News from April 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Teresa Yarborough-Walker, age 50, of Blythewood, pled guilty to Theft of Government Funds, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, § 641. Judge Mary Geiger Lewis accepted the plea and will sentence Walker at a later date.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Shae Ryan Estes, 41, previously of McKinney, Texas, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to transmitting threats in interstate commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILLIE DEAS, also known as “Debo" and “Flee," 22, of Hartford, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 54 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for planning to rob a drug dealer.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Shae Ryan Estes, 41, previously of McKinney, Texas, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to transmitting threats in interstate commerce.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: On Saturday, April 21, at 9 am, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in partnership with Outdoor Chattanooga, will lead a 2-mile, 2-hour walking tour of downtown Chattanooga, along the Tennessee River, highlighting the history and points of interest associated with Chattanooga’s Civil War waterfront. The tour will begin at Outdoor Chattanooga (200 River Street, Chattanooga, TN).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Teria Baker, also known as Tiara Baker, 25, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to 34 months in prison. The defendant was also ordered to pay approximately $143,000 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Allegedly Stole over $500,000. Montgomery, Ala. - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment, which was unsealed today, charging a woman with filing false tax returns and wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. for the Middle District of Alabama, and Principal Deputy Assistant...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Three people were arrested today for their alleged roles in an extensive scheme to obtain money through fraudulently obtained refund checks issued by the U.S. Treasury, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
Release: AUGUSTA, Ga. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) would like to remind Augusta Regional Airport passengers to expect higher than usual passenger volumes over the next several days (April 6-10) as travelers return home from the 2018 PGA Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, and George P. Beach II, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced today the indictment of six individuals in connection with a scheme to distribute kilogram quantities of cocaine each week in New York City, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and to launder hundreds of thousands of dollars.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - United States District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced Stanley Eugene Green, Jr., age 42, of Takoma Park, Maryland, to fourteen and a half years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for Distribution of Heroin and Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that EDDIE JAMES, age 40, of New Orleans, pled guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Sarah Vance to a one-count Bill of Information charging him with bank robbery in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(a).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: MONTROSE, COLO. - Reclamation’s Curecanti Field Office announced today that the East Portal Road located east of Montrose will open on Monday, April 9 at 8 a.m. after being closed for the winter months. The road, beginning at the junction with State Highway 347, provides access to the Gunnison River within the Curecanti National Recreation Area, the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, and Crystal Dam.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA -- A Fayette County resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges alleging that he committed mail fraud, tax evasion, and willful failure to file income tax returns, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that THOMAS JOHNSON, 27, of New Haven, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to federal robbery and firearm charges.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will continue to increase flows through the city of Boise. Currently, Boise River flows through town are 3,600 cubic-feet-per-second (cfs) and will increase by 500 cfs on Friday, April 6, and an additional 500 cfs on Monday, April 9, 2018. By Monday, flows through town will be approximately 4,600 cfs but may fluctuate slightly due to changing irrigation withdrawals or local precipitation.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: CODY, Wyo. - As part of its commitment to serve local communities through the management of sustainable, working public lands, the Bureau of Land Management has analyzed a proposed bentonite mining expansion project located in Big Horn County. The BLM Cody Field Office will accept comments on the environmental assessment through May 4, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A federal jury has found a Memphis man guilty on two counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the verdicts today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Lexington man was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in connection with trading on non-public information thus profiting more than $800,000.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: SAN ANGELO, Texas - To help combat the many and varied crimes associated with Transnational Criminal Organizations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is establishing its 58th “BEST" task force in the United States, and its eighth in Texas.
