News from February 2018
By USDA Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
Release: Washington, DC, Feb. 26, 2018 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a new step in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) development process. For the first time, the departments will seek public comments on the proposed...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that the Drug Enforcement Administration arrested Anthony James Edward Hunt, age 22, of Columbia. Hunt was charged in a federal indictment with unlawfully distributing oxycodone, which resulted in the death of a former University...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ- In recognition of Grand Canyon National Park's 99th birthday, the National Park Service and Grand Canyon Association unveiled the logo for the park's upcoming 2019 Centennial.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Port St. Lucie resident Frederik Barbieri, 46, was indicted on charges relating to the illegal exportation of firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: HONOLULU - WALLACE J. SILVA, JR., 64, was sentenced on Feb. 15, 2018, to 188 months imprisonment by United States District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi for committing four bank robberies in Honolulu in December 2016. Silva pled guilty to those charges on April 19, 2017, before Judge Kobayashi.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Bethany Lynn Kendall, age 28, of McAlester, Oklahoma; Steven Alan Phifer, age 40, of McAlester, Oklahoma; Dustin Lee Hall, age 31, of Savanna, Oklahoma; Dylan Joseph Dempsey, age 25, of Fort Smith...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jonah Jeter, 24, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to violating the federal firearms laws by being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Van Buren, MO -Preparations are underway for Ozark National Scenic Riverways to accomplish several prescribed burns this spring. Prescribed burning provides a variety of benefits to native species and habitats, and helps reduce the threat of devastating wildfires. The burns will be carefully planned...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - William Patrick King (35, Columbia, Maryland) has pleaded guilty to attempted production of child pornography. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 35 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine. FORT WAYNE - Marco A. Garcia, 31, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was sentenced before Chief Judge Theresa L. Springmann on his plea of guilty to the charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II. Garcia was sentenced to 120 months...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: TUCSON, Ariz. - Last week, Derek Lamont Terry, 29, of Colton, Calif., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson to 240 months’ imprisonment. Terry previously pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of children and to two counts of transportation of minors with intent to engage in prostitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray announced today that Charles Gary Humphrey, 42, of Charlotte, was sentenced to 151 months in prison for transporting child pornography. Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney also ordered Humphrey to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a sex offender after he is released from prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Timothy A. Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - Samuel J. Yarber, 45, of the 2000 block of Moreland Blvd., Champaign, Ill., has been ordered to serve 35 years in federal prison. On Feb. 23, 2018, Yarber was sentenced to 10 years for trafficking crack cocaine to be followed by the mandatory minimum 25 years for possession of firearms...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. -Troy Franklin, 34, of Fresno, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to seven years and eight months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of an unregistered firearm, and Stephen Walker, 42, of Fresno, pleaded guilty to being an armed career criminal, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today that he is reorganizing the District of New Jersey office to add additional resources to areas that are vital to the health and safety of the people of New Jersey.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. - A man from El Paso, Texas, pleaded guilty Monday to heroin and methamphetamine trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: Tampa, Florida - William Patrick King (35, Columbia, Maryland) has pleaded guilty to attempted production of child pornography. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 35 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2018
News Release: URBANA, Ill. - A Champaign, Ill., man who worked as a financial advisor at a Kankakee, Ill., bank has been ordered to serve two years in prison for falsely representing a private investment scheme to a customer that resulted in the client losing money. On Feb. 23, 2018, Paul Schuerger, 45, of the...
