News from February 2019
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 4, 2019
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 4, 2019
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 4, 2019
The US Justice Department published a three page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 4, 2019
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Horace Edmond Wright, age 52, of Charleston, South Carolina, was sentenced in federal court in Charleston after pleading guilty to distribution of heroin. United States District Judge Bruce Howe Hendricks of Charleston...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: BOISE - Juan Diego Garnica, 32, of Nampa, Idaho, was sentenced last Thursday in U.S. District Court to 78 months in prison, followed by five years’ supervised release, for distributing methamphetamine and possessing an unregistered firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Garnica was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - On Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, Chief U.S. District Judge Robert J. Jonker sentenced Oghenevwakpo Igboba to a total of 162 months’ in federal prison to be followed by three years’ supervised release, $514,823 in restitution, a money judgment of $48,205, and $1800 in court assessments.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: TOPEKA, KAN. - A Topeka man was sentenced Monday to 40 months in federal prison for selling stolen guns to an undercover agent, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced today Shi Yun Zhou, 27, of Charlotte, to 108 months in prison and four years of supervised release on drug trafficking conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service today announced $613,930 in a grant from the American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) to help protect 280 acres of America’s battlefields in West Virginia threatened with damage or destruction by urban and suburban development. This grant will be used to acquire a portion of the Summit Point Battlefield, a significant Civil War battlefield.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Fifty-Nine Count Indictment Stems from Criminal Activity in Long Beach, Mississippi.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today, “I am thrilled that the U.S. Attorney’s Office has been able to return to full operations this week following the lapse in government funding. I extend my heartfelt thanks to the entire team at the U.S. Attorney’s Office...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced today that Lisa Kwapniowski, age 49, of Omaha, Nebraska, pleaded guilty to committing wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343. Kwapniowski pleaded guilty before Senior United States District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp. Kwapniowski...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Joseph R. Bonavolonta Named Special Agent in Charge of the Boston Field Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: MOOSE, WY-The public comment period for the Mountain Goat Management Plan and Environmental Assessment has been extended through February 15. The plan is available for review and comment at parkplanning.nps.gov/mountaingoat.

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Defendants are among 46 indicted on drug trafficking and firearms charges as part of Operation Vanilla Gorilla.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore is seeking volunteers who would like to help National Park Service staff clear a large debris field that was left this morning by the Big John shrimp trawler wreckage. The beach cleanup will take place tomorrow, February 5, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Individuals interested in volunteering should meet National Park Service staff at the entrance to off-road vehicle (ORV) ramp 49 in Frisco, North Carolina.

By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: JACKSON, MS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with Mississippi State University’s Center for Continuing Education Industrial Health & Safety Program and Brasfield & Gorrie LLC to promote worker safety and health at...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Florence, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that John Henry Johnson, age 68, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, was convicted by a federal jury after three days of trial during the lapse in government appropriations. The jury found Johnson guilty of one count of...

By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: Charleston, South Carolina --- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Leonard Franklin Clark, 31, of North Charleston, South Carolina, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in three Mt. Pleasant robberies. There is no parole in the federal system.