News from February 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces that Dennis Lee Henning (42, Jacksonville) today pleaded guilty to international parental kidnapping. He faces a maximum penalty of three years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: St. Louis, MO - Taylor Wilson, 26, St. Louis, was indicted on Feb. 1, 2018.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont and the Swanton Sector Office of the United States Border Patrol announce that Francisco Robles-Guerra, 41, a citizen of Mexico, was convicted and sentenced today in United States District Court in Rutland for reentering the United States after having...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Dozens of Guns Concealed in Door Panels of Vehicles.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Violence Reduction Efforts, Law Enforcement Partnerships Target Violent Criminals Victimizing Utah Neighborhoods.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Pineville man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in prison for counterfeiting and cashing checks.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury convicted an Ashburn woman today on charges of engaging in a fraud scheme that resulted in an attempted loss of approximately $182,000.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Vicksburg, MS: Do you have a passion for history? Do you want to share your passion with visitors and enrich their understanding of the Civil War? Vicksburg National Military Park is actively recruiting members of the community to become a Licensed Battlefield Guide to help the National Park Service meet the increasing demand for battlefield tours.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: FBI and Curry County Sheriff's Office Ask Public's Help in Finding Attempted Aggravated Murder Fugitive.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the return of an indictment charging Oscar Arnelson Rodriguez-Cruz (40, Orlando) with multiple counts of wire fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count. Rodriguez-Cruz is a Honduran citizen who is illegally present in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Justice Department Settles Discrimination Lawsuit Against Owners and Operators of Houston, Texas-Based Sports Bar.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: MARTISNBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Martinsburg, West Virginia man has admitted to distributing cocaine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: A former Miami newspaper publisher, mortgage broker, mortgage lender and real estate agent was sentenced in federal court today to serve 180 months imprisonment for leading a $20 million mortgage fraud scheme.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - On the first day of Black History Month, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today celebrated the life and legacy of famed opera singer Marian Anderson by designating a mural depicting her 1939 Lincoln Memorial concert as a historic site under the African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2017. President Donald J. Trump signed the Act into law in January 2018. This is the first time the Act has been used to designate a site.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: The National Park Service Salt River Bay NHP & EP and NPS Historic Preservation Training Center Masonry Team will undertake the stabilization and restoration of the late 1700s Danish Well Tower, located on the west side of Sugar Bay, beginning February and March 2018. The tower was likely a water pumping...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Hattiesburg, Miss. - Scott Allen Hill, 47, of Prentiss, pled guilty today before United States District Judge Keith Starrett to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - In a court filing late yesterday, U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough found Edwin J. Gire, owner of Gire Roofing, Inc., and its corporate parent, Grayson Enterprises, Inc., of Champaign, Ill., guilty on all counts of visa fraud and harboring illegal aliens. In addition, Judge Myerscough’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A lawful permanent resident who was residing in Mission has been ordered to prison for possessing with the intent to distribute approximately 50 kilograms of cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. A McAllen federal jury convicted Leonel Luis Nordhausen-Cuevas, 59, on July 21, 2017, following a two-day trial and less than an hour of deliberation.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: Orlando, FL -U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. has sentenced Eric Bishop (43, Orlando) to 17 years and 5 months in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. He pleaded guilty on Sept. 25, 2017.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2018
News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI - Marcus A. Venson, 29, of Coventry, pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence today to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Venson, previously convicted in Rhode Island state court for drug trafficking, was found to be in possession of a loaded firearm at the time of his arrest in May 2017 by Rhode Island State Police following an incident in Newport.
