News from August 2018
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: CEDAR CITY - Color Country Interagency Fire Managers are rescinding fire restrictions on unincorporated private lands, state lands, and federally administered public lands in southwest Utah. After receiving recent precipitation, long-range weather forecasts are calling for improved wildfire danger conditions.
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 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: Ethiopian Human Rights Abuser Arrested for Fraudulently Obtaining U.S. Citizenship.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - Malcolm Militante, 51, formerly a resident of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, was sentenced yesterday to 88 months’ imprisonment for possession of explosives, namely display fireworks, and for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. As part of his sentence, Militante must pay $2,966.60 in restitution to Hawaii Explosives & Pyrotechnics (HEP), the company from which Militante stole the fireworks.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - 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 17, 2018
News Release: TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA - Torry Williams, 24, of Tampa, who performs as a rap artist under the name “Toon Trill," was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison after pleading guilty on March 30, 2018, to theft of government money and aggravated identity theft. The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: MACON: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that 15 individuals were prosecuted in July by his office for illegal reentry into the country after having been deported and removed. All defendants convicted of “Illegal Reentry" are subject to deportation proceedings following their sentences.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Enoch B. Morelock Award. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tim Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that Detective Sgt. Ryan Glidden of the Maryville Department of Public Safety has received the 2018 Enoch B. Morelock Award. The Enoch B. Morelock Award is an annual...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Although it’s been more than two weeks since the summit area of Kīlauea was rocked by dangerous earthquakes and collapse-explosion events, the damage inflicted upon roads, trails and infrastructure in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will take time to evaluate and repair.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II today sentenced Leone Alfano La Cava (59, Orlando) and Viktoriya Johnson (36, Orlando) to 8 years and 1 month in federal prison, and 3 years and 10 months’ imprisonment, respectively, for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The Court also ordered La Cava and Johnson to forfeit four properties and two luxury vehicles, which are traceable to proceeds of the offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A New England Compounding Center (NECC) employee pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston in connection with working as an unlicensed pharmacy technician at the compounding pharmacy in Framingham.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national illegally residing in the United States using false identities pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to passport fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal jury convicted Darius Eric Wilder, age 41, of Silver Spring, Maryland, on Aug. 16, 2018, on charges related to the firebombing of his ex-girlfriend’s apartment.
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...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Are you interested in taking a kayak tour following the same route as the US soldiers who opened the famous “Cracker Line" during the Civil War? The park would like to invite the public to participate in a FREE, 4 hour, kayak tour with a ranger on Friday, Aug. 31, at 9 am. National...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette hosted the Republic of Korea (ROK) Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun for the plenary meeting of the U.S.-ROK High Level Bilateral Commission (HLBC). This was the second plenary meeting of the HLBC since its creation in 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2018
News Release: Philadelphia - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Jose Castillo, 40 formerly of Allentown, and Ivan German Sierra, 32, also formerly of Allentown, were sentenced today by Judge Edward G. Smith to 57 month and 54 month, respectively. On Jan. 23, 2018, Castillo pleaded guilty...
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: PROVIDENCE, RI - A Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation by agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and members of the Rhode Island ATF Task Force has resulted in the indictment of four individuals, three of them alleged to be members or associates of the C-Block street gang, for their alleged roles in a crack cocaine distribution conspiracy run from inside the Adult Correctional Institutions.
