News from February 2019
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: ANCHORAGE, Alaska -The Bureau of Land Management will host the finish of the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Saturday, March 2 at the BLM Campbell Tract. The world’s most famous sled dog race begins the following day. The Ceremonial Start is a spectator-friendly event where mushers and dogs interact with fans.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Two men have been arrested in Riverside, California, for their alleged roles in shipping over 30 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and conspiring to send an additional five kilos of fentanyl into New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a federal indictment charging ERIC WILLOR, 69, with 15 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return. WILLOR will make his initial appearance in United States District Court at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine (USAO-ME) collected $3,916,132 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. Of this amount, $1,136,220 was collected in criminal actions and $2,779,912 was collected in civil actions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Worcester man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester on federal methamphetamine charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announced today that his office collected over $13.5 million in criminal and civil actions in fiscal year 2018. Of this amount, $8,410,643.89 was collected in criminal actions and $5,113,040.40 was collected in civil actions. Additionally, over $4.6 million was collected in asset forfeitures.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of JEROME ROBERT HENNESSEY, 56, to one count of mail fraud and one count of tax evasion. HENNESSEY, who was charged via felony information on Dec. 18, 2018, entered his guilty plea earlier today before Chief Judge John R. Tunheim in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of DONTAY LAVARICE REESE, 37, for kidnapping. REESE entered his guilty plea yesterday afternoon before Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Washington Man Faces Federal Charge for Disturbance on Flight.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Also Possessed a High Capacity Magazine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY - Feb. 14, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ALEXANDRU BURDUCEA, a doctor who practiced in Manhattan, pled guilty today to conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute in connection with a scheme to prescribe Subsys, a potent fentanyl-based...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal jury today convicted the mayor of Portage, Ind., on a corruption charge for soliciting and pocketing a bribe in exchange for influencing the awarding of city contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ORLANDO QUIROS, also known as “O" and “Gordo, 42, formerly of New Britain and Suffield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 136 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for cocaine trafficking and firearm possession offenses.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Cincinnati--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Final Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Tank Closure Contract (TCC) at the Hanford Site. DOE invites proposals to perform services to achieve measurable results towards end state completion of the DOE-Office of Environmental Management mission...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Washington - Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is giving funding priority in a key grant program for applications to address opioid misuse in rural communities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A 68-year-old resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges regarding his trafficking of cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of the Interior announced today the Bureau of Land Management’s approval of two historic mining projects in Utah - the $12.3 million Alton Coal Tract coal lease in Kane County, Utah, and two coal lease modification proposals for the SUFCO Mine in Sevier County, which...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after the Senate approved a bipartisan agreement to avert another government shutdown and strengthen border security...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2019
News Release: Matthew D. Krueger, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that Kimberly Bagneski (age 48) of Waupun, Wisconsin, has entered a guilty plea in federal court to knowingly taking part in a scheme to defraud the United States by submitting false claims for income tax refunds to the IRS.
