News from October 2014
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: BOISE - Lajai Lamar Pridgette, 29, of Sacramento, California, was sentenced today in United States District Court to 137 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for possessing counterfeit access devices; possession of counterfeit access device making equipment; possession of a...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: United States Attorney Kenyen R. Brown of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Rodriquez Keandre Clayton of Demopolis was sentenced following a July 2014 guilty plea to a charge of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Clayton was previously convicted of Assault, Second...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: Convicted Felon Shot Off-Duty Policer Officer With a Sawed-off Shotgun.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal laws relating to the sexual exploitation of children, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - Jose Mauricio Lopez, 46, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced in federal court to 70 months imprisonment for his role in driving a load of cocaine and heroin from Texas through Baldwin County in route to Florida. Court documents reflect that Lopez’s vehicle was stopped on I-10 by a Baldwin...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nevada -Two sets of skeletal remains were found within Lake Mead National Recreation Area Oct. 18 by visitors.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: SOUTH BEND, Ind. - ―Nine individuals from the Chicago and Michigan City areas have been indicted for their alleged roles in a heroin distribution conspiracy that operated from approximately 2009 through the present. A principal object of the conspiracy was to procure quantities of heroin for ultimate...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia:Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is advising that the Glen Falls Trail, located on Lookout Mountain, will be closed effective today, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014 and will remain closed until further notice.The trail is adjacent to the recent mud slide that closed Ochs Highway on October 14.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: Nottingham Man Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Possession.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: The Obed Wild and Scenic River announces two programs on Saturday, November 1. First, bring any questions you have and come join National Park Service rangers for a free cup of coffee at Lilly Bridge from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. (ET). Then, meet at Lilly Bridge at 11:00 a.m. for our Climb with a Ranger program.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Faviano Lopez, 28, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning to receipt of a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Tarasina Wallowingbull, 27, pleaded guilty this morning to abusing a child in New Mexico’s Indian County. Wallowingbull is a member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe of Fort Washakie, Wyoming, who currently resides in Albuquerque, N.M.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: PHILADELPHIA- Thinh Hung Le, 53, of Toronto Canada, was sentenced to 252 months in prison by the Honorable Juan R. Sanchez. On June 17, 2014, a jury found Le guilty of a variety of drug importation and distribution charges. The evidence at trial proved that Le smuggled large quantities of ecstasy pills and marijuana from Canada to Philadelphia in 2006. Le was subsequently indicted and extradited from Canada.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON - Michael Angel Gutierrez, 50, of Lorton, Va., pled guilty today to a federal charge of traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr., Andrew G. McCabe, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: NEWNAN, Ga. - Damian Alarcon-Morales has been arraigned for fraudulently using the identities of Mexican nationals to obtain income tax refunds. Alarcon-Morales was indicted by a federal grand jury on Oct. 14, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: In Pecos on Friday, United States District Judge Robert A. Junell sentenced a 49-year-old Terlingua, TX, woman to the statutory maximum of ten years in federal prison for stealing over $245,000 in Social Security benefits paid to her deceased father announced Robert Pitman, United States Attorney.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: Change doesn’t happen on its own. It’s led by dedicated and passionate people who are committed to empowering Indian Country to energize future generations. Leading the Charge is a regular feature spotlighting the movers and shakers in energy on tribal lands. This issue we had the opportunity to speak with Chairman Charlie Vig of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (MN).
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: A beach hazards statement for rip currents has been issued for areas along the coast including Point Reyes National Seashore. In particular, west and northwest facing beaches at Point Reyes National Seashore such as Point Reyes Beach South, Point Reyes Beach North, Kehoe Beach, and McClures Beach. These conditions will be in effect until Tuesday night.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal gun laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2014
News Release: Springdale, UT- A rock climber, male, age 47, died Sunday afternoon, Oct. 19, 2014, after falling in Zion National Park. The cause of the incident is currently under investigation by the Washington County Sheriff's Office in cooperation with the National Park Service. The climber's name is being withheld pending notification of family.
