News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On July 6, 2017, Richard Butler III, age 35, of Hyattsville, Maryland, pled guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of explosives and malicious use of explosive materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of the City of Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute quantities of heroin and fentanyl, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - Dereck James Harrison, age 23, currently incarcerated at the Utah State Prison, pleaded guilty to one count of carjacking and one count of kidnapping in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City Thursday afternoon. The two crimes resulted in the March 12, 2016, death of an individual identified in charging documents as K.P.R. U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby sentenced Harrison to life in federal prison following the convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: LUBBOCK, Texas - Jessica Christine Holl, 29, of Lubbock, Texas, was sentenced this morning before Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 210 months in federal prison for her role in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: A federal grand jury indicted Dean Nikolaides, 63, of Warren, for theft of government funds, said David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that two Eagle Butte, South Dakota, men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Unlawful Possession of Firearms and Ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: HINES, Ore. - On Thursday, July 6, 2017, the Burns Interagency Fire Zone moved from an Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL) one to a level two, partial hoot owl, and fire danger increased to HIGH. These changes affect all public land within the Burns Interagency Fire Zone, including the Emigrant Creek Ranger District of the Malheur National Forest and the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: Wife filed forged documents in Bankruptcy Court and stole from husband’s retirement account.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Lake Lotawana, Mo., attorney was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a fraud conspiracy in which he and his former law partner stole more than $1.2 million from St. Luke’s Health System, a client of their former law firm.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: Mushroom collection is not allowed in Grand Teton National Park or the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. Due to last year’s Berry Fire, there has been interest in collecting mushrooms in the burned area within the park. Recently burned areas are known to create ideal growing conditions for mushrooms.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: Defendant's Mother is Awaiting Sentencing in the Case.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: Bangor, Maine: Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Victor Lawrence, 63, of Chelsea, Maine pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to theft of travel reimbursement benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
By Interior Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: Note: Get the latest fire updates on Twitter @BLMNV, Facebook @BLMNevada (Use hashtag #DryGulchFire), and inciweb.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Elisa Rivera Ortiz, 36, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with attempted possession, with intent to distribute, cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: HOUSTON - A 38-year-old resident of Houston has been arrested in connection with the submission of falsified funds requests to an investment adviser for the Basilian Father’s Missions of the Catholic Church (BFM), announced Acting United States Attorney Abe Martinez.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Trenton man was sentenced today to 72 months in prison for his role in a drug trafficking organization that allegedly distributed hundreds of grams of heroin in Trenton and the surrounding areas, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: Acting U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that QUINTON COOKS, 37, of California, pled guilty yesterday to two counts of possession of a firearm after having been convicted previously of a domestic violence offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: Group Distributed Meth in Roanoke, Lynchburg, Amherst.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A resident of the City of Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute quantities of heroin and fentanyl, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 7, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of Child Pornography was sentenced on July 5, 2017, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
