News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, known by various aliases, including “El Chapo" and “El Rapido," was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of being a principal leader of a continuing criminal enterprise - the Mexican organized crime syndicate known as the Sinaloa Cartel - a charge...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Washington - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey announced that USDA is hosting a listening session for initial input on the 2018 Farm Bill. USDA is seeking public input on the changes to existing programs implemented by the Farm Service...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Two defendants have been charged by a federal grand jury for possession of heroin that caused the death of a Shepherdsville victim, announced United States Attorney Russell M. Coleman.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: DENVER - The conviction of Joaquin “El Chapo" Guzman demonstrates the dedication and determination of the men and women of the Drug Enforcement Administration to bring the world’s most dangerous and prolific drug trafficker to justice. Those who bring drugs and violence into the United States that destroy lives and communities will not be tolerated, nor evade DEA’s reach.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Nine people - including men with previous convictions for attempted murder, domestic violence and felonious assault with a firearm -- were indicted in federal court for firearms crimes.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM and cleanup contractor Fluor Idaho at DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site created inventive new fuel buckets that allow them to store more Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) spent fuel elements in the remaining space of a spent nuclear fuel dry storage facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On February 5, 2019, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 35 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of controlled substances, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced DARIUS COTY WHITAKER, 24, to 204 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Courtney Kentrell Chapman, 29, of Jackson, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana K. Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Anthony A. Scarpino, Jr., the Westchester County District Attorney, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), Joseph F. Schaller, Commissioner...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: GREENVILLE - The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that today, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard sentenced DARIUS COTY WHITAKER, 24, to 204 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Brazilian national pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to charges of ATM skimming in towns north of Boston.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Washington - Agricultural producers have until Feb. 14, 2019, to sign up for USDA’s Market Facilitation Program (MFP), launched last year to help producers suffering from damages due to unjustified trade retaliation. Producers can apply without proof of yield but must certify 2018 production by May 1, 2019. Since its launch in September 2018, more than 864,000 producers have applied, supporting those hit hard with nearly $8 billion in estimated payments.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Multiple White Supremacist Gang Members among 54 Defendants Charged in RICO Indictment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Terrence Sawtelle, a/k/a “Terry," 49, of Dexter, Maine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Chief Judge Jon D. Levy to one year and one day in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana. The defendant pled guilty on June 28, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MURRAY HUBERFELD was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a scheme to submit false paperwork to Platinum Partners (“Platinum"), a hedge fund founded by HUBERFELD, in order to facilitate...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: Six Convicted for Roles in Multi-Million Dollar Black Market Peso Exchange Money-Laundering Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: COLUMBIA, MO-The FBI Kansas City Division is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual/s responsible for intentionally igniting a fire at the Planned Parenthood facility, located at 711 Providence Road, Columbia, Missouri.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: AIKEN, S.C. - DOE officials recently joined with Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) and its subcontractors for a quarterly event focused on continuous improvement of the Savannah River Site (SRS) management and operations contractor’s mentor-protégé program and its Protégé Center of Excellence.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: LAKEWOOD, Colo. - In keeping with the Administration’s priority to sustainably develop energy and natural resources on public lands, the Bureau of Land Management will offer six parcels totaling approximately 1,091.57 acres on public lands managed by the BLM at its March 28, 2019 quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The BLM has chosen to defer 20 parcels of interest to the industry in order to complete additional environmental analyses.
