News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Sharon Thompson, 26, of Lackawanna, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, crack cocaine within 1000 feet of a public housing property, and conspiracy to retaliate against an informant, was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA"), and James P. O’Neill, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD"), announced...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that on Aug. 24, 2018, United States District Robert F. Rossiter, Jr., sentenced Leonides Carreno to imprisonment for 70 months, to be followed by a 4-year term of supervised release. Carreno was convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A Jefferson City, Mo., man who tried to sell firearms to a local pawn shop pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally possessing firearms after law enforcement officers confiscated 50 weapons from him.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA - Justin Tony Walker has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for fraudulently accessing bank accounts and transferring more than $1.3 million from financial institutions into accounts held by his co-conspirators.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Aug. 27, 2018 - Jacob Michael Goethe, 26, of Columbia, Tennessee, was charged in a criminal complaint on Friday with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and possession and distribution of heroin, after he purchased a 9mm handgun from an undercover officer, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Pecos, NM: Celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Public Lands Day with a hike through one of the seldom-seen areas of Pecos National Historical Park! The 3.8 mile South Pasture Loop Trail on the grounds of the historic Forked Lightning Ranch will be open to hikers from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Cathleen Van Buskirk, age 55, from Erie, Colorado, a doctor and surgeon from Boulder, Colorado, pled guilty Friday before U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez to Bankruptcy Fraud, U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer and FBI Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Calvin Shivers announced. Van...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A woman who worked as a supervisor in the post office in Shawnee Mission was sentenced Monday for stealing mail, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: SCRANTON - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Orlando Hernandez, age 33, formerly of Florida, pleaded guilty on Aug. 24, 2018, before U.S. District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion to the charge of assault on a correctional officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Devin Braxton, age 28, of Baltimore, to five years in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for assaulting a federal officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that on Aug. 23, 2018, U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason found Stephen Christopher Howe, 44, of Big Lake, guilty of attempted production and receipt of child pornography, attempted enticement of a minor, and attempted transfer of obscene matter to a minor. Howe had previously pled guilty to possession of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A Detroit man who was caught with a firearm after a bar fight in Huntington in April of 2013 was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. James Anthony Mitchell, 25, previously pled guilty to prohibited possession of a firearm by a felon. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Huntington Police Department and the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: TONOPAH, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Tonopah Field Office, is seeking public comment on the proposed sale of public lands to Esmeralda County, Nevada, (N-94266). The sale, requested by the County, will resolve long-standing inadvertent unauthorized occupancy issues within the historic mining townsite of Gold Point in support of the Administration’s goal of serving the American family.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that on Aug. 23, 2018, U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason found Stephen Christopher Howe, 44, of Big Lake, guilty of attempted production and receipt of child pornography, attempted enticement of a minor, and attempted transfer of obscene matter to a minor. Howe had previously pled guilty to possession of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Levels of some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) regulated by the Stockholm Convention are decreasing in the Arctic, according to an international team of researchers who have been actively monitoring the northern regions of the globe.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: HOWE RIDGE FIRE: West Glacier, MT - Sunday’s cool and wet weather slowed fire activity on the Howe Ridge Fire. A continuation of this weather pattern on Monday will limit fire growth, but the fire will continue to smolder with the possibility of wind-driven fire activity with drier weather in coming...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Fire Danger Moderate. * Due to widespread wet and cool weather, the parkwide fire danger level is now moderate. * Recent rainfall and forecasted precipitation for the Greater Yellowstone Area will slow fire activity for the immediate future. * There are currently no fire restrictions in the park. As...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Correctional Officer Rachelle Hankerson, age 28, of Salisbury, Maryland, on Aug. 24, 2018, to 52 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a racketeering conspiracy operating at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover, Maryland, and for deprivation of rights under color of law for participating in the stabbing of an inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A New York man who illegally possessed firearms in Cross Lanes last year pled guilty today in federal court in Huntington, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Andre Durrell Watson, 33, entered his guilty plea to prohibited possession of a firearm by a felon. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Postal Inspection Service.
