News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Orlando, FL -U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Windesthon Junior Pierre (22, Winter Garden) to 12 years and 3 months in federal prison for robbery. Judge Mendoza also sentenced Stephon Tevonta Johnson (22, Kissimmee) to 11 years and 9 months’ imprisonment for the same offense. Another individual, Sly Shaniel De Los Santos (23, Kissimmee), is awaiting sentencing for his role in this case. All three pleaded guilty earlier this year.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - A resident of Sewickley, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of unlawfully distributing controlled substances, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and health care fraud, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Lance Wilson, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Fe, N.M., to 60 months in prison for his conviction on an assault charge. Wilson will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Washington - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today unveiled a new webpage featuring information about the importance of rural e-Connectivity and the ways the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing to help deploy high-speed broadband infrastructure in rural America.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Carson City District, along with the Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA) will host a National Public Lands Day (NPLD) event on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. At this event volunteers will participate in a cleanup at this unique historic site.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on Aug. 28, 2018, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Brian D. Wickersham (age: 58) of Merrill, Wisconsin.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area’s developed campground will reopen Friday, Aug. 31, in time for the beginning of its busiest camping season. Cooler temperatures during the fall and winter months make Red Rock Canyon a destination for visitors from around the world.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 90 months’ imprisonment, followed by six years’ supervised release on her conviction of conspiracy to distribute narcotics, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - Jamel Carelock, 28, the pastor of a Baltimore church, pled guilty today to setting fire to an apartment he rented in Southeast Washington in a plan to collect insurance money, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, Thomas L. Chittum III, Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Peter Newsham, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: DAYTON - David Kirkwood, 62, of Dayton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 70 months in prison and five years of supervised release for running a pill mill in Dayton.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Biannual “Car Free Parkway Experience" dates announced for the Natchez Trace Parkway.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Kendall Crockett, aka “Grizzle," age 23 of Denver, Colorado, was sentenced on Aug. 10, 2018, by U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer to serve 80 months in federal prison for theft of firearms from a federal firearm licensee (FFL) and possession of stolen firearms, U.S. Attorney Bob...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI - Luis Miguel Recio Fernandez, 29, made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruth Miller after being arrested and charged with illegal reentry into the United States, United States Attorney Gretchen Shappert announced. The Magistrate Judge detained Fernandez pending preliminary and detention hearings scheduled for Aug. 31, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: FORT WAYNE - Timothy Boerger, 48 years old, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann after pleading guilty to the receipt of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Benjamin G. Greenberg, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Robert F. Lasky, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced today that that a Grand Jury sitting in Miami, Florida returned an indictment against Samuel Baptiste...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice established the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, when billions of dollars in federal disaster relief poured into the Gulf Coast region, which opened opportunities for criminals to exploit people during vulnerable times. The NCDF, a...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Dung Anh Nguyen, 35, of D’Iberville, entered a guilty plea today before U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola to possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Special Agent in Charge Dana Nichols with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on President Trump’s comments today on the Federal government’s response to Hurricane Maria...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: TULSA, Okla.- United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that Mark Nicholas Jones, 37, of Sapulpa, pleaded guilty in federal court this morning to Bank Robbery and Brandishing a Firearm During a Crime of Violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 29, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Butler, Pennsylvania pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.