News from May 2017
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Derrick Lamont Colbert Admits to Distributing Heroin Inside the Facility.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joel Torres Diaz, 29, of Geneva, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The charge carries a mandatory minimum term of 5 years imprisonment and a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison and a $5,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: In San Antonio today, a federal grand jury returned two separate indictments against District 19 Texas State Senator Carlos I. Uresti announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division. Three other individuals were also charged by the grand jury.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Kennedy Harris, Jr. (24, Cocoa) to 30 years in federal prison, followed by a life term of supervised release, for sex trafficking of a child by force, fraud, or coercion, and for producing child pornography. A federal jury found Harris guilty of both offenses on Sept. 29, 2016.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WINNEMUCCA, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca District will be doing road repairs in the Gerlach and Sulfur areas for the next two weeks, working Monday through Saturday.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: TUPELO, MS: “It’s so simple to put on a seat belt; it should just be automatic," stated Chief Ranger Sarah Davis. “As the Memorial Day weekend approaches and the summer travel season ramps up, we want to keep our visitors safe and make sure people are doing the one thing that can save them in a crash; buckling up." From May 15 to June 4, 2017, rangers will focus on seatbelt violations in conjunction with the Click It or Ticket national seat belt enforcement campaign.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Philadelphia, PA, has pleaded guilty in federal court on a charge of fraud conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tom Larson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Nevada, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy to exchange “food stamps" for methamphetamine or cash.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Ocala, Florida - Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Jonathan Kyle Lanier (23, Leesburg) with carjacking, conspiracy to commit carjacking, brandishing a firearm in furtherance of carjacking, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today delivered the following opening statement at a hearing to examine the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 and ways to improve health outcomes for patients living with chronic illnesses...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: For Possession With Intent To Distribute Heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Hector Huertas, 49, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: LITTLE ROCK-Patrick C. Harris, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Diane Upchurch, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today that former Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) employee Kelvin...
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Medford man, and co-defendant of former NHL player Kevin Stevens, was sentenced in federal court in Boston today in connection with an oxycodone conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Kevin Graham Conlon, age 30, of Cockeysville, Maryland, pleaded guilty on May 15, 2017, to production of child pornography and cyberstalking.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Brenda Riveroll, 36, of El Paso, Texas, pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to selling drug paraphernalia. The plea agreement recommends that Riveroll be sentenced to a five-year term of probation.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today former City of Dunkirk Mayor Richard L. Frey, 85, of Dunkirk, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud involving a scheme to defraud his mayoral campaign and his supporters by stealing campaign contributions for his personal benefit, was sentenced to six months home confinement by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. The defendant was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $54,361.30.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Channel Islands National Park invites the public to celebrate Kids to Parks Day at an event on May 20, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, at the park visitor center in the Ventura Harbor.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CALEEB BROWN, 26, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing a firearm.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2017
News Release: (FORT BENTON, Mont.) - Due to the presence of nesting Bald Eagles, McGarry Bar and Greasewood Bottom primitive campsites on the Missouri River are temporarily closed to the public to prevent disturbance and nest abandonment.
