News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Receipt of Child Pornography was sentenced on Aug. 10, 2018, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: Bacon Rind Fire grows over the weekend: area closure in effect.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: A former Microsoft employee was sentenced today to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with the spread of a particular type of ransomware commonly referred to as Reveton.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA - Joseph Brent Loftis, 63, of Corona Del Mar, California, was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 10, for multiple counts of wire fraud and money laundering. Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen sentenced Loftis to 97 months in prison on all counts of conviction, to run concurrently, three...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough today ordered Calvin S. Williams, 35, of Springfield, Ill., to serve 20 years in prison followed by a term of 10 years supervised release. Williams, also known as “Cadillac Hustle," “Cadillac," “Caddy," was also ordered to register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: West Glacier, MT - Rapid growth and extreme fire behavior on the Howe Ridge Fire prompted very rapid evacuations last night. Between 8 PM and 10 PM the park estimates that roughly 87 campsites, 82 rooms at the Lake McDonald Lodge, and other visitors, employees, and local residents were evacuated from the following areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A French national who previously resided in East Boston was charged today in federal court in Boston in connection with kidnapping his three-year-old child in violation of court orders.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Kansas man who was caught with crystal methamphetamine and a firearm in Hurricane in November of 2017 was sentenced today to 132 months, or 11 years, in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Bunthia Can Thach, 39, previously pled guilty to possession with...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA - Joseph Brent Loftis, 63, of Corona Del Mar, California, was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 10, for multiple counts of wire fraud and money laundering. Chief U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen sentenced Loftis to 97 months in prison on all counts of conviction, to run concurrently, three...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Clifton, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for her role in a scheme to defraud a New Jersey-based trucking company of more than $900,000, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WY - The park hosted 940,563 visits in July 2018. This is a slight decrease from last year (962,404 visits) and makes it the fifth busiest July ever recorded in Yellowstone.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA - Randall Alan Franz, a 59-year-old resident of Sandpoint, Idaho, was sentenced on Thursday to 8 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $205,084.79 in restitution after pleading guilty to concealing assets in bankruptcy. Chief U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen announced the sentence.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: KINGMAN, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Kingman Field Office (KFO) invites the public’s participation in the review of the KFO Travel Management Plan and Environmental Assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island today announced a settlement agreement with the Providence public school district that will provide English language services to the district’s 8,000 students who currently...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain and Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the U.S. Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced today the formation of the Newark/Philadelphia Regional Medicare Fraud Strike Force. The Strike Force will bring together the resources...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: A former Microsoft employee was sentenced today to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with the spread of a particular type of ransomware commonly referred to as Reveton.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Olayinka Olaniyi, a citizen of Nigeria, was convicted by a federal jury on August 9, 2018, after a three-day trial, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, computer fraud and aggravated identity theft. Co-defendant, Damilola Solomon Ibiwoye, pleaded guilty to similar charges and was sentenced on Jan. 31, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - Two Duquesne, Pa., residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal firearms laws and making false statements to federal law enforcement United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: Women-owned employer firms in the United States increased by approximately 2.8 percent in 2016 to 1,118,863 from 1,088,466 in 2015, according to findings from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2016 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 13, 2018
News Release: Music in the American Wild will provide free, family-friendly activities and performances as a part of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex 50th anniversary celebrations August 21-25. Imagine hearing the sounds of classical music echoing across the Cascade Mountains as an ensemble of seven musicians brings a musical experience to the trails of the North Cascades. Music in the American Wild activities and performances include.
