News from September 2017
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Defendant Was on Supervised Release for Felony Offenses When Arrested.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Christiansted National Historic Site has initiated the emergency response plan for the three National Park units on St. Croix, including Buck Island Reef National Monument and Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve. Hurricane Maria will pass south of St. Croix Tuesday evening...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A resident of Nigeria was indicted today for participating in a sophisticated business email scheme that sought millions of dollars from the U.S. Treasury and a separate conspiracy to possess counterfeit and unauthorized credit cards, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - G. Steven Burrill and Marc Howard Berger have been indicted by a federal grand jury in San Francisco, announced the office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett; and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Batdorf.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - Acting United States Attorney Corey Amundson announced today that Judge James J. Brady has sentenced KEITH MIGUAL WILLIAMS, age 46, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to serve twenty-five years in federal prison for conducting a string of convenience store robberies last summer. WILLIAMS was also ordered to pay more than $13,000 in restitution to the victims and will be required to serve a three-year term of supervised release upon his release from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Timothy West, age 43, of Temple Hills, Maryland to 21 months in prison for mail fraud in connection with a stolen identity refund fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Salina man was sentenced Monday to 108 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography on the internet, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: FBI Seeking Information from a Bank Robbery in Doral, Florida.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - One of Zion’s most popular, and heavily used trails will undergo routine maintenance during the first week of October. Trail crews will be working on very steep terrain along the Angels Landing Trail. In order to take all safety precautions, including preventing rocks from falling on visitors on the West Rim Trail below, the park must close both trails to all visitors while work is performed.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Bureau of Reclamation is preparing an environmental assessment (EA) for the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program, Proposed First Increment Extension. Reclamation, working with the states of Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska, water users, and environmental and conservation...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN -Justin Michael Walling, 28, of Lowell, Michigan was ordered to spend 60 years in federal prison for sexual offenses against a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney ordered lifetime supervision for Walling after his release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Israel Mejia-Coyoy, age 33, from Myrtle Beach pled guilty in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, to Illegal Re-Entry into the United States after Deportation, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a)(2). United States District...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: LOS ANGELES - An engineer who worked for a defense contractor was sentenced this morning to 60 months in federal prison for selling sensitive satellite information he stole from his employer to a person he believed to be an agent of a Russian intelligence service.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: The provides information about fires in Glacier National Park and surrounding areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE -Michael Anthony Estrada, 23, of Las Cruces, N.M., made his initial appearance today in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him with using interstate communications to threaten the lives and safety of children at a Las Cruces public elementary school. Estrada remains in custody pending a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing, both of which are currently scheduled for Sept. 21, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: BOSTON - A Nicaraguan national, charged with illegally reentering the United States after deportation, pleaded guilty today and was sentenced in federal court in Boston.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Portland, Maine: Acting United States Richard W. Murphy announced that Victor Lara Jr, 33, of Lewiston, Maine was sentenced on Friday in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 184 months in prison and five years of supervised release for interstate robbery conspiracy and using a firearm during a crime of violence. The defendant was convicted following a jury trial on Sept. 12, 2016.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: Ever get that feeling of déjà vu? In what seems like an endless stream of reports critical of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) management oversight, the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General has released its newest independent analysis, casting doubt on the agency’s ability to identify and track hundreds of its contracts.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2017
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated today that Mark Kriskov (a.k.a. “Johnny Est"), 55, of Rutland, Vermont, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions, III, to a total of 51 months of imprisonment for distribution of heroin in the Rutland area.
