News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - Today, Shaun Hurley, 39, of Inscription House, Ariz., was convicted by a jury on all charges, including conspiracy, carjacking, robbery, and assault with a dangerous weapon. The jury also found Hurley guilty of three counts of using, brandishing, and discharging a firearm in a crime of violence. Hurley will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes on Oct. 29, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A suspended Massachusetts State Police Trooper was charged and agreed to plead guilty today in connection with being paid over $11,000 for overtime hours that he did not work.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: BOISE - On Wednesday, Eric Courtney Hunter, 39, of Victorville, California, was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of firearms by a felon, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Hunter was indicted by a grand jury on Feb. 15, 2017. The case went to trial on Jan. 31, 2018, and ended with the jury finding Hunter guilty of all counts on February 5, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - George B. Larsen, 56, formerly of San Rafael, was sentenced to 10 years and one month in prison and ordered to pay $1,759,100 in restitution for his role in a fraudulent mortgage elimination scheme, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that Timothy L. Ware, age 52, of Greenville, pled guilty in federal court in Anderson, to wire fraud, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A. United States District Judge Timothy M. Cain, of Anderson, accepted the plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Defendant Packaged K2 in Glitter Bags with Brand Names “OMG," “AK47" and “Joker".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A former Dartmouth Selectman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with concealing approximately $2.5 million in cash from the U.S. District Court following his sentencing proceedings in 2015.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
Release: PITTSBURGH - An Ohio man was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) today (August 17) when they detected a loaded handgun in the man’s carry-on bag.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Steven Murn, age 50, of Pasadena, Maryland, today to 12 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for armed bank robbery and attempted bank robbery. Judge Russell also ordered Murn to pay restitution of $1,210.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A prior sex offender residing in Fulton, Mo., has been indicted by a federal grand jury for attempting to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Man Charged with Farmington Bank Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A suspended Massachusetts State Police Trooper was charged and agreed to plead guilty today in connection with being paid over $11,000 for overtime hours that he did not work.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: PHOENIX - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has posted online its Record of Decision (ROD) for a Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment that addresses recreational target shooting on the Sonoran Desert National Monument (SDNM). The decision will maintain sportsmen’s access while also ensuring public safety and resource protection.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Assistant U. S. Attorney Robert Ciaffa (619) 546-7748.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Eight people were indicted in federal court for their roles in a conspiracy to create a methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking supply chain from Mexico to Northeast Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and Aurora Police Department Need Your Help Locating Two Bank Robbers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Evan Greebel Conspired with Martin Shkreli to Steal Millions of Dollars from a Biopharmaceutical Company and Conceal the Scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Victim Was Only 9 Years Old When Sexual Abuse Began.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - The annual findings report on the Shackleford Banks horses has been released by Cape Lookout National Seashore and the Foundation for Shackleford Horses. This report, covering the calendar year 2017, is available on the park’s website at.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The Department of Justice and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have proposed a reduction for controlled substances that may be manufactured in the U.S. next year. Consistent with President Trump’s “Safe Prescribing Plan" that seeks to “cut nationwide opioid prescription fills...
