troubling consumer complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission that personal health information of certain Facebook users who were participating...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Cincinnati -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought for the Portsmouth and Paducah Project Office (PPPO) Infrastructure Support Services.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Stoney Ray Mendenhall, age 19, of Stilwell, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 34 months’ imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $33,767.23, for...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Allen Malcolm Stienke, 35, of Robertsdale, Alabama, was sentenced on the charge of felon in possession of a firearm. Court documents reflect that Steinke was in a vehicle stopped by the Elberta police for displaying...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that the application period for Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN) grants has opened. Project CeaseFire is South Carolina’s implementation of PSN, a nationwide initiative that awards grants to state agencies, local units...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: On Feb. 14, 2019, Jose Antonio Morales, 33, of Fort Pierce, was convicted, by a federal jury in West Palm Beach, of being a felon unlawfully in possession of a firearm and possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute the controlled substance.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2019
News Release: RICHLAND, Wash. - Part of a successful cleanup mission means ensuring workers have the proper tools and resources to complete tasks.
