News from August 2018

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Jaquan Walker, age 23, of Troy, New York, pled guilty yesterday to possessing and intending to distribute crack cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: 'All-Natural' Male Enhancement Supplement Contained Active Ingredient Found in Viagra.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Ely District Office proposes a competitive sale of nine parcels of public land totaling 296.09 acres located in Lincoln County, Nevada. The BLM will accept written comments on the proposal during a 45-day public comment period that ends Friday, Sept. 28, 2018.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Evelyn Katrina Taylor-Parks has pleaded guilty to conspiring to accept bribe payments while serving as the City of Atlanta’s Deputy Chief of Staff to the Mayor for approximately eight years.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dominique Gaunichaux, 21, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William Conley to two years in federal prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Gaunichaux pleaded guilty to this charge on May 9, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: The extreme fire danger preventative measures at Carlsbad Caverns National Park implemented on June 1 have been cancelled due to recent precipitation combined with cooler temperatures and higher humidity.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: PEORIA, Ill. - Sentencing is scheduled on Dec. 6, 2018, for Daniel Ballard, 59, of Bourbonnais, Ill., for bank fraud related to construction loans. Ballard entered pleas of guilty to three counts of bank fraud on Aug. 13, before Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid. Ballard was allowed to remain on bond pending sentencing.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A 21-year-old Elsa man has been ordered to federal prison for his part in a methamphetamine smuggling conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Guillermo Calderon Jr. pleaded guilty in November 2017.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), and Shawn Harris, Commissioner of the Mount Vernon Police Department (“MVPD"), announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: Iraqi National Wanted for Murder in Iraq Arrested In California.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - Seven defendants involved in a conspiracy to smuggle methamphetamine into a state prison, including a former corrections officer, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and related charges in U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: St. Croix, USVI - Jesus Garcia, age 35, and Jhoan Gomez, age 28, of Venezuela, both pled guilty on Aug. 15, 2018, in District Court to one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance on Board a Vessel, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced.
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the general aviation (GA) community’s national #FlySafe campaign helps educate GA pilots about the best practices to calculate and predict aircraft performance and to operate within established aircraft limitations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: FBI Seeking Individual Who May Have Information on Identity of Child Sexual Assault Victim.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: VALDOSTA: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that on Aug. 15, 2018, Wallace H. “Wally" Hendley, age 55, of Lakeland, Georgia, was sentenced to 65 months in federal prison for Manufacture of Methamphetamine before Senior U.S. District Judge Hugh Lawson in Valdosta.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with his role in a conspiracy that defrauded victims by pretending to be employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Thomas Ruchlicki, age 62, of Clifton Park, New York, pled guilty today to one count of making a false statement, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and James N. Hendricks, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: Pecos, NM: Don’t miss your chance to visit one of northern New Mexico’s most iconic locations-the Forked Lightning Ranch. On Saturday, September 1st, Pecos National Historical Park will open up the Ranch House from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for visitors to explore at their leisure. The Forked Lightning...

By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: BOZEMAN - As part of ongoing efforts to monitor the population of grizzly bears and black bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Yellowstone National Park and the USGS would like to inform the public that biologists with the National Park Service and Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST) will be conducting scientific grizzly bear and black bear research operations in Yellowstone National Park from August 21 through October 31.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2018
News Release: Alleged heroin dealer faces no less than 20 years in federal prison.