News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An alleged human rights abuser who participated in persecution during the Red Terror period in Ethiopia was arrested today for allegedly having fraudulently obtained United States citizenship.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: For more than ten years, Pieter Roor, also known as Pedro Dispenza, 66, of The Netherlands, duped thousands of unsuspecting American investors into sending him money with the promise of large returns. Instead of investing the money, Roor took it for himself. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois today announces that Roor’s run has come to an end.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Early Friday morning, Aug. 17, 2018, N9BM-J (“Giggles") gave birth to a pinto colt. The new foal, N9BM-JQ, and band live most of the year in the very busy developed area and campgrounds. For this reason, the National Park Service expressly reminds visitors that it is essential to remain a minimum of a bus length (40 ft) away from the wild horses at all times.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who obtained passports from citizens of foreign countries then filed false tax returns using their identities was sentenced to 366 days in prison and three years’ supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson of the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Tara Sullivan of the IRS-Criminal Investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Jackson, Miss. -Benjamin James McGrigg, 43, of Jackson, pled guilty today before Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to commercial driver’s license fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Department of Transportation, Office of Inspector General Regional Special Agent in Charge Marlies Gonzalez.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: On Aug. 16, Kevin W. Page, a/k/a "Dink," 37, of Carbondale, Illinois, made his initial appearance in federal court to face charges of conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Page was charged in a one-count indictment returned on August 7 by a federal grand jury sitting in Benton...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: An annual National Park Service (NPS) report shows that Glen Canyon National Recreation Area has become one of the National Park System’s top economic drivers. In 2017, the park ranked number nine in economic benefits among the 417 NPS units nationwide. Glen Canyon’s visitation has increased substantially...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: New Lesson Plans Now Available to Any Teacher.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Carlos Ochoa, age 32, of Puerto Rico, pled guilty today to accepting a bribe in exchange for smuggling a cell phone to an inmate at Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Ray Brook.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the committee’s ranking member, today issued the following statements after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) released a new outcome-based investment strategy to improve conditions in America’s forests.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Man Wearing 'Lobo Pride' Shirt Robs Northeast Albuquerque Bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, David Allen Markillie, 67, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James A. Soto to 60 months’ imprisonment. Markillie had previously pleaded guilty to one count of armed bank robbery and one count of false information and hoax.
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 Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: KEMMERER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Kemmerer Field Office is fighting the North Eden Fire, which has burned an estimated 8,000 acres southwest of Cokeville, Wyo., and east of Bear Lake, Utah. The BLM is working in coordination with the State of Utah, Idaho, the U.S. Forest Service and local county resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Tampa, FL -- 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 by...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that three men and one woman from Watertown, South Dakota, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man and an Independence, Mo., man have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that involved the kidnapping and torture of an Independence, Mo., man.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Cruz Abeita, 28, an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo who resides in San Felipe, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 84 months of imprisonment for his conviction on a conspiracy charge and for violating the Hobbs Act. Abeita will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence. Abeita’s conviction arises out of the robbery of the Dancing Eagle Travel Center in Cibola County, N.M., on Dec. 30, 2016,.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy announced today that Mark Ramos, 32, of San Antonio, Texas, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, more than 500 grams of cocaine, was sentenced to time served by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica MacDonald today announced the guilty plea of PAUL R. HANSMEIER, 37, for orchestrating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme to obtain payments from extortion victims to settle sham copyright infringement lawsuits by lying to state and federal courts throughout the country.
