News from February 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Ernest Clayburn Cauley, Jr., 27, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of 40 years, and a fine of $5,000,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ was sentenced today one year and one day in prison for his involvement in an insider trading scheme based on material, nonpublic information misappropriated from an investment bank by Daniel...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: The Zion- Mount Carmel Highway between Canyon Junction and the East Entrance and the Zion Scenic Drive north of the Zion Lodge will close tonight at 7:00 p.m. in anticipation of the snow storm. The Kolob Canyons Scenic Drive has already closed due to heavy accumulation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Lowell man was arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A former bank employee pleaded guilty today in federal court in Worcester in connection with embezzling money from client accounts held by the bank by which she was employed.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: Seeking Potential Victims in Bitconnect Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: GRAND COULEE, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation has issued the final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for modernizing three generators in the Third Power Plant at Grand Coulee Dam. The project is being undertaken to replace generating units G-19 through G-21 that have been in service for 30-years and have surpassed their life expectancy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Louisiana teacher pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to child enticement related offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Marvin Ray Loucious, 54, of Many, Louisiana, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Chicago area man pleaded guilty today in federal court before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala on firearms charges. BRUCE WALKER, 24, of Calumet City, Ill., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States by stealing a firearm from a licensed firearms dealer and one count of possessing a stolen firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Walter Read, 76, of East Dorset, Vermont, was indicted on Feb. 14, 2019 by a Burlington grand jury with one count of possession of child pornography and one count of access with intent to view child pornography. On February...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Calumet City man pleaded guilty to firearms charges today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala in Rockford.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Demyia S. Porter, 39, of Canton, Mississippi, pleaded guilty last week before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark L. Hornsby to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine. The plea will become final when accepted by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Dupree, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance was sentenced on Feb. 20, 2019, by U.S. District Court Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute a quantity of cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Todd Laraba, 41, of Buffalo, NY, with Hobbs Act robbery and conspiracy, and marijuana conspiracy. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: When vacationers buy a stake in a beachfront timeshare, they decide in advance who gets to use the property when. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is helping the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) institute a similar plan for when commercial wireless providers and the U.S. Navy attempt to share a desirable 150-megahertz (MHz)-wide section of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum for communications.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
Release: PULLMAN, Wash. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today announced that for the first time ever, TSA Pre✓® enrollment will be offered in the Pullman, Wash. - Moscow, Idaho area. The enrollment center will be open for five days starting Monday, March 4, 2019. Local residents interested in enrolling in this popular expedited screening program should make an appointment online now.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - Eric Charles Means, 33, of Benton, Louisiana, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Chief Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 20, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, S.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge David C. Norton sentenced the former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Berkeley County School District, Brantley Denmark Thomas, III, to 63 months in prison on charges of embezzlement, money laundering, and public corruption, announced the U.S. Attorney’s...
