News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: DENVER - Following a year and a half investigation conducted by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, a federal grand jury in Denver returned six indictments charging a total of ten individuals with a variety of charges related to the theft and sale of diesel fuel. During an operation this past...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is reminding Southeastern Arizona to take steps to prevent wildland fires and to protect their properties in light of prolonged dry and windy conditions. These conditions have resulted in extremely dry grass and vegetation that is now very receptive to the one spark that can start a wildfire.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JORGE GARCIA-HERNANDEZ, age 33, a native of Mexico, pled guilty today to a one-count Indictment charging him with illegal entry of a removed alien.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: MEDFORD, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management Medford District Office is accepting applications from February 1 to March 31 for the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument 2018 Artist-in-Residence program. The BLM manages public lands for the benefit of current and future generations, supporting conservation as we pursue our multiple-use mission. Artwork created by program participants supports keeping America not only beautiful, but also strong.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nev. - An Arizona man was charged in U.S. District Court in Phoenix today for the manufacture and sale of armor piercing ammunition without a license. He allegedly sold ammunition to Stephen Paddock, who was later identified as the perpetrator of the Oct. 1, 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, announced United States Attorney Dayle Elieson of the District of Nevada and Special Agent in Charge Aaron C. Rouse of the FBI’s Las Vegas Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Julian Thomas, 40, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 20 years in federal prison. Judge Conley imposed 13 years for armed bank robbery and a consecutive seven years for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that RODNEY BROWN, age 22 and MICHAEL PORTIS, 27, both of New Orleans, pled guilty to carjacking related charges. PORTIS pled guilty to brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a carjacking and BROWN pled guilty to carjacking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), announced the arrest and unsealing of a complaint charging NICHOLAS JOSEPH GENOVESE...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - Three alleged members of the Latin Gangsta’ Disciples were charged yesterday with federal firearm offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Lamont Butcher, 42, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to serve 120 months in prison for his participation in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the New York Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that a jury returned a guilty verdict following a two-day jury trial in federal court in Greenville, South Carolina, finding Harvest Maurice Sloan, age 38, of Greenville, guilty of possession by a firearm and ammunition by...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: ROCKFORD - A McHenry man was found guilty of child pornography charges following a four-day jury trial in federal court in Rockford.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Mark Hanshaw, of Jefferson Village, West Virginia has admitted to a firearm charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: DALLAS - Rosalio Ramos Tapia, aka “Rosalio Ramos," “Chale," and “Mocho," 43, a citizen of Mexico and in the United States illegally, was sentenced earlier this week before U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey for his role in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: LONDON, Ky. - William Timothy Sutton, 55, of Corbin, Ky., has been convicted of four counts of interstate murder-for-hire and one count of possession of firearms by a convicted felon. The verdict came yesterday, following six days of trial, which included testimony from all four intended victims of the scheme. The jury deliberated for less than two hours in reaching its verdict.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: LANDER, Wyo. - The Bureau of Land Management is investigating the suspicious deaths of several federally protected wild horses on public land south of U.S. Highway 287 in Wyoming’s Red Desert. A reward of $1,000 is being offered by the BLM for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or people involved in the deaths of the horses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: For Possession Of A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Trafficking Crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: Fairbanks, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a Fairbanks couple has been sentenced in federal court for producing and distributing child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Joe Lamont Gholar, 45, formerly of Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, Special Agent-in-Charge Dana Nichols, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Special Agent-in-Charge Stephen G. Azzam, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: NEWARK N.J. - A Nutley, New Jersey, man was charged today with using fraudulent documents to deceive his employer into approving a loan, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
