News from August 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Made False Statements To Investors In OG Land & Mineral, LLC, and EX-OG Energy, LLC.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Gulfport, Miss - Jonathan Jarvis, 30, of Pearlington, Mississippi, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden to serve 160 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and 60 months in federal...

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHRISTOPHER MILLER, 43, of West Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 360 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for a drug-related murder and a subsequent attempt to destroy the body with a pipe bomb on July 4, 2015.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Donald Egan, 52, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - The Kahuku Unit of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will be closed Wed., Aug. 22 and Thurs., Aug. 23, due to Hurricane Lane. All programs are canceled.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: UTICA, NEW YORK - Marco Avila, age 34, an Ecuadorian citizen living in Newark, New Jersey, was sentenced today to time served (361 days) for transporting an alien.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management Rock Springs Field Office will replace the Sweetwater Campground Bridge starting Aug. 29, 2018. The campground will be closed to all traffic during construction because there will be no access across the bridge.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: The Defendants Induced Elderly Investors to Purchase Artificially Inflated Stock in Publicly Traded Companies.

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: On Aug. 21, 2018, Robert F. Humphrey, 47, of Elkville, Illinois, was sentenced to 200 months in federal prison for methamphetamine offenses, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Steven D. Weinhoeft announced today. Humphrey previously pled guilty to a two-count indictment charging conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and conspiracy to possess pseudoephedrine knowing that it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A man from the Dominican Republic today admitted his role in a conspiracy to distribute three kilograms of cocaine by bringing the drugs into the United States concealed in airline neck pillows, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: Security Guard Shot During Inside-Job Robbery.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Darlene Tirone, 42, of Seabrook, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A former lieutenant with the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) was indicted today in federal court in Boston in connection with the ongoing investigation of overtime abuse at the Massachusetts State Police.

By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - TREVO, LLC, and it principals, MARK STEVENS and HOLLI STEVENS, have agreed not to contest the distribution of $610,800 to victims of an alleged email fraud scheme.
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: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A large-scale gang enforcement operation, dubbed “Operation Triple Beam Colorado," in which a number of Colorado law enforcement agencies partnered with the U.S. Marshals Service from May 15 through Aug. 10, led to the arrest of 156 people.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Department of Justice has reached an agreement with CVS Pharmacy, Inc. to resolve violations of the federal Controlled Substances Act and its implementing regulations at CVS Pharmacy locations throughout the Northern District of Alabama, announced DEA Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town.

By Interior Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - The Bureau of Land Management would like to invite the public to provide input on a proposal for new trail and trailhead development in the Boise Foothills Ridge to Rivers planning area. A public meeting on the proposal will be held in conjunction with a City of Boise and Ridge to Rivers Open House on Aug. 29 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Boise Depot, 2603 Eastover Terrace, Boise, ID 83706.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 22, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CARL HUBBARD, 35, of Stamford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 77 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine and marijuana.