News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Antonio Parnell, 42, from Detroit, Michigan, pled guilty today to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Stuart praised the investigation by the Charleston Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Bayfield, Wisconsin - After more than 16 years as the Superintendent of Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Bob Krumenaker is moving on. The National Park Service is promoting him to become the Superintendent of Big Bend National Park in west Texas, an iconic 800,000 acre national park on the US-Mexican border.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Brian A. Benczkowski, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, announced that DAVID WALDMAN pled guilty today to conducting an extensive cyberstalking and threats campaign that targeted a woman he dated for several months in 2014. WALDMAN pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Court Judge Robert W. Lehrburger.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: The gods have a way of dropping Earth-shaking news right before Finance Committee hearings. This morning’s hearing is no different, and the news that broke last night about the prosecutions of two Trump associates now has ramifications for one of the nominations before the committee today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Jessie Lee Ross, age 44, of Van Buren, Arkansas, pled guilty to Embezzlement And Theft From Indian Tribal Organization, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1163, punishable by not more than 5 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000.00 fine, or both.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that two Nigerian men were sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Geoffrey Crawford for their role in a conspiracy to steal personal financial information from employees of local governments, including the State of Vermont.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: RALEIGH - Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that on Aug. 22, 2018, in federal court, BASIT JAVED SHEIKH pled guilty to attempting to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization in violation of Title 18...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Philadelphia, PA - U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Domingo Hernandez, 55, of the Dominican Republic, was arrested pursuant to an indictment charging him with criminal conspiracy to defraud the government and theft of government property. The indictment alleges that the defendant...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Beckley, W.Va. - United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced today that a Beckley man was sentenced to 12 months in prison on a federal firearm charge. Jeffrey Alpaugh, 47, pled guilty in April to dealing firearms without a license. Stuart commended the efforts of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Beckley Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Dalton Wayne Woods, age 25, of Roff, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Possession Of Certain Material Involving The Sexual Exploitation Of Minors, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: On Aug. 21, 2018, Jason Laut, 41, a resident of O’Fallon, Illinois, and a former paramedic supervisor for MedStar Ambulance Inc., was sentenced to 111 months imprisonment (9 years and 3 months) for stealing and tampering with ambulance narcotic supplies, United States Attorney for the Southern District...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Orlando, Florida - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Michael Paige Palmer (41, Virginia) to eight years and one month in federal prison for transportation and possession of child pornography. Palmer was also ordered to serve 10 years of supervised release and register as a sex offender.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Bureau of Land Management is announcing that Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is open after being closed due to severe weather damage to the access road, trails and facilities. The Monument has undergone intensive road maintenance and reconstruction of trail segments, and is now open for visitation. For more information, please contact BLM Outdoor Recreation Planner Jamie Garcia at 505-761-8787.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Illegally Produced Ammunition Linked to October 2017 Mass Shooting in Las Vegas.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department filed a complaint to bar two Ohio doctors from prescribing medications after an investigation revealed they recklessly and unnecessarily distributed painkillers and other drugs. Temporary restraining orders-a first-of-its-kind against doctors allegedly prescribing opioids illegally...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Aug. 22, 2018, Ricky James Bennefield, 53, of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas W. Phillips, U.S. District Judge, to serve 96 months for mail and wire fraud and theft of government money, followed by a consecutive sentence of 24 months for aggravated...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - A senior leader of the Aryan Circle (AC) and a subordinate gang member pleaded guilty today and yesterday to being an accessory-after-the-fact to racketeering murder, announced U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph of the Western District of Louisiana and Assistant Attorney General Bryan A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas man who robbed a bank in the Southern Highlands area after escaping from a Bureau of Prisons facility in Arizona was sentenced today to 125 months in prison and three years of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Dayle Elieson for the District of Nevada.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS: Charles E. Peeler, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Devante Patterson, age 24, of Columbus, Georgia, entered a guilty plea to the offense of Theft of Firearms from a Federal Firearms Licensee before Chief United States District Judge Clay Land in Columbus on Aug. 21, 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Lander Field Office is seeking input on a plan to enhance aspen stands on 57 acres in the West Cottonwood Creek area of Green Mountain, approximately 12 miles southeast of Jeffrey City.
