News from August 2018
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: DENVER - A former member of the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, was sentenced Thursday to serve three years in federal prison following her criminal conviction for illegally exporting firearms to the Dominican Republic in 2015.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: SHOSHONE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management Shoshone Field Office is opening the Martin Canyon Road in Blaine County today, as it is now passable for four-wheel drive vehicles. The BLM has completed some repairs to the road, which had been closed because of a washout last spring.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: On Aug. 28, 2018, a Broward resident was sentenced to 36 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $988,175 in restitution for theft of government money.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: CASPER, Wyo. - On Saturday, Sept. 8, the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) will make changes to its previously advertised pioneer trail trek. The NHTIC provides the community the opportunity to connect with America’s cultural heritage and the role played by public lands in its development.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to production, distribution and possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of minors, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the sentencing of ROSA MARGARITA MALDONADO to two years and one day in prison for filing a false claim for tax refund and aggravated identity theft. MALDONADO pleaded guilty on April 19, 2018, and was sentenced today before Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Dark sky nights are starry nights at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore). On Saturday, September 8, from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., join park rangers and astronomers from the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society (GTAS) at the Dune Climb parking lot to take advantage of this night before a new moon.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - A Florida resident pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and a quantity of carfentanil, as well as distribution of quantities of methamphetamine, carfentanil, and ecstasy, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that DAVIN D. THOMAS (“THOMAS"), age 32, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, a former Delgado Community College ("DCC") Financial Aid Officer, pled guilty today to a one count Bill of Information charging him with soliciting money from students in exchange for awarding students financial aid.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that today in federal court, Senior United States District Judge W. Earl Britt sentenced PORSCHE RENEE DILLARD, 31 from Wilmington, North Carolina, to 96 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Ivan J. Arvelo announce the upcoming Blue Campaign for the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Blue Campaign will focus on raising public awareness about human trafficking and will offer valuable training and information for law enforcement and the public.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Two men who robbed twenty stores in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland were sentenced today. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Leonard P. Stark sentenced Michael Kolmonen to 15 years in prison and Brian Branch to 16½ years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Jaymi Hutchins, 31, formerly of Gilead, Maine and Rochester, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to maliciously damaging and destroying property used in interstate commerce by fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: For Being A Felon in Possession of A Firearm.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: The site of Calumet’s Italian Hall is the recipient of much well-deserved attention this fall. Recently, a stone memorial was placed at the site with the name of each Italian Hall victim inscribed within the stone. That stone will be formally dedicated soon. The walkway to the arch was also improved, to make the memorial more accessible to all visitors interested in the site.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: West Valley City, Utah - Due to reduced fire danger, the Bureau of Land Management West Desert District will rescind fire restrictions on all BLM Fillmore Field Office administered lands in Juab and Millard County, effective Friday, Aug. 31, 2018 at 12:01 a.m. The rescission of restrictions include campfires outside of established campground fire pits, smoking over dry vegetation, and cutting, welding, or grinding of metal.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Springville couple and a Moody physician on charges they operated a pill mill in St. Clair County for four years, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bret Hamilton and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Holloman.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: A Cuban national who had been residing in Miami, Florida pleaded guilty yesterday, to conspiracy to commit access device fraud, U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today. ALAYN ALVAREZ CASTRO, age 29, was arrested in December 2017 in Miami, Florida and later ordered detained pending trial in New Orleans. As part of his guilty plea today, CASTRO admitted that he agreed with others to obtain credit and debit card numbers that had been skimmed from gas pumps.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: Defendant previously found guilty by jury.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2018
News Release: The FBI Launches a Combating Foreign Influence Webpage.
