News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: SAVANNAH: The U.S. Attorneys for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia and the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC), announce the award of more than $110 million to fund local victim assistance programs across the state and to help compensate victims for crime-related losses. This is the largest award to the State of Georgia under this program in its history.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A 40-year-old Donna resident has been ordered to federal prison following her conviction of conspiring to transport two illegal aliens - a minor female and an adult registered sex offender, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Josie Arredondo pleaded guilty May 14, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Mason County felon who possessed a firearm in March 2017 was sentenced today to 43 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Stuart commended the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Mason County Sheriff’s Department for their investigative efforts.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Lynell Hughes, 35, of St. Croix, pled guilty on Aug. 17, 2018, in District Court to conspiracy to defraud the United States, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Rayen Hussein, age 41, of Glenville, New York, and Abdulqadoos Alomari, age 31, of Schenectady, New York, were arrested on Friday on charges of conspiring to distribute synthetic cannabinoids, also referred to as “spice" or “K2," out of the Stockade Market and Deli in Schenectady, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that a Shreveport felon was sentenced to 57 months in prison for possessing a.45-caliber pistol that he discarded while fleeing from police officers.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: SPRINGDALE, UT - Today, the National Park Service announced it will begin accepting public comments on a plan to redesign the Zion National Park South Entrance Fee Station. The objectives outlined in the Environmental Assessment are to decrease park entry wait times for vehicular traffic, reduce localized...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two Maryland men and a Virginia man have been sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy involving the sale and transfer of firearms, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Gregory Ciego, age 35, of Drums, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Aug. 17, 2018, to a criminal information charging him with theft of government property.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A Cambria County resident 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: Last week, a Coral Springs man was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay over $3 million in restitution for carrying out a residential arson.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced that two additional former employees of the Juniata Community Mental Health Clinic (“JCMHC") were sentenced today for their roles in the conspiracy led by Renee Tartaglione to steal money from JCMHC.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - Ikaika Adams-Feeney, 28, was sentenced today to 10 years of imprisonment for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Following his incarceration, Adams-Feeney will be on supervised release for 5 years. As part of his sentence, Adams-Feeney also forfeited $3,089 in drug proceeds.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park was honored to host a naturalization ceremony at Paradise for seventeen military members who became United States citizens on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. The service members came from twelve countries and represented the Army (14) and the Army National Guard (3). With Mount...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons attended the Attorney General’s Advisory Subcommittee on Native American Issues (NAIS) in Tulsa, Oklahoma from August 13-15. U.S. Attorney Parsons was appointed to the NAIS this year by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The NAIS meetings provided an opportunity for its members to discuss specific crime reduction strategies in Indian Country.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced that DataRobot, Inc. of Tysons Corner, Virginia has received $200,000 to begin testing a prototype of a machine learning platform for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Global Travel Assessment System (GTAS). The award is part of DHS S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Raymond Patrick Snyder, age 35, of York, Pennsylvania was charged in a criminal information on Aug. 17, 2018, with embezzlement of funds by a bank employee.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Christopher Lee Myers, of Bunker Hill, West Virginia, has admitted to possessing child pornography, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management has completed the Preliminary Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Bently Land Acquisition Project of 14,522 acres of environmentally sensitive lands owned by Bently Family Limited Partnership. The Secretary of the Interior approved funds for...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 20, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU -Navor Salas-Cruz, 45, a Mexican national residing on Kauai, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright today to 30 months of imprisonment for illegally reentering the United States after being deported, and for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. As a result of his conviction, Salas-Cruz will be deported after he serves his prison term.