News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Liberian national was charged today in federal court in Boston with assaulting a deportation officer at Logan International Airport during removal.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Charles Carter, Ryan Sluss, William Marshall, and Jerry Shuler Charged with Making False Statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Three men who conspired to distribute methamphetamine were sentenced Aug. 30, 2017, to 16 ½, 15 and 11 ½ years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Danna J. Hern, 31, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 51 months incarceration for heroin distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Sciven yesterday sentenced Weldon Malveau to three years in federal prison for theft of government property. The Court also ordered him to forfeit a 2010 Porsche Panamera, which is traceable to proceeds of the offense. As part of his sentence, the Court entered a money judgment in the amount of $342,563, the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Lake Chelan National Recreation Area may implement as many as three prescribed fires in the Stehekin Valley during the fall of 2017. Depending on conditions, these may begin as early as September 1.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: DAVENPORT, IA - On Aug. 30, 2017, Paris Hollingshed, 37, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced by Chief United States District Court Judge John A. Jarvey to 120 months in prison for felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel. Hollingshed will serve three years of supervised release following his imprisonment. Hollingshed was found guilty of this charge after a three-day jury trial on March 3, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated that David Lee Cook, age 38, of Central, South Carolina, entered a guilty plea yesterday in federal court in Greenville to Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 Grams or More of a Substance Containing Methamphetamine, in violation...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Defendant ordered removed from the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - To better serve the public, the Bureau of Land Management’s Upper Snake Field Office and Caribou-Targhee National Forest will soon be transitioning from selling permits and maps at the Eastern Idaho Visitor Information Center to the Idaho Falls District Office and Caribou-Targhee...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: The owner of a Mayfield Heights company was charged with failing to pay over more than $420,000 in taxes he withheld from his employees, said U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman and IRS Special Agent in Charge Ryan L. Korner.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Effective immediately, all trails and camps are open in the North Cascades National Park Service Complex after the Thunder Junction Fire. The 3.3 acre fire is contained and the cause remains under investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Experience the beauty of fall at Effigy Mounds National Monument by hiking with a Ranger on one of the monument’s south unit trails. Starting Thursday, September 7th these interpretive Ranger-guided hikes will take place on Thursdays and Sundays in September at 1:00 P.M. The moderately strenuous three-four...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Greenville, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Oran Kenta Crisp, age 37, of Greenville, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court in Greenville pursuant to a federal indictment for felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. United States District Court Judge...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Boston - A 16-year veteran officer of the Lawrence Police Department agreed to plead guilty today in connection with attempting to use his position as a police officer to extort cocaine from a drug trafficker.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston man was sentenced today to eight years and four months in federal prison for a gun crime, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Randy Allen Taylor, 34, previously pleaded guilty to a single-count indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Earlier today, the New York Department of Health released information regarding their surveillance efforts in Saratoga County for ticks testing positive for tick-borne illnesses. Of the 2,700 ticks collected for testing in 2017, 22 ticks from five locations, tested positive for Powassan, including ticks collected at Saratoga National Historical Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: Defendant allegedly helped smuggle money overseas for the “Codfather".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - A fishing vessel company that operated in and around American Samoa was convicted and sentenced today for maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of oil and garbage, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood of the Environment and Natural Resources...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: A federal indictment was unsealed today charging Henry Gibbs and Bakary Camara with conspiracy, bribery and other charges, announced Acting United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen.
