News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, GA: Four defendants have pled guilty to various roles in a wide-ranging drug conspiracy that included mass production of pills and distribution of powerful synthetic opioids.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky.-Edward J. Anderson, IV, 32, of Richmond, was sentenced Thursday to 130 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge Karen K. Caldwell, for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced that she has accepted an honorary membership position on the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) independent, high-level Commission for Urgent Action on Energy Efficiency (Commission). The announcement was made at a brief press conference held today with Dr. Fatih Birol, IEA’s Executive Director.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Beckley man was sentenced on federal drug and gun charges, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Derrick Mitchell, 30, was sentenced to 96 months in prison for distribution of heroin and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Beckley/Raleigh County Drug Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Anthony Marion, a/k/a “Bird," 36, of St. Charles, Missouri, was sentenced to 240 months in prison for heroin distribution that resulted in death from the use of such heroin. Marion appeared today before the Honorable Rodney W. Sippel.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SEAN PETER, a/k/a “Huggie," JASON CAMPBELL, a/k/a “Holiday," a/k/a “Fish," and STEVEN SYDER were sentenced today for the murder of Brian Gray on Oct. 2, 2012. PETER was sentenced to 23 years in prison...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned two indictments today charging a total of seven defendants with conspiracy to cultivate marijuana, marijuana cultivation, and depredation of federal lands, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Note to editors: Public domain photos available on Flickr.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - The National Park Service Incident Management Team (IMT) is responding to Cape Lookout National Seashore, which was impacted by Hurricane Dorian. At this time, 68 National Park Service employees from across the nation are assigned to the incident. The public should not enter closed areas of the parks until stabilization and restoration efforts are complete.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, a complaint was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging eight defendants, Ezhil Sezhian Kamaldoss, Harpreet Singh, Parthiban Narayanasamy, Baljeet Singh, Deepak Manchanda, Gulab Gulab, Mukul Chugh and Vikas M. Verma with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Pecos, NM: Don’t miss your chance this year to visit one of northern New Mexico’s most iconic locations-the Forked Lightning Ranch. On Saturday, October 12th, Pecos National Historical Park will open up the Ranch House from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for visitors to explore at their leisure. The Forked...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Janoy Garcia-Prieto, 31, Miami, Florida, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 52 months in federal prison for conspiring to commit access device fraud and possession of 15 or more counterfeit access devices. Garcia-Prieto pleaded guilty to these charges on May 29, 2019.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND- United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II and High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Director Chuck Porucznik announce the addition of Allen County to the Indiana HIDTA.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: CONCORD - Jose Oriol Feliz Aybar, 31, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 24 months for participating in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: HAMMOND-Miguel Marines, 25, of East Chicago, Indiana, and a member of the Chicago-based Latin Kings, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to 66 months in prison and 2 years of supervised release following his guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (“Committee") Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation Rick Larsen (D-WA) wrote to Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg to formally request interviews with several Boeing employees. The Committee believes...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Yesterday, Willis Lydell Cogburn, 31, of Ramer, Alabama, was sentenced to 111 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced ...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: CARLSBAD, N.M. - The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) joins EM in celebrating an anniversary in 2019. Twenty years ago, the first waste shipment entered WIPP’s gates to the cheers and applause of hundreds who had gathered to celebrate the long-awaited occasion.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The EM Nevada Program has safely and successfully completed environmental corrective actions at historically contaminated soils sites on the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) and Air Force-controlled Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Jeffrey Blackwell, 46, of Philadelphia, PA was charged by Superseding Indictment with honest services wire fraud, federal program bribery, filing a false tax return, and failure to file a tax return. In a news conference today, U.S. Attorney McSwain discussed the charges against the defendant and the commitment of the U.S. Attorney’s Office to investigating and prosecuting all types of public corruption.
