News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Defendants Allegedly Targeted Residences of Attorneys Involved In Civil Litigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Anthony J. Prettyman, 28, of Elmira, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 100 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue, was sentenced to serve 125 months in federal prison by...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - On Tuesday, Feb. 26, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced the sentencing of a Honduran man, currently serving a sentence of eight to 20 years in state prison for the raping a child, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Shon Gibson, 47, of Rome City, Indiana, was sentenced before Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann on his plea of guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: One of the core missions of the EPA is one that I think we all agree with - for Americans to have clean air, clean land, and clean water. The EPA works toward this worthy goal through a variety of means, including partnerships with state and local governments, grants to states, non-profits, educational...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kelly D. Brady, Special Agent in Charge, ATF Boston Field Division, announced that TYRUS PRUDE, 29, of Enfield, pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court to one count of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Nearly 20 employees from DOE’s offices of EM and Science supported a local middle school’s first science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) night, which attracted more than 800 students and their family members.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), spoke on the Senate floor today to highlight the profound divide on climate change between Democrats and Republicans. In his remarks, Senator Carper slammed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) strategy on the Green New Deal as a ploy to avoid real debate on the issue of climate change.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: Florence, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that Dustin Earl Odom, age 24, of Effingham, South Carolina, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison after pleading guilty in October 2018 to possession with intent to distribute marijuana and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: FBI Omaha Field Office Announces Director’s Community Leadership Award Presented to Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: Jay Walter Sall, 54, of Miami Beach, was sentenced, on Feb. 21, 2019, to a total of 240 months in prison by U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore, for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON - Anyone that knowingly removes, conceals or withholds a part of a civil aircraft involved in an accident could face civil penalties, criminal charges or both, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A former Arizona public official pleaded guilty today to accepting tens of thousands of dollars in cash bribes from a now-defunct Culver City-based debt collection company in exchange for disclosing confidential information that helped the company collect nearly $1 million in outstanding debts.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: Devils Postpile National Monument News Release.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher Wade Rebish, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 96 months incarceration for having a machine gun, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: Court Finds Yiheng Percival Zhang Guilty Following Bench Trial in September 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that an Okreek, South Dakota, woman and a Mission, South Dakota, man have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and Possession of a Firearm by...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Justin Richeson, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months incarceration for his role in a methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin distribution operation that spanned multiple states, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STIVEN SIRI-REYNOSO was sentenced today to life plus five years in prison for his role in the June 11, 2016, murder of Jessica White. Ms. White, 28, was killed by a stray bullet while sitting next to her...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2019
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with CFA Institute (CFAI), an international association of investment professionals, headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia. CFAI offers a global certification for Chartered Financial Analysts who pass an exam that ...
