News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that BRYAN COMEAUX, age 26, of Baton Rouge, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick to 42 months in federal prison as a result of his conviction for possessing a firearm while a convicted felon. The Court further sentenced COMEAUX to three years of supervised release following his term of imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dakkar Young, 23, of Tonawanda, NY, who was convicted of distribution of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 168 months in prison and lifetime supervised release by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Demetrius Darrius Rasberry, age 36, of Lanham, Maryland, to 15 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for the robbery of a convenience store and for using, carrying, brandishing, and discharging a firearm during the robbery. Rasberry also committed two other armed robberies in Prince George’s County. Judge Chuang ordered that Rasberry pay restitution in the full amount of the loss.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RICHARD RIVERA, 35, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A federal jury today acquitted W. Joseph Astarita, a member of the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) based in Quantico, Virginia, on charges of making false statements and obstruction of justice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: COVINGTON, Ky., - Ryan J. Brock, 34, of Covington, was sentenced yesterday to 360 months in federal prison, by United States District Judge David L. Bunning, for production of child pornography. The sentence imposed was the maximum allowed by the statute.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced CHRISTOPHER CARTER a/k/a Christopher James Carter, age 28, of Baton Rouge, to 60 months in federal prison following his conviction for two counts of possession of firearms by a convicted felon, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Donald J. Gardner, Jr., 42, of Lafayette, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison and five years of supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: BATON ROUGE, LA - United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced today the conviction of a defendant charged in connection with an Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation targeting a drug trafficking network based in Baton Rouge and operating in Louisiana, Arkansas...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has indicted a former Chicago man for allegedly attempting to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - On August 8, 2018, a federal grand jury in Tucson returned an eleven-count indictment against Mohamed Abdirahman Osman, 28, and Zeinab Abdirahman Mohamed, 25, both living in Tucson, Ariz., for violations of false swearing in an immigration matter and false statements to a government agency.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: ALTURAS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management is temporarily closing the Pit River Campground near Fall River Mills in eastern Shasta County due to dangers posed by the Hat Fire. The closure is in place until further notice.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: Benjamin G. Greenberg, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Adolphus P. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Ric Bradshaw, Sheriff of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO), announced that Wilfredo Roy Madrigal, a/k/a “Fredo," a/k/a...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Demetrius Darrius Rasberry, age 36, of Lanham, Maryland, to 15 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for the robbery of a convenience store and for using, carrying, brandishing, and discharging a firearm during the robbery. Rasberry also committed two other armed robberies in Prince George’s County. Judge Chuang ordered that Rasberry pay restitution in the full amount of the loss.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: Defendant Arrested With Gun Tied to Broader Investigation Into Trafficking of Firearms into the District of Columbia.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: Pipestone National Monument Celebrates Founding with Open House and Cultural Presentation.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Rock Springs Field Office invites families, individuals, clubs and organizations to help pick up garbage and debris on public lands located near Blue Rim Road north of James Town on Aug. 25, 2018, in an early celebration of National Public Lands Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Joseph Mahmoud Dibee, 50, of Seattle, Washington, an accused domestic terrorist and 12-year fugitive, has been apprehended and returned to the United States to face federal criminal charges in Oregon, California and Washington State.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Mother Lode Field Office is reopening recreation sites along the Merced River, including McCabe Flat, Willow Placer and Railroad Flat campgrounds, since there is no longer a public safety risk in this area from the Ferguson Fire. The Briceburg Visitor Center will reopen on Friday, Aug. 17 through Labor Day weekend.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2018
News Release: A federal grand jury has indicted Derek Shawn Pendergraft, age 20, with second degree murder. Special Agents with the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB) are working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Charlotte Division, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office, Haywood County Sheriff’s Office, and US Park Rangers of Blue Ridge Parkway on the investigation.
