News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: 22 Charged With Smuggling Millions of Dollars of Counterfeit Luxury Goods From China Into the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: Visitors are invited to join the staff of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park as we commemorate the 155th Anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga with a series of ranger-guided tours, hikes, lectures, and living history demonstrations. Programs are scheduled to begin Friday, Sept. 14, and to conclude Sunday, September 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Shreveport man pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle while intoxicated onto Barksdale Air Force Base, damaging property and fleeing authorities.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - Join staff from the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) on Saturday, Aug. 18 as they travel the historic Cheyenne to Black Hills Stage Route by vehicle. In addition, learn about fascinating, but often overlooked aspects of overland history at three patio talks that will take place this weekend. These programs are a great way to connect kids of public lands and America’s cultural heritage.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: A federal jury convicted a Rochester Hills man of sexual abuse onboard an aircraft, announced United States Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: Cloverdale man spray-painted Nazi flags and started fire on Synagogue property.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: PRICE, Utah - The BLM Price Field Office is seeking public comment on the Bison Fence Environmental Assessment. The project, in partnership with the Utah Grazing Improvement Program and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, is an effort to reduce the number of Bison migrating off of tribal lands and in the Desolation Canyon Wilderness Study Area (WSA).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Michael Bickford, age 38, formerly of Perkinsville, Vermont, was sentenced on August 6, 2018 in the United States District Court in Burlington on charges stemming from the December 5, 2016 armed robbery of the River Street...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gabriel Sanchez, 29, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 84 months in prison for his conviction for using and brandishing a firearm during the robbery of a commercial business engaged in interstate commerce. Sanchez will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: Defendants Trafficked Items that Included Fake Louis Vuitton and Tory Burch Handbags, Michael Kors Wallets, Hermes Belts and Chanel Perfume.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Steven Dykes, age 61, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Pasquale Rubbo, age 51, of Coral Springs, Florida, and Angela Monaco, age 45, of Coconut Creek, Florida, were sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson for their role in a six-million-dollar investment fraud. The sentences...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeking Individual Who May Have Information Regarding the Identity of a Child Sexual Assault Victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - Two additional defendants involved with a rip crew responsible for multiple home invasions and carjackings to steal narcotics in Hidalgo County have been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Danny Cano, 31, Mission, pleaded guilty to possessing with the...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jared Tyrone Cooke, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced today to 84 months incarceration for using a firearm during a crime of violence, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in Paducah, Kentucky, returned a one-count indictment today charging James Eakes, a deputy jailer at the Fulton County Detention Center, with violating the civil rights of an inmate by assaulting him with a dangerous weapon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A Portsmouth man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for distributing heroin mixed with fentanyl and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: Jackson, TN - On Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, after two days of trial Nathan Adams, 36, pleaded guilty to production and attempted production of child pornography. D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee announced the guilty plea today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: "Here, the defendant exploited a precious piece of Virgin Islands history for his own purposes. And a Virgin Islands jury held him accountable.".
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Gabriel Sanchez, 29, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 84 months in prison for his conviction for using and brandishing a firearm during the robbery of a commercial business engaged in interstate commerce. Sanchez will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Following a three-day jury trial, a Las Vegas man was found guilty of using a filing sharing network and the internet to receive and distribute sexually explicit images and videos of children, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson of the District of Nevada.
