News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Ruben Valdez, 26, of Stockton, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and illegal possession of a machine gun, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that today two residents of Madison, Wisconsin were charged with gun crimes in indictments returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Madison. The indictments are not related.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Braulio Martinez, 33, of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty today in District Court before Judge Curtis V. Gomez to possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced. Sentencing is set for December 6, 2018.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today announced the departure of her chief counsel, Patrick McCormick, who has left the Energy and Natural Resources Committee for an opportunity in the private sector.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: UKIAH, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management Ukiah Field Office is temporarily closing the Indian Valley Management Area in eastern Lake and western Colusa counties for public safety due to the proximity of the Mendocino Complex Fire.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced the unsealing of an indictment today charging a Madison, Wisconsin man with a gun crime. Demarko Richmond, 21, is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Bob Troyer, the United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, announced today a $41 million settlement with Aurora Loan Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (“LBHI"), in connection with Aurora Loan Services’ conduct in originating and selling residential mortgage...
By State Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday convened a hearing on nominations for Director of the State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs (PM). The committee heard testimony from John Richmond, the nominee for the TIP office, and R. Clarke Cooper, the nominee for the PM bureau.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: All alleged to have brought large quantities of narcotics into the Evansville area.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 20-year-old Athens, Texas, man has been sentenced to federal prison for the unlawful possession of ricin in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers today.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: NORMAN, Okla.-The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro sale event in Kansas City, Kan., Aug. 24-25, at the Wyandotte County Fairgrounds, where 50 wild horses and burros will be featured. The event will take place from noon - 6 p.m. on Aug. 24, and 8 a.m. - noon on Aug. 25. Animals will be eligible for direct purchase to a good home. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced Brandy Marie Grogan, 36, of Waynesville, N.C. to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release on drug and gun charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairmen: Based on newly released information and documents, we are writing to request that you convene a hearing with Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to investigate the misleading testimony he and other Commerce Department officials provided to Congress regarding the March 26, 2018, decision...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced Brandy Marie Grogan, 36, of Waynesville, N.C. to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release on drug and gun charges, announced Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Dustin Moss, 31, formerly of Weare, New Hampshire, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A Wichita man was indicted Wednesday on charges of robbing a Quik Trip, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Shea Ryan Estes, 41, previously of McKinney, Texas, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock Jr. to 10 months in prison and three years of supervised release, including up to three months of community confinement, for transmitting threats in interstate commerce. Estes pleaded guilty on April 5, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: (PHOENIX) - The DEA announced the arrest of two individuals as a result of a two-year investigation into a Douglas area drug trafficking ring. Agents from the DEA’s Sierra Vista Resident Office coordinated a multi-agency enforcement operation today, serving three state of Arizona authorized warrants at two residences and one business identified by investigators.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: The owner of multiple towing companies in southeast Michigan, Gasper Fiore, 57, of Grosse Pointe Shores, was sentenced to 21 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release and a $10,000 fine today based on his conviction for conspiracy to commit bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2018
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A Fort Worth man was sentenced Monday to life in federal prison, announced Erin Nealy Cox U.S. Attorney of the Northern District of Texas.
