News from August 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - One of the leaders of the Hazard street gang - a Mexican Mafia-controlled criminal enterprise that has been responsible for criminal activity in and around the Ramona Gardens housing complex in Boyle Heights for decades - was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for his conviction on federal racketeering and drug trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: Alleged to have extorted and made death threats to minor victims, and to use explosive devices at Plainfield and Danville High Schools.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Two former deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office were sentenced today for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute marijuana, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was sentenced Monday to 11 years in federal prison for a series of armed robberies, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Rudolph Dwight Hanchard, 40, a Jamaican national living in Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of bribery of a public official and attempt to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, was sentenced to 18 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division; Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill; Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent-in-Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security...
By State Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: I'm seriously concerned by reports that you have decided not to use resources Congress provided to combat the propaganda campaigns of Russia and ISIS. The threats we face from these adversaries are clear, and I am troubled that you do not appear committed to the efforts needed to...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A jury found Francisco Felix, 44, of Mountain House, guilty today of five felony counts for his role in leading a large, multi-defendant drug-trafficking conspiracy that moved significant quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico into California and throughout the United States, and that controlled at least three marijuana grows in the Central Valley of California, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Florida resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and a quantity of carfentanil, and distribution of quantities of methamphetamine, carfentanil, and ecstasy, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 7, 2017
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - A 43-year-old resident of Laredo has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge for his role in an alien smuggling incident which led to the kidnapping of multiple illegal aliens, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2017
News Release: On Saturday morning, August 5, two hikers came upon a seriously injured man on Pagoda Mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park. The 34 year old from Berthoud, Colorado, had apparently fallen approximately 15 to 20 feet. They used their SPOT GPS location device at 9:45 a.m. to notify Rocky Mountain National Park’s Search and Rescue Team members of the incident.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 6, 2017
Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - A Genesee County, New York, man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at the Buffalo-Niagara International Airport checkpoint Friday when they spotted him with a loaded semi-automatic handgun.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2017
News Release: On Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017, at 8:00 a.m. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park invites the public to retrace the 1906 footsteps of the men and women of the Niagara Movement during a commemorative ranger guided walk to the 1906 site of the John Brown Fort. The ceremony will include music, historic readings...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 5, 2017
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON— Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke is aware of the explosion today at a mosque in Bloomington, Minn. We are in close contact with federal, state and local authorities and local community leaders as the ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2017
News Release: DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 5, 2017 – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with officials from SCORE, the nation’s largest volunteer network of expert business mentors, to support new and beginning farmers. Today’s agreement provides new help resources for beginning ranchers, veterans, women, socially disadvantaged Americans and others, providing new tools to help them both grow and thrive in agri-business.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2017
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OREGON - Due to potentially hazardous conditions created by the Blanket Creek Fire, the following road and trails in are closed to entry and use until further notice.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2017
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OREGON - Crater Lake National Park has issued a Level 1 Evacuation Notice for Rim Village and Park Headquarters effective at 5:00 PM, August 5, 2017. The Level 1 notice informs residents and visitors to “be ready" for a potential evacuation of Rim Village and Park Headquarters in the event...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2017
News Release: FBI, KPD, and SJBPSO Seeking Information Regarding Wanted Fugitive and Alleged Bank Robber - Dillion Arnez Davis.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2017
News Release: MOAB, Utah - As part of its commitment to healthy and productive landscapes, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Moab Field Office is seeking public comments on an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing Lisbon Valley Mining Company LLC’s proposal to modify its existing copper mining exploration plan to facilitate future exploration.
