News from February 2019
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: West Glacier, MT - The National Park Service in partnership with Glacier National Park Conservancy will host an evening about Sperry Chalet on February 13 at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell, MT.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: NEW BERN - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced BONDURANT AKEEM RUFFIN, 34, of Wilson, NC, to 69 months imprisonment, followed by 4 years supervised release. On Aug. 15, 2018, following a three...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A South Los Angeles woman who described herself on social media as “The Most Hated Hoe in L.A." and who admitted using the Internet to solicit minors to engage in commercial sex acts has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: SONORA, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking volunteers at its New Melones Lake, located 10 miles north of downtown Sonora at 6850 Studhorse Flat Road.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that KENDALL BARNES, age 22, of New Orleans, and DERRICK GROVES, age 21, of New Orleans, were charged in a eight-count superseding indictment on Jan. 31, 2019 by a federal grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: MACON- A panel of citizen jurors returned a guilty verdict this evening following a one week trial of a man involved in a complex scheme to defraud the Bibb County School System (BCSD), said Charles “Charlie" Peeler, the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. Dave Carty, 49, of Macon...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - A west suburban musician pleaded guilty today to a federal child pornography charge and admitted enticing several underage girls, many as young as 14 years old, to produce sexually explicit videos of themselves.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JOSEPH DANIELS, also known as “Sean," 36, of Norwalk, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to one count of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: Defendant Had Been in Prison for Participation in Narcotics Conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - Reynaldo Alexis Granados-Vasquez, age 23, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to kidnap a victim. This guilty plea follows the guilty plea earlier this week of co-defendant, Neris Moreno-Martinez, age 22, of West New York, New Jersey, and the guilty plea...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy today announced up to $28 million in funding for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, Aerodynamic Turbines, Lighter and Afloat, with Nautical Technologies and Integrated Servo-control (ATLANTIS). ATLANTIS projects will develop new technologies for floating, offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) using the discipline of control co-design (CCD).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today reached a settlement agreement with Honda Aircraft Company LLC (Honda Aircraft), a wholly owned subsidiary of American Honda Motor Co. Inc., and subsidiary of Honda Motor Co. Ltd., that manufactures and sells business jet aircrafts. The settlement resolves a...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO - The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago today announced federal criminal charges against five individuals in connection with violent carjackings in the city or suburbs.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich today sentenced Shamar Lajuan Thomas (26, Clearwater), a/k/a “Baby," to 35 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery, and using or carrying a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime. A federal jury found Thomas guilty on Oct. 11, 2018. Thomas was the last member of the Polk County-based criminal organization to be convicted of conducting armed robberies of other drug dealers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JARED CASTELLAW, age 34, of New Orleans, and a former employee of an undisclosed entity, ABC Homes, LLC, located in St. Bernard Parish, pled guilty on Jan. 30, 2019 to a Bill of Information charging him with Making False Statements to a Financial Institution.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
Release: ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Residents of the Lehigh Valley area will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s TSA Pre✓® application program at Lehigh Valley International Airport from Feb. 11 - 22, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center in the airport terminal.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with his participation in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Newark man, previously convicted in state court of six felonies, was found guilty in federal court today of being a felon in possession of a handgun, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: STATESBORO, GA: A Mexican national and 17 other Statesboro-area residents indicted in a sweeping two-year, multi-agency investigation have pled guilty to a multitude of charges, and now face sentences of up to life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2019
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - A series of indictments have charged 14 defendants with dealing crack cocaine in the historic Cuyler-Brownsville community.
