News from August 2018
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today held a roundtable in St. Louis to hear from Missouri businesses and agriculture leaders about the economic impact of the Administration’s tariffs and trade policies...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The final four defendants implicated in a federal heroin conspiracy were sentenced today, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Stuart commended the collaborative investigative efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: GREENEVILLE, Tenn. - Two individuals have been sentenced for their roles in the April 2016 robbery of the Eastman Credit Union (credit union) in Johnson City, Tennessee. On Aug. 16, 2018, Kezia Dover, 37, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison. Chris Jones, 29, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was sentenced on Aug. 27, 2018, to serve 98 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The son of the former Gulf Cartel leader has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of illegally possessing a firearm and impersonating a U.S. Marshal, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Osiel Cardenas Jr., 26, pleaded guilty May 22, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Multi-jurisdiction operation dismantles criminal organization operating in historic Cuyler-Brownsville neighborhood, resulting in more than 30 federal convictions.
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: MEDFORD, Ore. - Gonzalo Manzo, Jr., 33, of Fresno, California, pleaded guilty today to one count each of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Adam Gunn, II, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Correctional Officer Also Participated in the Stabbing of an Inmate.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Ohio Man Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Renewable Fuel Fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - In June, law enforcement officials in Utah announced the formation of the Crime Gun Intelligence Center (GCIC) in Utah that brings together cutting-edge technologies and local, state, and federal law enforcement resources to give law enforcement officers real-time data and investigative leads to aid in solving and preventing violent crimes involving firearms.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A Union County, New Jersey, man was arrested today and appeared in federal court on charges of distribution of images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that Matthew S. Jones, 32, of Jamestown, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribution of, five grams or more of methamphetamine, was sentenced to serve 100 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: Boulder City, Nev. - The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that on Oct. 1, construction will begin to remodel and enhance one level of the Hoover Dam Visitor Center and modernize the facility’s primary tour elevators. To accommodate the construction, temporary alteration of its internal tour and Visitor Center operations is necessary.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS: United States Attorney Charles E. Peeler announces that Watkins Brown, age 25, of Columbus, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 103 months in prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. The sentence was handed down by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Clay D. Land on Aug. 21, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Aaron Hill, 31, of Cheektowaga, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 37 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that Aaron Hill, 31, of Cheektowaga, N.Y., who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500 grams or more of cocaine, was sentenced to serve 37 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Keaunta Keshawna Robinson, age 28, of Memphis, Tennessee, entered a guilty plea to Possession With Intent To Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A), punishable by not less than 10 years imprisonment, up to a $10,000,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Gregory Keith Clinton, of Kearneysville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 264 months incarceration for drug and firearm charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 27, 2018
News Release: HOHENWALD, TN - The Meriwether Lewis Visitor Information Center on the Natchez Trace Parkway will operate on fall hours starting Sunday, September 9, 2018. Fall hours of operation will be Fridays through Sundays from 9 am to 4:30 pm. The visitor information center will be closed Mondays through Thursdays. The burial monument, restrooms, campground, and hiking trails are open seven days a week.
