News from December 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that LEOPOLDO RODRIGUEZ-AGUILERA, age 24, of Honduras, was charged on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 by Bill of Information with making a false statement to the government.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Mark Buechler, 45, of Henrietta, NY, pleaded guilty to production of child pornography involving two prepubescent minors before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. The charges carry a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison, and a maximum of 60 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Toni Baldonado, 25, of Tucson, Ariz., pled guilty today in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking. Baldonado entered her guilty plea without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DANIEL CARPENTER, 64, of Simsbury, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding insurance companies into issuing insurance policies on the lives of elderly people for the financial benefit of Carpenter and other investors in the scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid today sentenced Kenneth W. Slater, 32, of the 1000 block of S. Washington St., Paxton, Ill., to 10 years in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. In addition, Slater was ordered to pay restitution to two separate victims of the offense for a total amount of $6,000.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 147,500 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Demetrius Richmond, 46, of St. Louis, pled guilty to one count of being a felon in the possession of a firearm. He appeared in federal court on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, before U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Steven Brian Homan, 62, of Benicia, pleaded guilty today to concealment of bankruptcy assets, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: Memphis, TN - A Brownsville, Texas man has been sentenced to 174 months imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute and distribution of 20 kilograms of cocaine. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant announced the sentence today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: MISSOULA - Flathead County resident Bruce Boone Wann admitted in federal court today to firearms violations after an investigation found he illegally possessed a number of weapons and made an effort to hide them from law enforcement, U.S. Attorney Kurt G. Alme said.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced on Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 that HERBERT WILLIAMS, age 50, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was charged in a one-count indictment by a Federal Grand Jury for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On Nov. 30, 2018, Thomas Andrew Malotte, 54, of Sevierville, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Thomas A. Varlan, Chief U.S. District Judge, to serve 130 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: Campsites at Jumbo Rocks Campground are available during the peak season (October-May) by reservation only. Reservations can be made in advance or on the same day, but must be made prior to entering the park due to lack of cell service and wifi in the park. Reservations can be made at recreation.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: FORT WAYNE - An individual who presented ID as Dumitru Tirlea, was charged by criminal complaint with defrauding a financial institution and possessing access device making equipment, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Brockton man was convicted today in federal court in Boston of firearm and drug charges.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: Deborah “Debbie" Bidaburu has been named as the Branch Chief of Administration for the National Park Service Division of Fire and Aviation Management. She succeeds Sheila Wallace, who moved to a new position with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in August 2018. Debbie started her federal career in...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - The final member of the Magallanes family residing in both Brownsville and Pasadena has been sentenced to conspiring to run a money laundering organization as a part of a larger human smuggling conspiracy based in the Rio Grande Valley, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. All...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: COVELO, Calif. - The Mendocino County Blacktail Association, a wildlife habitat conservation group, has begun work to improve conditions for blacktail deer on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management near Covelo, in Mendocino County.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced selections for its Notice of Opportunity for Technical Assistance (NOTA) to perform techno-economic studies to evaluate the long-term value of two selected pumped-storage hydropower (PSH) projects. While PSH projects were initially built to balance...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 3, 2018
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Melina Snead, a/k/a “Lady," 25, of Rochester, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. to 2½ years in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine base, commonly known as “crack." The defendant pled guilty on May 24, 2018.
