News from July 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A Russell County, Kentucky, resident and former Casey County, Kentucky, teacher was sentenced in United States District Court by United States District Judge Greg N. Stivers on July 26, 2017, to 60 months in prison followed by a ten year period of supervised release and required to register as a sex offender announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. There is no parole in the federal prison system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: BOISE - Juwuan Demilo Gordon, 27, of Westland, Michigan, and Yulian Cruz Santa Cruz, 23, of Las Vegas, Nevada, were sentenced on July 27 and July 28, respectively, by Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill in the United States District Court in Boise on charges arising from credit and debit card fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The remaining defendants charged in a 10-defendant marijuana conspiracy have all been ordered to federal prison, announced DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven Whipple, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. The 10 were charged in a multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy that had been trafficking narcotics since 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Today, Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced the leader of a cocaine trafficking ring to 235 months in prison, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to the prison term imposed, Florencio Apreza-Guerrero, 38, of Mexico, was also sentenced to five years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man who was among a group arrested for distributing heroin in Huntington in 2015 was sentenced today to six years and four months in federal prison for a drug charge, announced United States Attorney Carol Casto. Damond Idress Robinson-King, 23, previously pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: New Language Tables Released. JULY 31, 2017 - The U.S. Census Bureau schedule for the release of the 2016 income, poverty and health insurance coverage statistics from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey and the 2016 American Community Survey is as follows:. Tuesday...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: A man who embezzled labor union assets, was sentenced July 26, 2017, to twelve months’ in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Denver, Colorado, man convicted of Sexual Contact with a Minor was sentenced on July 31, 2017, by U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: Appomattox Court House National Historical Park and six Virginia State Parks in the Central Virginia Region have created the Healthy Parks, Healthy People program for community members and park visitors. The initiative encourages people to spend more time recreating outdoors on their public lands. The...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn.- Darries Leon Jackson, a.k.a.“Darryl Jackson," 58, of Morristown, Tennessee, was sentenced on July 31, 2017, by the Honorable J. Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Court Judge, to serve life in federal prison for his conviction of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. There is no parole in the federal system.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued a special recreation permit authorizing Black Rock City (BRC) LLC to host the 2017 Burning Man event on public lands in Nevada. The event will take place from Aug. 27 through Sept 5.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore today sentenced Anthony J. Klatch II (36, previously of Tampa) to nine years and seven months in federal prison for wire fraud. The Court also ordered that he serve this sentence consecutive to a 39-month sentenced imposed in December 2016, in the Southern District of Florida for access device fraud and identity theft. Klatch also must pay $516,754.94 in restitution to the victims of his investment scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: Bear attacks are very rare in general, and predatory black bear attacks represent a very small minority of those attacks. Over a course of 100+ years (1900-2009), just 59 predatory attacks by black bears occurred in the entirety of Alaska and Canada combined. Greater than 90% of these incidents were perpetrated on groups of 1-2 people and greater than 90% of those incidents involved male black bears.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: FBI, ATF Double Reward for Fugitive Diego Barros Pires.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: VICTORIA, Texas - A 21-year-old Victoria man has been ordered to federal prison for possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking offense, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Terry Ray White Jr. pleaded guilty May 1, 2017 to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a synthetic cannabinoid and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the sentencing of WILLIAM LEONARD HELKER, 47, for distribution of child pornography. HELKER pleaded guilty on March 3, 2017, to one count of distribution of child pornography. On July 27, 2017, United States District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz sentenced HELKER to 150 months in federal prison and 15 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Andy William Bosch (42, Orlando) with two counts of enticement of a minor. If convicted, he faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Keith Seppi, 59, of Conneaut, Ohio, was sentenced today in United States District Court to serve thirty-five (35) years in prison, following his guilty plea to using a destructive device in relation to a crime of violence, and possessing a destructive device in furtherance of a crime ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2017
News Release: Roosevelt, AZ- Join the Miami Memorial Library and Tonto National Monument to participate in the Great American Eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017. During this national event, the shadow of the moon will sweep across the United States in a narrow band from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean in a spectacle...
