News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell sentenced John Theis, age 40, of Sparrows Point, Maryland, today to 15 months in prison, followed by 1 year of supervised release for the receipt of illegal gratuities and impersonation of a United States officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: TEXARKANA, Texas - A 44-year-old Texarkana man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Jorge Moreno-Aguilar, aka “Flaco" and “Castigato," age 24, of District Heights, Maryland today to life in prison. On May 20, 2016, Moreno-Aguilar was convicted of multiple charges in connection with their MS-13 gang activities, including conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, murder in aid of racketeering, and conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: Pecos, NM: - Pecos National Historical Park will offer a free botany walk on Sunday, August 20th. Park volunteers Susan and Dr. Ken Bower, who are docents at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden, are passionate and extremely knowledgeable amateur botanists. On this one mile roundtrip walk along the main trail...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - On Aug. 3, 2017, a federal grand jury in San Francisco returned a superseding indictment charging Marcus Etienne, a.k.a. Hitler, Elizabeth Gobert, Craig Marshall, and Mario Robinson, with racketeering, murder, and conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The indictment was unsealed today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: A former financial analyst at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC (FCA) entered a guilty plea today, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Yusef Blocker, 35, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, was sentenced to 151 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore advises mariners heading to South Core and the Eastern shores of Shackleford Banks, via Back Sound, that the US Coast Guard removed the navigational buoys in Barden Inlet.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: CRAIG, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management is lifting fire restrictions in the Little Snake and White River field offices in northwestern Colorado effective tomorrow, Aug. 9.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Kenneth Columbus Burwell, 54, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 46 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on a bank robbery charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Aug. 2, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the formation of the Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit, a new Department of Justice pilot program to utilize data to help combat the devastating opioid crisis that is ravaging families and communities across America. This...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: On Saturday, Aug. 12, Fort Stanwix National Monument will offer a bicycle tour in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal and 240th anniversary of the Battle of Oriskany. This special tour will be approximately 12 miles round trip, beginning at Bellamy Harbor Park in Rome, NY at 10 a.m. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: CHICAGO - Two cousins from Chicago are facing federal firearms charges for allegedly dealing guns on the city’s South Side.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating the federal drug laws, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Steve Butler of the Southern District of Alabama announces that in a trial before Chief United States District Court Judge Kristi K. DuBose, a jury convicted Dustin McLellan of violating 18 USC 922(g), felon in possession of a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The National Park Service (NPS) announced today the award of $386,000 in grants to develop or adapt techniques that preserve historical sites and cultural heritage. The Preservation Technology and Training grants will fund projects that use modern methods to enhance historic preservation.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael P. Huerta, speaking at an Asia-Pacific civil aviation conference in Mongolia today, said that the FAA and its Asia-Pacific counterparts must continue to work together to promote oversight operations and certification systems that will ensure the safety of passengers around the world as demand increases.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: Due to extreme conditions, all fires at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area are prohibited effective 12:01 am, Friday, Aug. 11, 2017 until further notice. No open flames are permitted. This includes, but is not limited to; all fires in NPS provided fire rings and boxes, charcoal fires, tiki torches, incense burners, candles, and propane campfires. Exceptions include self-contained propane or gas stoves or lanterns.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on July 17, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAMILA WILLIAMS-STEVENSON, 37, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for operating a fraud and identity theft scheme.
