News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: SANTA ANA, California - A Walnut man has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to export U.S.-origin tactical gear to Syria in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and Syria Sanctions.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: A traditional cattle drive will take place early Saturday morning, Aug. 18, in Grand Teton National Park. While the cattle drive is underway, a two-mile stretch of US Highway 26/89/191 will be temporarily closed to vehicle traffic from Moran Junction to the Elk Ranch Flats area that lies just one mile...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: Defendant defrauded victim of over $1.3 million.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Peter Albert Rodriguez, 28, of Nampa, was sentenced yesterday to 70 months in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. U.S. District Court Judge David C. Nye ordered that upon completion of that sentence, Rodriguez serve an additional three years of supervised release. A federal grand jury indicted Rodriguez on Dec. 12, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Martin O. Madrid, 29, of Artesia, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition. Madrid entered the guilty plea without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Chicago woman was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for her role in a fraudulent airplane loan scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Porcupine, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition by a Prohibited Person was sentenced by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
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By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dolores Plumer, 39, of Orchard Park, NY, was charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Dominican national was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: FBI Announces Executive Appointments. FBI Director Christopher Wray has announced the following leadership appointments: Amy Hess Named Executive Assistant Director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch. Ms. Hess most recently served as the special agent in charge of the Louisville Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss. - Patrick Johns, 46, of Picayune, Mississippi, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to 160 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for distributing cocaine and methamphetamine in Picayune, Mississippi, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Jere T. Miles with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: A man who possessed a.357 Magnum revolver as an unlawful user of marijuana pled guilty Aug. 13, 2018, in federal court in Cedar Rapids.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: Luray, Virginia: Shenandoah National Park managers will temporarily close the trails leading to Jones Mountain Cabin (see map for closure area) to all hiking and backcountry use during two phases of operations associated with the restoration of the historic cabin. Since the cabin is located in a remote area, a team of mules will be used to deliver and retrieve materials between the cabin and the parking area at the Graves Mill trailhead (off of Route 662 in Madison County).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - On Aug. 13, 2018, U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Cory Nicholas Skinner, age 33, of Pikesville, Maryland, to seven years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 100 grams of more of heroin as well as quantities of cocaine and buprenorphine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield, Mo., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for making a bomb threat at the Veterans Affairs Clinic in Mount Vernon, Mo.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: For Possession of Child Pornography. HAMMOND- David L. Adams, 62, of Lafayette, Indiana, was sentenced before District Court Judge James T. Moody on his plea to possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch. Adams received a sentence of 78 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation issued environmental documents on the potential direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts to the affected environment associated with the Riparian Habitat Restoration project at Dos Rios Ranch. Under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act Habitat Restoration...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: Police seized $57,322 in drug proceeds during investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Michael Scott Barber, age 22, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was sentenced before South Bend District Court Judge Robert L. Miller, Jr. for his role in the break in and theft of firearms from a federally licensed firearms dealer, announced U.S Attorney Kirsch.
