News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Charges Allege the Conspiracy Resulted in the Overdose Death of a Person.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Superintendent Karen Beppler-Dorn invites the public to comment on the National Park Service (NPS) environmental assessment for replacement of the east side entrance station.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Zachary Eckelmann, age 23, of Columbus, Georgia, pled guilty to Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Clay D. Land in Columbus, Georgia on Aug. 20, 2018. This plea subjects Mr. Eckelmann to a mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment of 10 years, and a maximum of life in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - An indictment was returned today charging Ahmadreza Mohammadi-Doostdar, 38, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, and Majid Ghorbani, 59, an Iranian citizen and resident of California, with allegedly acting on behalf of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran by conducting covert surveillance...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Xavier Clyde Mann, of Finksburg, Maryland, was sentenced today to 151 months incarceration for selling cocaine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: The unpaved section of the Moose-Wilson Road in Grand Teton National Park will be temporarily closed for road grading beginning at 8 p.m. Wednesday, August 22 and will reopen by 6 a.m. Thursday, August 23. If the road maintenance work is not completed during this one night, the road will also be closed the following night during the same timeframe. Grading will improve the road surface and provide a better and safer experience for motorists and cyclists.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A North Dartmouth woman and a Weymouth man were arrested Saturday and charged in connection with drug trafficking activities involving the shipments of multiple kilograms of cocaine sent through the mail.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Two Additional Defendants Sentenced to Prison in Conspiracy That Looted Money from Nonprofit Mental Health Clinic.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: PAGE, AZ - Today the National Park Service (NPS) will move forward with plans to increase access and recreational opportunities within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area by approving a Record of Decision (ROD) for the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on managing off-road vehicle (ORV) use throughout the NPS unit.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that GUSTAVO GARCIA, 30, of Queens, New York, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking marijuana. Judge Arterton also ordered GARCIA to pay a $1,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - On Aug. 20, 2018, Mary Alice Reed, 48, of Sacaton, Ariz., a member of the Gila River Indian Community, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to seven years in prison, to be followed by eight years of supervised release. Reed had previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Reed had been previously convicted of the same offense in 2010.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: MIAMI - A Florida man was sentenced Thursday to more than 17 years in prison and 30 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to traveling to the Dominican Republic for engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors. The sentencing is the result of an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Miami and the Dominican Republic.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to willfully failing to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR), which would have disclosed his foreign bank accounts, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: The FBI Needs Your Help in Locating a Bank Robber.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Richard Lee Hollobaugh, of Parsons, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa. pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Three individuals indicted for their roles in a major, multi-state heroin and fentanyl distribution network pled guilty today to a federal drug conspiracy charge, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. The federal indictment also charged nine other individuals involved in the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: HOUSTON - A 25-year-old man from Rosenberg has been sent to federal prison for nearly 40 years following his convictions of sexual exploitation of a child, distribution and possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Ryan Glen Colburn pleaded guilty April 19, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 33-year-old South Texas man has been ordered to federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to sell crystal methamphetamine and using a firearm to facilitate that crime, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Joshua Caskey, of Alvin, pleaded guilty May 14, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR - Today, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Gustavo A. Gelpí sentenced Juan E. Seary-Colón, a.k.a. “Ricky Diablo" to life imprisonment for Hobbs Act robbery that resulted in murder, announced United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. The FBI and the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) were in charge of the investigation.
