News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Monday, April 16, 2018, Jaime Joshua Benitez, Jr., 28, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez to 30 months’ imprisonment. Benitez had previously pleaded guilty to assault with the use of a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn, charging 12 members and associates of the Mac Baller Brims, a subgroup or “set" of the nationwide Bloods street gang (the “Mac Ballers"), with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and heroin. The alleged...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: Rawlins, Wyo. - As part of its commitment to facilitate development that will strengthen America’s energy infrastructure through improved transmission, the Bureau of Land Management is seeking public input on a proposed transmission project near Rawlins. The project would involve granting a right-of-way for the construction of a new line interconnection, as well as a rebuild and upgrade of existing transmission line.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Dale Dominic Galvan, 40, an enrolled member of the Zia Pueblo, who resides in Englewood, Colo., was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 23 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for his conviction on a child abuse charge.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Robert M. Underwood, age 71, and his wife Deborah J. Underwood, age 62, both of Clinton, Maryland on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and four counts of filing false tax returns.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - Beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, April 20, 2018, select roads and services in Yellowstone National Park will open for the season. The opening of a five-mile-stretch of road between Mammoth Hot Springs and Norris may be delayed until it is safe to drive on. Plan accordingly and stay informed.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. -Damarcus Donte Ivey, 36, of Charlotte, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. to life in prison, announced R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. A federal jury convicted Ivey in April 2017 of Hobbs Act robbery and committing murder while using and possessing a firearm during and in furtherance of the robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - On April 17, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted two former officers of the Memphis Police Department for federal narcotics and violent crimes violations. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the indictment today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: ALBANY: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that a Grand Jury, sitting in Macon Georgia, previously returned an indictment against Michael O’Neal Walker who is also known by the names Kevin Omar Foster, Kevin Nunyi Lewis, Mosiah Omar Wright and Nunyi...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: National Park Week, April 21-29, 2018, is an annual national celebration of people, parks, trails, heritage areas, national trails and rivers, seashores, historic sites, beautiful landscapes, and so many more places that are remarkable. National Park Week is a great time to connect with the vast network of national parks, which protect and preserve our natural and cultural history.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: Celebrate the "Park Stars" that brighten Lassen Volcanic National Park during this year's National Park Week. Enjoy fee free entrance on April 21, browse through thousands of images in our new online gallery, and enjoy sharing spring activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against Jerry Drake Varnell, 24, of Sayre, Oklahoma, for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction at BancFirst in downtown Oklahoma City, announced Robert J. Troester, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 44-year-old Richardson man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Michael Cipriano pleaded guilty Dec. 18, 2017.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A member of MS-13 admitted trafficking methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine Monday to New Jersey from inside a California state prison. The guilty plea follows an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Deandre Watson, 38, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Robert Miller, Jr for being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: FBI Media Alert: Armed Man Robs Gallup Bank.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: Salt Lake City, Utah - The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $6.6 million contract to Geomatics Data Solutions, Inc. of Hillsboro, Oregon, for a 5-year agreement to provide agency-wide professional photogrammetry services, April 16, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that two men were sentenced to federal prison for multiple armed robberies, including the armed robbery of Wells Fargo Bank in August 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), today led a letter signed by every Democratic Member of the House Judiciary Committee to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, urging him to hold hearings on Trump’s pardon of Scooter Libby.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2018
News Release: Terry J. Albury, a former Special Agent of the FBI, pleaded guilty today in the District of Minnesota in connection with his unauthorized disclosure and retention of classified national defense information.
