News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RONALD VANTRESS JR., age 53, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty to a three-count indictment in which he was charged with bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), interstate transportation of stolen property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314, and interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2312.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of fraud conspiracy, mail fraud, and wire fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - New Birmingham Police Chief Patrick D. Smith met today with two task forces formed this spring through the U.S. Attorney’s Office to combat violent crime and improve police-community relations.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: BOISE - Fabian Gonzalez, 27, of Caldwell, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for unlawful dealing in firearms, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. Gonzalez was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal courthouse in Boise.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ashan M. Benedict, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF"), James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: DALLAS, Texas - Darius Whetstone was found guilty of committing three armed bank robberies in June 2016. The decision came in a written opinion issued one week after a two-day bench trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn. Whetstone had agreed that he robbed the three banks, but asked...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: A Toledo man was indicted for robbing two banks last month.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: Crater Lake, OR - Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, is the 42nd Annual Crater Lake Rim Run. This is not a park sponsored event but each year it is conducted under the guidelines of a special-use park permit. The following information will assist visitors who plan to be in the park before the event on Friday evening, Aug. 10, and on the day of the run.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: Defendant Caught With Plastic Bags Containing Significant Amounts of Cocaine Base.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: DALLAS, Texas - Darius Whetstone was found guilty of committing three armed bank robberies in June 2016. The decision came in a written opinion issued one week after a two-day bench trial before Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn. Whetstone had agreed that he robbed the three banks, but asked...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Two members of the MS-13 gang were indicted yesterday for murder in aid of racketeering, in a case investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and partner agencies.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Cole Christian, 33, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 37 months in prison after earlier pleading guilty to possession of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Nancy McNamara, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: LAFAYETTE, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a Youngsville woman was sentenced Tuesday to two years and nine months in prison for stealing nearly $200,000 while working as business manager at a local breast cancer center and to filing false income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: GREAT FALLS - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that 62-year old Jack Tome of Great Falls was sentenced to 72 months in prison, five years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided over the hearing.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that RONALD VANTRESS JR., age 53, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty to a three-count indictment in which he was charged with bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), interstate transportation of stolen property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314, and interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2312.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger announced that the following eight defendants, each of Milwaukee, were arrested and indicted this week by a federal Grand Jury with offenses related to a conspiracy to distribute heroin and distribution of heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Dallas City Council Member and Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway, of Dallas, Texas, and Robert C. Leonard Jr., of New Orleans, Louisiana, appeared in federal court today before Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn and pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges, announced Erin Nealy Cox...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Durrell Davenport, age 27, of Scranton, was sentenced on August 8, 2018, to ten years’ imprisonment and three year’s supervised release by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for two armed robberies of gas stations in the City of Scranton.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH- United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr., announced that yesterday the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of ELTON WAYNE WALSTON, age 67, of Wilson, North Carolina, who was sentenced by United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan to 324 months’ imprisonment and 3 years’ supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2018
News Release: Harrison, Arkansas - Buffalo National River maintains numerous campgrounds throughout the park. They range from primitive with just vault toilets, no water and no designated sites to developed areas with electric and water hookups for RV camping. The park last raised camping fees in 2013 and will hold a public comment period about possible camping fee increases in 2019.
